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Visit to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

August 31st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

#8220;A thousand miles off California, the North Pacific Ocean Gyre contains one of the oldest and largest ecosystems on Earth#8211;but it may be in danger from a deluge of accumulated plastic trash. Dubbed the #8220;Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch,#8221; the debris at the center of the North Pacific Ocean has the potential to damage marine img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/ggrUI08SmfU” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Plugging an Oil Leak in the Timor Sea

August 25th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

An oil rig in the Timor Sea, off the coast of Northern Territory and Western Australia, has been leaking oil badly enough to require an emergency clean-up by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. To stop the leak another rig is being towed to the site where it will drill into the well and plug img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/VooBNfDOdZo” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Typhoon Vamco Satellite Image

August 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Earth Observatory has another great image of a typhoon. This one is Typhoon Vamco moving over the Pacific on August 20, 2009 as a Cateogry 3 storm.

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Hurricane Felicia

August 5th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

Hurricane Felicia is a Category 3 hurricane moving northwestward in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.

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Earth From Space at Night

July 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

One of NASA#8217;s most famous images is known as the #8220;Satellite Photo of Earth at Night.#8221; It really isn#8217;t a photo, instead it is a compiled image that maps the location of permanent lights on Earth#8217;s surface. It is not a map of population, instead it is more a map of electricity use. Shown img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/TibA220ZL4w” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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7.8 Earthquake – West Coast of South Island, NZ

July 15th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

USGS reports that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred along the west coast of South Island, New Zealand at about 8:22 PM local time. A tsunami warning was issued by cancelled. The earthquake was felt across South Island but no major damage is reported in early news articles. The area of the island img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/deKbpsATPBc” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Millennium Island, Kiribati

July 15th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Geology.com

#8220;Millennium Island is formed from a number of smaller islets built on coral reefs. The coral reefs grew around a now-submerged volcanic peak, leaving a ring of coral around an inner lagoon. The islands above the waterline are composed primarily of limestone rock and sand derived from the reefs.

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