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Posts from the ‘Natural phenomena’ Category

Asteroid vs. Meteor

February 16, 2013

asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed Earth

NASA has confirmed, that the meteor that yesterday broke through the atmosphere in Russia, creating a shock wave that shattered windows, injuring upwards of 1,000 people, is not related to the asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed Earth at the same day.   Have a look at the video…

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Meteorite strikes Russia earlier today!

February 15, 2013

Meteorite strikes Russia earlier today

A meteorite strikes Russia earlier today and according to Reuter’s article more than 500 people hurt.   Watch the videos…

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Microscopic Water photography by Laurent Costa

February 15, 2013

Microscopic Water photography by Laurent Costa

Microscopic water photography by based in France Laurent Costa. In his new adventure chooses the microscope to show the “heart” of the water as a radioscopy.

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Incredible Snow Clearing in Japan

February 14, 2013

Incredible Snow Clearing in Japan

If you believe that you have seen a lot of snow, then have a look at these new images from Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Japan.   Have a look at the video…

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Antarctic Lake-drilling team discovers Life under ice

February 14, 2013

Antarctic Lake-drilling team discovers Life under ice

Antarctic lake-drilling team discovers Life under ice. After weeks of intense field work, scientists confirm microbes beneath Antarctic glaciers, in Lake Whillans trapped under the frozen continent’s ice sheet.

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Two Lightnings strike St Peter’s Basilica as Pope resigns

February 13, 2013

Two Lightnings strikes St Peter's Basilica as Pope resigns

Two major lightnings strike St Peter’s Basilica, just after Pope Benedict XVI announced that he will resign.    Image © Filippo Monteforte

via gizmodoBBC

Deep Roots of Catastrophe

February 13, 2013

Deep Roots of Catastrophe

A seismologist by analyzing seismic waves that bombarded Earth’s core, believes he got a look at the earliest roots of Earth’s most cataclysmic kind of volcanic eruption. But don’t worry! He says it won’t happen for perhaps 200 million years.   Image © Michael S. Thorne, University of Utah

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Massive 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands

February 6, 2013

8.0 Magnitude Earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands

A massive 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake strikes off Solomon Islands in South Pacific, generating a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters that damaged homes in the South Pacific island chain.

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Sinkhole Swallowed two buildings

February 1, 2013

Sinkhole Swallowed two buildings

A big sinkhole swallowed two buildings in the city of Guangzho, southern China. According to China’s state television reports no one was hurt in the collapse.   Watch the video…

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Grand Canyon Virtually with Google Maps

February 1, 2013

Grand Canyon Virtually with Google Maps

Now you can explore the Grand Canyon via Google Maps, that features 9,500 panoramas taken around the canyon and Meteor Crater.   Have a look at the video, and the link to the Map…

 

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