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Volcano Eruption And Lightning Storms In Chile

Every once in a while, nature gives us samples of some amazing pictures; may they be landscapes, space pictures or microscopic pictures, it’s only fair that these pictures receive the attention they deserve. Such a fantastic display of natural forces was displayed in Chile, by volcano eruption and lightning storm. Still, it’s not quite your average [...]

Cities as seen from space, at night

Recently, the NASA observatory published some great images of some cities. For a man looking at those cities at night, man’s work seems both impressive and insignificant. But the view would be fantastic: regular patterns of irrigated cropland, straight lines of roads and railways running across continents, reservoirs on river systems, and the cement rectangles [...]

Two pictures show the progress of technology - first and finest picture of Earth

Our life may be better or worse, our health may be better or worse, but one thing has definetly improved over the past decades: technology; and that’s definetly something good. So what better way to prove the progress of technology than 2 pictures of Earth? Thanks to space.com for this.The first was taken from the [...]

6 deadliest volcano eruptions

Volcanic eruptions are impressive natural phenomenae; it begins when pressure on a magma chamber forces magma up through the conduit and out the volcano’s vents. Seen on the TV or in the newspaper, they’re just fantastic and gorgeous. But if you’re unlucky enough to be there… it’s really deadly. But volcanic ash can also bring [...]