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Massive Russian earthquake felt 4000 miles from epicenter

Yet on Friday, a great big earthquake let loose deep under the Sea of Okhotsk, way off by the Pacific Ocean, and a seismic wave hurtled across Siberia and through the Ural Mountains and under the Volga River and past the endless potato fields and shook …

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Roswell: 1,168 Miles from Franklin, TN

I’m not good at determining the age of homes. Is this house from the 1890′s, or is it more of 1920′s? This home is about a half mile from historic downtown Franklin, Tn On Hwy 96, the main road to Murfreesboro. Oh, there’s also an Inflatable green alien in a purple hoodie in a UFO. [...]

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Roswell 8

Went to Roswell, NM today. It wasn’t bad but after driving 200 miles through absolutely nothing anything would have been impressive. However for such a UFO town I have to say I expected them to embrace the alien thing more. Most of these were taken at the UFO museum and "research center" (your guess is [...]

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Alcatraz Island, Treasure Island (NASA, International Space Station Science, 01/28/10)

Alcatraz Island and Treasure Island can be seen near the center of this image of the San Francisco Bay, photographed with an 800mm lens some 215 to 220 miles above Earth. The image was taken by an Expedition 22 crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS). San Francisco bay area structures including office buildings [...]

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Atlantic Coast of Europe Into Africa (NASA, International Space Station Science, 11/05/10)

Editor’s Note: This is part of a small photoset, "NASA Views Earth at Night." I’ll try to keep adding as time permits. www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets/72157625188331491/ One of the Expedition 25 crew members aboard the International Space Station, 220 miles above Earth, took this night time photo, looking south along the Atlantic coast of Europe and into Africa, [...]

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Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (NASA, International Space Station, 11/09/10)

Parts of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are easily noted in this unusual circular shaped image exposed by one of the Expedition 25 crew members aboard the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth. A 16mm f/2.8D lens gives this image a fish-eye effect, and the frame of the Cupola window adds [...]

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