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Typhoon Xangsane
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Typhoon Xangsane is forecast to strike land on the Philippines, near the town of Oras (12.1 N, 125.4 E), within 12 hours.
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Mount Douglas
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Twin plumes of steam rising from the Cape Douglas area have Alaska Volcano Observatory scientists puzzled — and hoping for clear weather to figure out what’s going on.
"It’s not in a place where we expect to see steam" - Rick Wessels, a U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist with the Alaska...
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Ursa Minor Cave
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Four amateur cave explorers in Sequoia National Park have discovered a vast cave formed 1 million years ago, a labyrinth that stretches more than 1,000 feet into a mountain and features some of the most beautiful rock formations ever seen.
Millions of crystals along its walls shimmer like diamon...
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Peng Huanwu
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An asteroid discovered by a Chinese observatory has been named after Peng Huanwu, who made important contributions to the development of China's first atomic and hydrogen bombs.
The asteroid bears the international code No. 48798. The naming has been approved by the International Astronom...
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Super typhoon Shanshan
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Super typhoon Shanshan struck Japan as a typhoon at about 12:00 GMT on 17 September.
Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centre suggest that the point of landfall was near 34.0 N, 130.6 E. Shanshan brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 120 km/h...
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Walshaw Dean Stone Circle
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Enthusiastic stone circle hunters witnessed a rare spectacle this summer as reservoir water levels fell in the drought. A rarely seen stone circle emerged from the depths of Walshaw Dean Reservoir, just north of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (England) this summer. It is only the second recorded s...
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Ukraine pyramid
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Archaeologists in Ukraine have unearthed the remains of an ancient pyramidal structure that pre-dates those in Egypt by at least 300 years. The stone foundations of the structure, which probably resembled Aztec and Mayan ziggurats in South America, were discovered near the eastern city of Lugan...
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Uchinoura Space Centre
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The Uchinoura Space Centre (USC) launches sounding rockets and scientific satellites and manages tracking and data.
An observation deck for launch experiments is open to the public.
The area of USC, 71 ha in total, are mostly hilly. Facilities for launching rockets, telemetry, tracking and...
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Flores Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 11:58:28 (UTC) on Sunday, January 15, 2006, in the Flores Sea.
The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 251.5 km.
Location 7.864°S, 122.604°E
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Assam Quake?
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There is a 70 percent chance of a 7-8 magnitude earthquake hitting Assam on Friday, a geologist from the University of Madras has predicted on the basis of planetary positions. But seismologists debunk his theory.
A statement issued by N Venkatanathan of the Department of Applied Geology says...
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Moscow Temperature
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Russia is experiencing in its coldest winter temperatures in 26 years.
On Thursday temperatures in Moscow plunging overnight to minus 30 Celsius.
Forecasters are predicting temperatures in the Russian capital to fall to minus 34 Celsius on Friday, with even colder temperatures in rural are...
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Red Planet Ventures
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For those who aren't interested in going "where no man has gone before," there are some interesting alternatives here on Earth.
Chris Jones of Red Planet Expeditions is planning "an immersion resort" between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. People will don space suits and work in a Ma...
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Methane Clathrate
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Taiwan geologists have confirmed the existence of more than 500 billion cubic meters of gas hydrate off the southwest coast, enough to meet the island's gas needs for over 60 years.
But commercial extraction is likely much more than a decade away as techniques to tap the gas are still being develop...
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Knowes of Trotty
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Four thousand years ago work began to erect the great earthen burial mounds that comprise the Bronze Age barrow cemetery at the Knowes of Trotty, in Harray, Orkney. There are at least 16 barrows - or graves - in two rows, nestling between the edge of the farmlands and the foot of the moorland. Many were r...
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Tropical Storm Ernesto
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Atlantic Tropical Storm Ernesto is building up strength over the Caribbean and is moving towards the Gulf of Mexico.
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