Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Update: 2007-02-26 11:28:01

Random Gallery Photoanimal 4
animal 4
Posted by Beewitch

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-26 12:195.440.6420-124.87000.4 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2007-02-26 09:015.3-15.9300167.514056.6 VANUATU
2007-02-25 20:475.5-29.1840-177.158010.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
2007-02-25 15:035.025.8750-110.591010.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2007-02-25 15:006.026.2300-110.100010.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2007-02-25 15:005.326.1390-110.386010.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
2007-02-25 09:405.052.7010-174.1070199.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
2007-02-25 01:495.033.258090.578035.0 XIZANG-QINGHAI BORDER REGION
2007-02-24 23:435.451.4060-178.456035.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
2007-02-24 19:475.346.7840152.435010.0 KURIL ISLANDS

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-24 14:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-24 14:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-21 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-21 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-20 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-24 20:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-24 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-24 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua
2007-02-24 01:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Update: 2007-02-24 11:17:01

Random Gallery PhotoOklahoma Tornado, 1981
Oklahoma Tornado, 1981
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-24 13:325.2-21.5340-67.618042.5 POTOSI, BOLIVIA
2007-02-24 08:075.2-20.2160173.120013.3 VANUATU REGION
2007-02-24 07:335.21.1850-85.132022.2 OFF THE COAST OF ECUADOR
2007-02-24 04:055.01.6210116.132010.0 KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
2007-02-24 02:366.2-6.9150-80.321015.4 NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
2007-02-23 19:555.6-45.2600-72.019023.9 AISEN, CHILE
2007-02-23 14:485.010.8940-61.635077.6 TRINIDAD REGION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
2007-02-23 14:125.0-1.3900-77.7990187.0 ECUADOR
2007-02-21 11:055.538.370039.260033.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 11:055.738.432039.23705.0 EASTERN TURKEY

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-21 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-21 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-20 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-24 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-24 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua
2007-02-24 01:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Friday, February 23, 2007

Update: 2007-02-23 11:11:01

Random Gallery PhotoSt Helens
St Helens
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-23 14:125.0-1.3900-77.7990187.0 ECUADOR
2007-02-21 11:055.538.370039.260033.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 11:055.738.432039.23705.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 02:195.9-0.9400127.200041.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-21 02:195.5-0.9100127.261010.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 23:125.1-11.2700118.830035.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:256.1-1.0300126.990033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:255.9-1.0740126.971010.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 13:145.0-1.0680127.149030.0 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.9-1.0500126.880033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-21 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-21 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-20 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-17 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-17 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua
2007-02-17 01:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Update: 2007-02-16 03:17:02

Random Gallery PhotoFact or Photoshop?
Fact or Photoshop?
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-16 01:155.1-54.9480-26.466010.0 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
2007-02-15 10:275.4-32.1840-177.514035.0 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
2007-02-15 10:235.3-31.9120-177.629035.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
2007-02-14 22:125.343.5610-127.434010.0 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
2007-02-14 20:465.50.708097.238030.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
2007-02-14 20:125.25.265094.315046.8 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-02-14 19:505.90.650097.350033.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
2007-02-14 19:495.50.466097.30404.7 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
2007-02-14 19:375.0-5.3510-77.220039.4 NORTHERN PERU
2007-02-14 14:215.4-19.6040-69.856037.5 TARAPACA, CHILE

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-10 12:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-15 07:02-8.110112.920OrangeSemeruJava
2007-02-10 12:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-14 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2007-02-10 07:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-10 00:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan
2007-02-15 11:02-2.030-78.340OrangeSangayEcuador
2007-02-10 00:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-13 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa

Colombian Volcano Eruption Spews Ash Skyward

Random Gallery PhotoWhat can you see?
What can you see?
Posted by
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(NBC4 TV).

Eruption Triggers Tremors, Landslides

Colombia -- A Colombia volcano had a major eruption on Wednesday, shooting ash thousands of feet into the air.

The eruption of the Nevado del Huila volcano triggered a series of tremors that in set off landslides.

The president of Colombia flew near the volcano and was briefed on the situation.

Villagers living near the volcano have begun evacuating.

The Paez River has been contaminated with volcanic ash for days.

A 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano killed 25,000 people was Colombia's biggest natural disaster ever. Many of those killed died in mudslides and


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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Surprising Solar Storms Rage at Sun's South Pole

Random Gallery PhotoCircinus Galaxy
Circinus Galaxy
Posted by
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Ker Than - SPACE.com).

Relatively calm weather was the standard forecast for the Sun, which is near the end of another 11-year solar cycle, but raging solar storms just spotted at its south pole now tell a different story.

At the start of a solar cycle, sunspots-regions on the Sun marked by cooler temperatures and intense magnetic activity-tend to appear near the poles and move towards the equator as the cycle concludes.

Scientists were therefore surprised when Ulysses [image], a joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA spacecraft currently embarking on its third tour around the Sun [image] since launch in 1990, spotted intense solar storms near the Sun's south pole.

Solar storms are energetic explosions on the surface of the Sun caused by solar flares or coronal mass...
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Update: 2007-02-22 10:57:02

Random Gallery PhotoJuly 25, 2005 - Dust Storm in the Sahara Desert
July 25, 2005 - Dust Storm in the Sahara Desert
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-21 11:055.538.370039.260033.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 11:055.738.432039.23705.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 02:195.9-0.9400127.200041.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-21 02:195.5-0.9100127.261010.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 23:125.1-11.2700118.830035.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:256.1-1.0300126.990033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:255.9-1.0740126.971010.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 13:145.0-1.0680127.149030.0 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.9-1.0500126.880033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.7-1.0540127.068022.5 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-21 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2007-02-16 07:0256.060160.640OrangeKliuchevskoiKamchatka
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-21 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-20 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-17 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-17 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Update: 2007-02-21 08:57:03

Random Gallery Photo
Posted by SilverJade

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-21 11:055.538.370039.260033.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 11:055.738.432039.23705.0 EASTERN TURKEY
2007-02-21 02:195.9-0.9400127.200041.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-21 02:195.5-0.9100127.261010.0 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 23:125.1-11.2700118.830035.0 SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:256.1-1.0300126.990033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 14:255.9-1.0740126.971010.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 13:145.0-1.0680127.149030.0 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.9-1.0500126.880033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.7-1.0540127.068022.5 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-21 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2007-02-16 07:0256.060160.640OrangeKliuchevskoiKamchatka
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-21 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-20 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-17 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-17 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Strong Indonesian quake sparks tsunami warning

Random Gallery PhotoBloubergstrand, Cape Town
Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
Posted by SilverJade
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Mail & Guardian) from Indonesia.

A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia triggered a tsunami warning on Tuesday and caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings, officials and media reports said. The tsunami warning was later cancelled.

The United States Geological Survey initially put the temblor's magnitude at 6,9, but later revised it to 6,5. The quake struck 210km from Ternate, the capital of the Maluku islands, at a depth of 31km.

"We've cancelled the tsunami warning, and there have been no reports of damage or injuries from the earthquake," said Budi Waluyo, a meteorologist at the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Jakarta.

The temblor hit at 5.04pm local time. Frightened residents fled their homes and at least one hotel in Ternate was evacuated, El...
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Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-20 08:046.9-1.0500126.880033.0 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
2007-02-20 08:046.5-1.0590127.066031.3 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
2007-02-19 19:245.5-23.0760-70.535010.0 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
2007-02-19 15:135.8-4.2500102.9900191.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-02-19 15:135.5-4.3980102.912030.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-02-19 14:335.5-20.2240173.109010.0 VANUATU REGION
2007-02-19 14:145.249.1480-28.422010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-02-19 11:425.312.4980141.671015.0 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
2007-02-19 11:135.55.5300126.340063.1 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
2007-02-19 02:335.71.795030.814025.0 LAKE ALBERT REGION, DEM REP OF THE CONGO

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-14 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2007-02-16 07:0256.060160.640OrangeKliuchevskoiKamchatka
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-14 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-13 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-17 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-17 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua

Monday, February 19, 2007

Egypt marks 13th bird flu death

Random Gallery PhotoAntarctic ice sheets
Antarctic ice sheets
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Jerusalem Post).

An Egyptian woman died Friday of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 13, while a boy in the country's north tested positive for the disease, a World Health Organization official here said.

Nadia Abdel Hafez, a 37-year-old housewife from the oasis town of Fayoum, had been admitted to a local clinic on Monday.

After tests revealed the H5N1 virus, Abdel Hafez was transferred to a hospital in Cairo, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) to the north, where her condition was initially reported as stable.

But she died in the early hours of Friday, WHO spokesman Ibrahim el-Kardani said. Meanwhile, a boy from the northern Nile Delta province of el-Sharqiya tested positive for the avian influenza strain, Egypt's 22nd case so far,...
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Mark your calendar: Lunar Eclipse 03/03/2007

Random Gallery PhotoGravity Sux
Gravity Sux
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(NASA).

Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters away—an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers.

As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.

Suddenly, the lights go out.

Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red "ring of fire" appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.

You've been waiting for this. It's an eclipse.

Astronauts on the moon are going to...
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Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-02-19 11:135.55.5300126.340063.1 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
2007-02-19 02:335.71.795030.814025.0 LAKE ALBERT REGION, DEM REP OF THE CONGO
2007-02-18 21:375.66.0380-82.649010.0 SOUTH OF PANAMA
2007-02-18 21:045.121.6300120.509012.2 TAIWAN REGION
2007-02-18 10:455.01.088097.378030.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
2007-02-17 23:415.2-4.0790154.4470486.6 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2007-02-17 12:435.5-7.2500155.768035.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-02-17 09:185.1-7.3160155.836049.9 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-02-17 07:565.0-7.3830155.886059.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-02-17 07:475.3-7.3080155.832060.4 SOLOMON ISLANDS

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-02-17 13:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-02-17 13:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-02-14 00:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2007-02-16 07:0256.060160.640OrangeKliuchevskoiKamchatka
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-02-14 00:0214.380-90.600OrangePacayaGuatemala
2007-02-13 17:02-1.41029.200OrangeNyamuragiraC. Africa
2007-02-17 19:0254.050159.430OrangeKarymskyKamchatka
2007-02-17 01:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-02-17 08:0211.540-85.620OrangeConcepcionNicaragua

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