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The slight asymmetry in the sand dunes shows their steep sides are orientated towards the south. The University of Arizona, which operates the High-Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRise) camera used to take the image, pointed out in a statement(opens in new tab) that this indicates sands are blown southwards, though the Martian winds may be variable. The image was taken on November 22, 2022, at a latitude of 42.505 degrees and a longitude of 67.076 degrees. It comes as part of a series of pictures taken by the HiRise camera that orbits Mars on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft. The...

If you lived in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, South, or Midwest in the ’80s or ’90s, you were probably familiar with the discount department store chain Hills. (If you aren’t from that area, when you read this story, substitute your favorite now-defunct local or regional department or discount store for Hills.) This week, a local YouTube channel and a candle company teamed up to create a scented candle, and created a frenzy. Hills stores had snack bars in the lobby, which were nothing unique: popcorn, fossilized hot dogs, soda, and Icees were all available. The stores also had housewares, clothes,...

A YouTube video that went viral — showing a Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 tearing through residential streets of Beverly Hills; flying though stop signs while pedestrians waited to cross, narrowly avoiding other motorists — has caused outrage, with neighbors pleading with police to take action before someone gets hurt. According to NBC4, the owner of said vehicles is claiming “diplomatic immunity,” telling a video journalist who asked for comment, “I could have you killed and get away with it.” The name of the car’s owner has not been released, but he is rumored to be part of the...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Many Pittsburghers joined people all around the nation today by keeping their cars parked and taking their bicycles to work instead. It's all a part of National Bike to Work Day. "I bike from Friendship, and then I just usually head down Liberty, cross over to Penn Ave. when I get down into the Strip and I work at the Regional Enterprise Tower," said Jake Baechle, a bicyclist. Baechle says biking is about more then just saving on gas money. "It saves a lot of money, saves on gas, and it's good for the environment and it's...

DURHAM, N.H. - They came in the dead of the New Hampshire night in 1961, or so the story goes, about a dozen, short, hairless humanoids who snatched a terrified Portsmouth couple into a hovering spacecraft for a very close encounter of the medical examination kind. Alien abductionNothing would ever be the same for Betty and Barney Hill, a politically active, socially conscious couple who rocketed into the international spotlight with the first widely publicized tale of alien abduction.

While getting a new clutch installed on our Ford pick-up in Petach Tiqvah, the garage accountant, wearing a kippa, noticed the B'nai No'ach bumper sticker and asked, "What is B'nai No'ach?" "You are a religious Jew and you have to ask me 'what is B'nai No'ach?'" "I know what is B'nai No'ach, but I want to know what B'nai No'ach is to you." In a few words I gave him an answer that satisfied him. Then, he asked, "Who do you think this Land of Israel belongs to, the Jews or the Arabs?" "This Land belongs neither to the Jews...

Been looking for this for a while..Well, actually i've been looking for a clip of the movie where the character plays the tune, but this montage is pretty good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fy3tSim3to Thought there might be others who'd care to see it.

Go to the link in the header for the article and explanation of what these are. The picture below is of the Monteregian Hills; Mont St. Hilaire is on the left. The picture is half-size; click for full-size. Mont St. Hilaire from the ground: As seen from Montreal: In winter: In autumn (even nicer if the light poles are cropped out):

Bukit Mertajam Recreational Park is worth visiting. Its cool hill air encourages a profusion of ferns and wild flowers, as well as exotic butterflies, birds and insects. For the adventurous, there are numerous jungle tracks leading to the heart of the forest. Visit Fort Cornwallis was built on the site of Francis Light's historic landing in 1786. Originally a wooden stockade, it was replaced by a concrete structure built by convict labour, in 1804. Today, an open-air amphitheatre, history gallery, and handicraft and souvenir centre occupy the interior.

Ancient hill's holes to be filled Silbury Hill dates back to the Neolithic period Plans to stabilise the ancient Silbury Hill mound in Wiltshire have been unveiled by English Heritage. The man-made monument, believed to date to the Neolithic period, developed a hole at the top five years ago after the collapse of infilling in a shaft. There are proposals to remove an inadequate backfill from this and other cavities and replace it with chalk. English Heritage said it would preserve the long-term stability of the hill while minimising further damage. Surveys have confirmed that the overall structure is stable,...

Off for Thanksgiving week, back with an Earth Observatory three-fer. Click each picture for the article about it. On the nature side, I saw an owl on Saturday as twilight approached. Probably only the third live wild owl sighting of my lifetime. Number one: the Algodones dune field in California, which has starred in many Hollywood movies (not just Star Wars). I'm sure that the dune-walking sequence in "Kung Fu" was shot here, and many, many westerns. Number two: the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Sand Hills from the ground (I couldn't find a high-quality Sand Hills picture, but nature photographers...

Pakistan is one of the countries where the minorities are in one of the worst condition in the whole world. Minorities are very insecure in this society, cause of this insecurity and fear are the laws of Blasphemy. If any person says or writes something which goes in offence of Mohammad the prophet of Islam, or disgraces Koran the holly Book of Islam, punishment for this act is Sentence to death. These types of laws are the fruits of an extremist Islamic society, which prospered in General Zia Ul Haq’s Regime (1980s). Since then the minorities are the easy victims...

A young San Bernardino couple is going public with questions about supermodel Gisele Bundchen's "no questions asked" $5000.00 reward offer, which remains unpaid more than two weeks after the couple returned Bundchen's dog only to be arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed and held in custody. Although cleared by the police, the couple has no explanation from Bundchen of why they were treated like criminals and denied the reward. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2004 -- Supermodel Gisele Bundchen’s “no questions asked” $5000.00 reward offer for her lost dog just before Thanksgiving, may have gotten her dog back, but, according to the...

Click article link for article, and link to big image (0.5 MB). Text: This stunning image mosaic of the "Columbia Hills" is the first 360-degree panorama taken since the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit arrived at the hills over a month ago. The rover has been busy studying the rocks here, which show evidence of past alteration by water. The dark patch of soil to the right is the spot where Spirit stopped for engineering work on its right front wheel. Spirit's tracks can be followed from there all the way back to "Bonneville Crater" and the original landing site, more...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's Mars rovers don't seem to be wearing out so mission planners have begun to think more boldly, including a plan to let one climb up a steep "escape hatch" from a crater it has been exploring and set out on a trek across a plain. "The rovers have lasted longer than expected, but as long as we have them we're going to keep them busy," project manager Jim Erickson said Thursday in a conference call with reporters. Already on the second extension of their mission, the rovers Spirit and Opportunity have lasted so long that...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 December 24 Layered Hills on Mars Credit: MSSS, JPL, NASA Explanation: Why are some hills on Mars so layered? The answer is still under investigation. Clearly, dark windblown sand surrounds outcropping of light sedimentary rock across the floor of crater Arabia Terra. The light rock clearly appears structured into many layers, the lowest of which is likely very old. Although the dark sand forms dunes, rippled dunes...

After Hillary's fabouous performance on the mock Barbara Walters Interview, what can only be best described as 'Hillary Mania' swept the country yesterday as the White House silverware thief and her entourage toured book stores around the goldfish bowl of liberal New York to meet with her devoted fanatics. (most of whom seemed to me masculine looking middle aged women)When asked what their favorite Hillary scandal was, the fans all had their favorites: 'I loved the time she called campaign aide Paul Fray a f'ing Jew B*astard,' said one woman.Another said she actually had two favorite scandals, 'I love the...

Feds Taking a Look at Hillary Clinton Fundraisers by Michael Sneed Chicago Sun Times Columnist Is Hillary Clinton sniffin a trouble brewing? Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun TImes hears that the feds are snooping around all over the Senators campagin fundraisers from coast to coast. Are the feds so worried about Clintons rising popularity that they are checking into hard and soft money raised by her campaign? Or did someone forget to dot all of the 'I's and cross the 'T's.Stay tuned..

For aproximately 100 years now, a battle has been raging over the question, "Where is the Word of God?"

QUESTION: Who was Dean Burgon? ANSWER: He was an outstanding 19th century Bible scholar.