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Hey, see around you . . .: 12/01/2008 - 01/01/2009
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. Dinosaurs are animals that lived on earth several million years ago. They lived during the mesozoic era which is also known the age of dinosaurs. Some are herbivores while others ate flesh of other dinosaurs. But the question is how did they become extinct? Wednesday, December 24, 2008. A hailstorm usually occurs during the warm weather and is accompanied in many cases by thunder, lightning ...
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Friday, January 9, 2009. Earthquakes are tremors or vibrations caused by the movement beneath the earth surface or by the movement of tectonic plates beneath the earth's surface. The tectonic waves can jolt upon each other, sending a shock of waves.The majority of tectonic earthquakes originate at the ring of fire in depths not exceeding tens of kilometers. The intensity of a earthquake is measured with a instrument call...
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Hey, see around you . . .: Geysers
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Saturday, January 3, 2009. Geysers are jets of hot water that erupt from beneath the ground accompanied by steam. Geyser gets its name from the erupting spring called geysir. At Haukadalur, Iceland. The word geysir. In Icelandic means 'to gush up'.The formation of geysers requires three factors: water supply, a source of heat and a proper underground circulatory system. Castle Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park. Althou...
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Hey, see around you . . .: Mumbai Terror Attack
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Thursday, December 11, 2008. The Mumbai Terror attack on November 2008 were a series of coordinated terrorists attack across Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The attacks were carried over by the armed men using automated weapons and grenades. The attacks started on 26 November and ended on 29 November, when the Indian security forces, in Operation Black Tornado, brought under control all the attack sites. Security...
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Hey, see around you . . .: 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Thursday, February 28, 2008. A kind of man-made rain - Acid Rain. We heard and termed rains as tropical rain, summer rain, winter rain, monsoon rain, etc. These are bounty by nature for mankind when it falls at right time, right place and right quantity (which happened till the arrival of “EL NINO”. But certain activities of the human beings, unmindful of its impact on the environment, cause the rain to pollute. These ki...
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Hey, see around you . . .: 01/01/2009 - 02/01/2009
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Monday, January 19, 2009. New York City Street Caught in the Blizzard, 1888. The Central Canada and the Mid Western U.S are often referred to as the "Blizzard Country". People in these countries often experience the dangers of snowstorm. To overcome, these dangers they build houses with steeping roofs, so that the snow does pile up. Park Place in Brooklyn. The Storm Track of the Arimistice Day Blizzard. Also known as 93 ...
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Hey, see around you . . .: What causes Hail?
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Wednesday, December 24, 2008. One of the unusual weather conditions we can experience is a hailstorm. It is quite a thing to see and hear hailstones coming down, sometimes with such force that great damage is done. Animals, and even men, have been killed by hail! Hailstones, in size of a tennis-ball. A field littered with large hailstones right after a summer hailstorm. Hailstorm in Bogota, Colombia. On 20 April 1888 in ...
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Hey, see around you . . .: 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Thursday, March 13, 2008. Interesting facts - atmosphere. Visualized phenomenon that happen in atmosphere. The dancing fluorescent ribbons that light up the night sky. One wonder in the clear night sky about the sudden flashing of light on the move in the horizon. It is a celestial event where a large number of meteors are seen within a very short period of time. The upper air burst into life! The wan stars danced between.
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Hey, see around you . . .: Stalactites and Stalagmites
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Hey, see around you . . . Interesting facts that impress us and affect our habitats. Friday, December 19, 2008. A stalactite or dripstone, is a type of speleothem that hangs from the ceiling or wall of limestone caves. The icicle of stone on the ceiling is called a stalactite. The stubby candle on the floor is a stalagmite. Each stalactite and stalagmite grows at a different rate, depending on the wetness of the cave, the temperature of the room, and the thickness of the limestone bed above it. How much ...
