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Paranal Observatory
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'Quantum of Solace' locations are as thrilling as the action As the new Bond film bursts onto a cinema screen near you, it introduces a whole new generation to the landscapes of Latin America. The films villain, Dominic Greene, has his hideout at an eco-hotel in the mountains of Bolivia. The "ho...
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Pictish Palace of Forteviot
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Forteviot is known to have been inhabited in the 9th century. It was a residence of the Pictish kings of Fortriu. King Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth mac Alpin or Kenneth I of Scotland) (d. 858), is said to have died in the 'palace' (palacio) there, and his successors. The palace formerly stood on Haly Hill...
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Amadeus Basin
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Sacred stones of the outback This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback. Two large rock formations are visible on the lower section of the image. Sacred to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, these sandstone 'bornhardts' are the main features of the...
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Candle Hill
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A recumbent stone circle 43 feet in diameter, surrounding a very well-defined central cairn 28 feet in diameter. It consisted originally of eight stones, one of which has gone. Only one stone is standing; height 4 1/2 feet, named the Candle Stane, according to the Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB, 186...
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Dunnideer Hill
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Dunnideer Castle, now ruined, was a tower house located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was built c.1260 partially from the remains of an existing vitrified hill fort in the same location. Read more Dunnideer Hill rises to 268m abo...
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Arthur J. Dyer Observatory
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Vanderbilt University's Arthur J. Dyer Observatory in Nashville has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. Read more
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Oelsner Mound
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Temple Mound a Monument to Pasco's Native History While the associated burial mound was destroyed by area development in the 1950s, the Oelsner Mound is Florida's best preserved example of a temple mound. Nestled on the southern bank of the Pithlachascotee River, on Sunset Boulevard, is one of the...
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Solar System Ambassadors
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Do you love space? Are you good about sharing your love of the stars with the public? are you a U.S. citizens? If so, NASA wants you to become part of a growing network of space enthusiasts who have volunteered as NASA Solar System Ambassadors. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 30. [url=h...
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Brian May, the guitarist with the rock group Queen, has returned to his first love of astronomy with plans for a book on “the complete history of the universe”.
He is working with Sir Patrick Moore, the astronomer, and Chris Lintott, Moore’s co-presenter on the BBC’s [url=http://my...
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Desert RATS
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NASA Practicing Asteroid Mission in Arizona Desert A team of about 150 engineers, scientists, astronauts, researchers and students started work this week on the first of several deep-space mission scenarios, part of an annual NASA field expedition called Desert Research and Technology Studie...
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Sky at Night Magazine
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The BBC has launched a new astronomy magazine, to compliment the Sky at Night TV series on BBC. The program has been running since 1957 and is hosted by Sir Patrick Moore.
The magazine offers more technical data than the TV broadcast and a cover mounted CD.
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Siyabulela Xuza
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Siyabulela Xuza became interested in aeronautics at an early age. "One of my earliest memories of my childhood in Umtata in the Eastern Cape was seeing a plane flying overhead dropping election pamphlets in 1994.[url=http://free.financialmail.co.za/08/1031/people/people.ht...
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Amateur radio
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In a farmhouse damaged in 1913 by tornado, a bank of communications equipment surrounded Shelby Ennis as the Weather Channel played overhead. He is recruiting and training a net of amateur radio operators who, during times that are too urgent to worry about how many bars a cell phone has, will talk to...
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Space monkeys
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Animal rights activists, some dressed in monkey suits and posing in cages, will protest today at Belmonts McLean Hospital against a controversial Harvard Medical School study that involves zapping primates with massive doses of radiation. [url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regiona...
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
It is home to the 30th Space Wing and the Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR), and is responsible for satellite launches for military and commercial organiz...
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