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Earthquake attack!!!

March 13, 2010

Chile was hit with an 8.8 manitude earthquake. That's the second one this year, and Illinois, U.S.A, was hit with an 5.2 magnitude earthquake which makes it three this year. And they are expecting one in Alaska.

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Haiti

January 19, 2010

Haiti was hit with a disaster. They were hit with a level 7 earthquake. Many people were stranded and became homeless.

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Volcanoes 2

January 5, 2010

Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA have recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered–West Mata Volcano–describing high-definition video of the undersea eruption as “spectacular.” Quoted from the NSF press release.

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Asteroid

January 5, 2010

Apophis is a large asteroid (about 1/4 km wide) that will be nearing Earth in 2029. Although the probability of it colliding with our planet is slim, Russia is considering sending a spacecraft to intercept it.

Posted by Curt Russell

Volcanoes

January 5, 2010

Researchers have determined that magma can rise very rapidly during some types of explosive volcanic eruptions. If magma can rise rapidly then deep magma might be able to produce an eruption in less than the time needed to detect, confirm, communicate and evacuate.

Posted by Curt Russell

Planets

January 5, 2010

COROT-7b is an exoplanet that orbits the star COROT-7. It it so close to the star that temperatures are thought to be high enough to vaporize silicate rocks. Above the surface the vapors can cool to produce a rain of igneous rocks.

Posted by Curt Russell

Planet Earth

January 5, 2010

On November 6, 2009 an asteroid about 20 feet across streaked between Earth and the Moon, missing our planet by a mere two Earth radii. The asteroid was not discovered until it was just 15 hours from potential impact. This is one of several close calls in the past few years.
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Earthquake

January 5, 2010

An magnitude 5.1 earthquake left about 20,000 people homeless in Tajikistan. Many of the buildings destroyed were built from mud.
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Earthquakes

January 5, 2010

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake is reported by USGS in Baja, Mexico, just south of the California border. Instrument intensity estimates are VI / VII near the epicenter.
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Posted by Curt Russell. Posted In : Geological weathering

Fossils

January 5, 2010

Miocene fossils of Litokoala kutjamarpensis and Nimiokoala greystanesi koalas have provided many clues to the behavior of these prehistoric creatures. It appears that they shared modern koalas’ activity level and vocal talents, but had different dining habits.
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"Herkimer Diamonds" is the name given to the doubly terminated quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York and surrounding areas. Note that these crystals have the typical hexagonal habit of quartz, however, instead of having a termination on one end they are doubly terminated. This is a result of the crystals growing with very little or no contact with their host rock. Such doubly terminated crystals are very rare and this is part of what makes Herkimer Diamonds so popular with mineral collectors. Diamonds formed in cavities within the dolostone. These cavities are frequently lined with drusy quartz crystals and often are coated with a tarry hydrocarbon.