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Monday, 19 June 2017
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Imaggeo on Mondays: Airplane views of the Alps
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The forward scattering of sunlight, which is caused by a large number of aerosol particles (moist haze) in Alpine valleys, gives the mountain massifs a rather plastic appearance. The hazy area in the [...]
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Friday - sunny and hot, with thunderstorms everywhere. My boat is finally fixed and it starts up fine. We can stay outside until 7 pm, until the press of mosies moves in on the insect lamps. Sat. - The [...]My 19th Pair of Reviews
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Slow boat from China
Various people keep asking when my new book, Waterway: The Story of Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal, co-authored with Jen Ott, will be in stores. I usually tell them that it’s literally on a boat from [...]Los mundos prehistóricos de Ray Palmer
Monday Geology Picture: Bogenfels Arch, Sperrgebiet, Namibia
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