Tag Archive | "damage"
Geological Faults that Tear the Earth Apart
An earthquake shaking the very foundations you live on would be jeopardy enough for most people to endure, but if upon stepping outside your home you were also to find massive fissures riddling the earth, cathedral-sized alarm bells would start ringing. Cracks appearing in the ground during major seismic events is picture book stuff, but let's see how they look for real, while considering the forces that cause them – and the effects they have.
Continue reading...Space Launches As You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Monday, May 4, 2009
Oh. My. Golly. What a shot. Taken in 1998, this awesome image shows NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft shooting into the sky above Cape Canaveral. Destination is in sight. The fiery launch tail forms an arch in the foreground, while the moon, near first quarter phase, looks on, some 250,000 miles away. Prepare for blast-off as we explore stunning photos of space launches and wonder what it all means from an environmental point of view.
Continue reading...5 Catastrophic Earthquakes in Major Cities
Monday, April 28, 2008
Paso Robales, California, 2003. Image from Hey Paul Earthquakes are a perfect representation of the age-old riddle: if a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a noise?
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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