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Augustine Volcano
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Augustine Volcano in the Gulf of Alaska erupted on December 12, 2005, sending a plume of ash and steam approximately 80 kilometres toward the southeast. The Aqua satellite captured this image the same day. In the image, the volcanic plume streams from the tiny, snow-capped volcanic island and diss...
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Moscow Public Library
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Fire rages through library in Russian capital, Moscow A blaze has raged for more than 17 hours at one of Russia's largest public libraries, destroying parts of the building. Read more
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Smithsonian Institution
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The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and...
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In an attempt to recover the lost works of Aristotle, Sophocles and Catullus, archaeologists are to restart excavations at the ancient city of Herculaneum in Italy, where a Roman library lies buried beneath 90 ft of lava from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. "It is impossible, absolute...
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White River Tephra
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DNA recovered from ancient caribou bones reveals a possible link between several small unique caribou herds and a massive volcanic eruption that blanketed much of the Alaskan Yukon territory in a thick layer of ash 1,000 years ago. Tyler Kuhn, a Whitehorse native and Simon Fraser University gradu...
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Pavlov Volcano
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Pavlov Volcano, a 8,261-foot cone rising from the Alaska Peninsula southwest of Anchorage, blasted a plume sparkling with lightning almost four miles into the sky on Aug. 30, continuing an eruption that began in mid-August and could be building toward a colossal explosion. National Weather Serv...
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Fiji islands Quake
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A strong earthquake occurred at 23:06:02 (UTC) on Monday, July 11, 2005. The magnitude 6.1 event was located south of the Fiji islands, 285 km NNE from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
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Highest skydive
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In a little over two weeks, skydiving specialist Michel Fournier plans to break the world record for the highest skydive ever attempted. If all goes well, he will jump from a balloon at an altitude of around 131,000 feet, or 25 miles above Saskatchewan, Canada. At around 115,000 feet his body will blo...
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Experts have clashed over the existence of Great White Sharks off the UK coast.
Speculation is mounting amid a series of claimed sightings by holidaymakers and fishermen and a new documentary on BBC One on Sunday.
Marine biologist Douglas Herdson, from the National Marine Aquarium in Plymo...
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Great Hinggan Mountain cave
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Greater Hinggan cave delivers Neolithic relics A group of archaeologists have excavated dozens of relics traced to the Neolithic period (beginning about 10,200 BC, ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC) at a Great Hinggan Mountain cave, Guangming Daily reported on Monday. Read more
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Rosslyn Chapel
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Rosslyn Chapel was haven for bees An ancient chapel has revealed a new mystery with the discovery of a 600-year-old hive built into the stones. Builders renovating Rosslyn Chapel, which was made famous in The Da Vinci Code, found the "unprecedented" hive while dismantling a rooftop pin...
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Alien Life Search
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NASA Research Gives Guideline for Future Alien Life Search Astronomers searching the atmospheres of alien worlds for gases that might be produced by life can't rely on the detection of just one type, such as oxygen, ozone, or methane, because in some cases these gases can be produced non-biologica...
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Mediterranean Tsunami System
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An international group of experts has said that the Mediterranean region needs an early tsunami warning system.
"The countries concerned ought to go along with us and be aware of the need for a Mediterranean warning system. At present a sense of awareness is clearly lacking" - Francois...
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The Monument
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The Monument near London Bridge has just reopened after restoration work. This large column was erected next to the Thames as a memorial to the Great Fire of London of 1666, and was completed in 1677. But what is not so well known is that its designers, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, intended it to b...
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According to the National Geophysical Institute of Ecuador, an increase in the volcanic activity of the Tungurahua Volcano has been recorded since 10 May 2006. Since then, strong explosions and hundreds of tremors have been registered, with moderate and strong emissions of steam and gas, and ver...
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