Tag: planet earth
The End Of The Earth
The Nullarbor Cliffs literally feel like the end of the earth, though they are really just the end of Australia. (Source)
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Zaxo, Duhok province, Kurdistan.
Honokohau Falls in Hawaii is said to be the tallest waterfall on Maui. It plunges in two tiers for a total of 1600 feet, making it the second highest falls in the United States
Views of Mt Fuji; Yuga Kurita
Pink sand on Ellafonisi Beach, Crete, Greece. Pink sand is formed of tiny red organisms that grow on dead coral reefs and pieces of shells which fall to the ocean floor and are washed onto shore.
Photo credit: Jan-Erik Larsson
Forty years ago, a vast molten cavity known as the Darvaza crater – nicknamed the “door to hell” – opened up in the desert of north Turkmenistan, and has been burning ever since. Now, Canadian explorer George Kourounis has became the first to make the descent into the fiery pit to look for signs of life (x)“We did find some bacteria living at the bottom that are very comfortable living in those high temperatures, and the most important thing was that they were not found in any of the surrounding soil outside of the crater,” he says. “Outside of our solar system, there are planets that do resemble the conditions inside this pit, and [knowing that] can help us expand the number of places where we can confidently start looking for life outside of our solar system.”
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For teaching: geology, exobiology
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