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[비공개] Russia in color, a century ago
With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas ..The Big Picture|2010-08-20 03:17 pm추천 -
[비공개] Scouting Out Geography at Centennial J..
The virtues enshrined in the Boy Scout Law--trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent--date back more than a century to founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell's original manual, Scouting for Boys.Fine attributes, to be sure, but they beg one important question: Where's the geo??? To scout about, after all, a boy scout needs to know how ..My Wonderful World Blog|2010-08-20 02:54 am추천 -
[비공개] Now that the oil well is capped...
Between April 20 and July 15, 2010, a generally accepted estimate of nearly 5 million barrels (200 million gallons) of crude oil emerged from the wellhead drilled into the seafloor by BP from the now-destroyed Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Now that the flow of oil has been stopped, the impact of all the spilled oil and natural gas is still being measured. The current moratorium on deep water r..The Big Picture|2010-08-19 02:44 am추천 -
[비공개] 476 - "Go late!": A Night-Club Map of ..
It’s the 1930s, and while elsewhere in the world evil people are poring over maps with plans for plunder and dreams of conquest, cartography is serving a more benign purpose in Harlem, New York City. This Night-Club Map of Harlemis a chart of the fun to be had in the cultural capital of black America, circa 1932. At that time, this vibrant community on the northern tip of Manhattan was exp..Strange Maps | Big Think|2010-08-17 06:54 am추천 -
[비공개] Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics
On Saturday, Singapore welcomed young athletes from around the world in a ceremony opening the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This is the first ever Summer Youth Olympics, an event designed to be celebrated in the same tradition of the Olympic Games - the major difference being that the competitors are all between 14 and 18 years of age. This year, 3,500 athletes from more than 200 countries are..The Big Picture|2010-08-17 01:44 am추천 -
[비공개] 도시탐험대 @KBS대구 / 역시 여기서 도시는 바로 대구광역시.
도시탐험대 @KBS대구 / 역시 여기서 도시는 바로 대구광역시.geomark님의 미투데이|2010-08-16 04:07 pm추천 -
[비공개] Landslides strike Zhouqu County, China
At midnight on Sunday, August 8th, a temporary lake caused by a recent landslide broke loose above the town of Zhouqu, in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. The outflow slid down the valley as a wall of mud, wiping out houses and muli-story buildings, and killing at least 1,144 residents - with over 600 still reported as missing. More than 10,000 soldiers and rescuers arrived soon to c..The Big Picture|2010-08-14 03:27 am추천 -
[비공개] Continuing Pakistani floods
The United Nations has now estimated that Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in 80 years - further straining a country already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants. Over 60,000 troops are involved in flood relief operations trying to assist nearly 14 million people who are now affected by the flooding. Th..The Big Picture|2010-08-12 02:07 am추천 -
[비공개] Continuing Russian wildfires
Though many have been contained, wildfires continue to rage throughout many parts of Russia. In a new twist to the situation, officials have confirmed that some forests that were contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have now burned, but it was unclear what danger the smoke from such wildfires could pose. Monitoring stations have not registered any increase in radioacti..The Big Picture|2010-08-12 01:41 am추천 -
[비공개] 레인미터를 이용하여 바탕화면 아이패드처럼 꾸미기 / 아직 잠금에는 버..
레인미터를 이용하여 바탕화면 아이패드처럼 꾸미기 / 아직 잠금에는 버그가 있다고 하네요.geomark님의 미투데이|2010-08-11 11:25 pm추천
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