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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: November 21, 2014, 12:11 am
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[font=times new roman]Dedicated to Richard L. (Dick) Proenneke
1916-2003[/font]
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[font=times new roman]"Distance is relative. A trip on this lake
takes me about 3 hours to canoe 8 and half miles if I don't have
a wind to fight. With a motor on the canoe I could make it in
less than an hour. But a motor's noise stills the sound of the
wilderness." [/font]
[center] [font=times new roman]Dick Proenneke [/font][/center]
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 13, 2014, 11:59 am
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From Davy Jones' Locker to the largest know cave in the world
(it's in Viet Nam) to the 9,000 ft high lost world that inspired
Arthur Conan Doyle's novel to some amazing and unique life forms
like a huge meat eating PLANT :o ;D and chemotrophic life
forms, video proof that this planet has many wonders yet to be
revealed to human eyes.
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 17, 2014, 9:03 pm
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 17, 2014, 9:16 pm
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World's Most Beautiful Waterfalls.
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 18, 2014, 7:13 pm
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[font=times new roman]America's Beautiful West[/font]
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 27, 2014, 1:18 am
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View From Space: Countries and Coastlines
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: December 27, 2014, 1:26 am
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More earth from space. The Northern lights are far out! :o I
actually made out some GREEN colored landscape in Mexico or
possibly Central America. See if you can spot it. 8)
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: April 5, 2015, 6:49 pm
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: April 11, 2015, 1:48 pm
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A spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
overhead in the Brooks Range of Alaska, deep in the Gates of the
Arctic National Park.
Many other beautiful photos at link:
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Re: Majestic and sometimes Spectacular Scenery
By: AGelbert Date: June 10, 2015, 1:58 pm
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[center]The View From Space: Dynamic Spring Weather in North
Atlantic Waters[/center]
Press Release - Posted by Keith Cowing Source: NASA
Posted May 28, 2015 10:06 AM
Physical oceanographers will sometimes point out that the ocean
has weather and seasons, much like the atmosphere.
Masses of water with different temperatures, salinities, and
nutrient levels clash and mix like warm and cold fronts in the
air. Different plant-like species"phytoplankton"bloom, spread,
and die back with the different conditions. Ocean currents swirl
in turbulent fronts and eddies"much like tornadoes and
hurricanes, though far more productive than destructive.
Springtime in the North Atlantic Ocean is a time of great
change, turbulence, and productivity. Increasing sunlight,
nutrient runoff from land and upwelling from the deep, and
changeable atmospheric weather all conspire to color the ocean
surface with interesting patterns.
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ŠNASA North America download large image (4 MB, JPEG, 3994x3395)
(at link)
The composite image above shows the northwest Atlantic Ocean on
May 14, 2015, with the New England and Canadian Maritimes in the
background. The image was constructed from data acquired by the
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on the
Suomi NPP satellite.
On the left side of the image, several circular patterns are
traced out by the light green phytoplankton near the surface.
These rings are likely eddies that have spun off of the Gulf
Stream, which turns east toward Europe in this region.
The underwater plateau known as Georges Bank is also made
visible (indirectly) by the plankton. The Labrador Current and
the Gulf Stream meet in this area, and the relatively shallow
water promotes an abundant crop of phytoplankton, marine plants,
shellfish, finfish, and marine mammals, all the way up the food
chain. The bank is marked by bright swirls of color in the
image.
Patches and swirls of phytoplankton continue to the north and
east from the bank, indicating regions where there are
significant nutrients near the surface and other water
conditions that promote blooms. Though it is very difficult to
identify the genus and species of phytoplankton from a
satellite, researchers working from ships in the North Atlantic
confirmed that at least some of the phytoplankton blooming in
May were diatoms, including Guinardia delicatula.
The Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank have historically been some
of the most productive fishing grounds on the planet.
Overfishing and pollution brought significant declines in the
late 20th century, though regulation and changes in fishing
practices may now restore some of the abundance in the local
waters. Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, North Carolina State University, and NOAA have been
regularly monitoring the region with ship-based studies, ocean
models, and automated, moored instruments in order to keep track
of phytoplankton and algae species, particularly those that lead
to toxic algae blooms.
Related Reading
NASA Earth Observatory (2011, March 2) Ocean Crossroads.
NASA Earth Observatory (2011, February 17) As the Seasons
Change, Will the Plankton?
NASA Earth Observatory (2010, July 13) What are Phytoplankton?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2015, May 11) Gulf of
Maine Red Tide Bloom Expected to Be Similar to Past Three Years.
Accessed May 25, 2015.
American Museum of Natural History (no date) The Sorry Story of
Georges Bank. Accessed May 25, 2015.
NASA image by Norman Kuring, NASA Ocean Color group. Caption by
Mike Carlowicz, with image interpretation from Norman Kuring
(NASA) and Dennis McGillicuddy, Don Anderson, and Heidi Sosik
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
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