Friday, 3 February 2017

Lava Waterfall at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Lava Waterfall at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Over the last month the Kilauea flow has increased from a lava tube at the Kamokuna ocean entry on the southeast side of the Big Island. The lava now falls 70 feet (21 meters) into the cool seawater below, causing explosions and billowing smoke.
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Thursday, 12 January 2017

Rocky Mountains From Orbit

Rocky Mountains From Orbit

Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed the Rocky Mountains from his vantage point in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station. He shared the image with his social media followers on Jan. 9, 2017, writing, "the Rocky mountains are a step too high – even for the clouds to cross." Image Credit: ESA/NASA
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Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Mont Aiguille

Mont Aiguille

On the front side, the City Hall of the village of Chichilianne, in the Vercors (French Alps). And on the back side, the Mont Aiguille, a famous French mountain first climbed in 1492. It is sometimes regarded as the birth of mountainering.
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