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Welcome to Deception Island
Deception Island. The name alone conjures intrigue, concealment and trickery. Upon approaching this remote Antarctic outcrop, a desolate and forbidding coastline looms – sheer, snow-capped rocky crags and barren volcanic slopes cloaked in a soup of swirling fog. Occupied sporadically for a century or more, ghost settlements are now all that remain of the island’s earlier human ventures. Several vicious volcanic eruptions have made sure of that.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Solar flares are like the Sun's equivalents of Earth's natural hazards, though of course they occur on a much larger scale. It would be nice to say such phenomena have minimal impact on the environment or life on Earth, but solar flares do strongly influence our local space weather – and who knows what a biggie could do? While we wait for the answer, don your protective glasses and prepare for some dazzling images of solar eruptions.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
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