Virtual Globetrotting: Historical

Virtual Globetrotting: Historical http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2008 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com admin@virtualglobetrotting.com Tue, 20 May 2008 22:50:06 -0500 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash site]]>

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crash site
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-20 22:50:06
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ 3054) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil. The Airbus A320 aircraft used for the route, PR-MBK crashed upon landing during rain in São Paulo on July 17, 2007. PR-MBK overran the runway, crossed a major thoroughfare during rush hour, crashed at high speed into a TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a gas station and exploded. There were 187 people on board: 181 passengers, 19 of whom were TAM employees, and 6 crew members. All passengers and crew were killed in the crash, in addition to twelve people on the ground. As of 2007, Flight 3054 has the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Latin America and the highest death toll of any accident involving an Airbus A320 anywhere in the world.]]>

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Ruins of Uncle Sam's House
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-05-17 10:28:32
Sam Wilson was a Troy native and a supplier of meat to the Army in the War of 1812. His barrels were stamped with the initials "U.S.," which the soldiers claimed stood for a mythical benefactor, "Uncle Sam." Thus the national personification of America was born, although Sam Wilson looked nothing like the billy-goat-whiskered, top-hat-wearing cartoon character that would be created long after he was dead.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50250/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50250/ Sat, 17 May 2008 10:28:32 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50250/ 42.72657200 -73.68846600 <![CDATA[Site of Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower]]>

Site of Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower

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Site of Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower
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By: Parabellum
@ 2008-05-14 20:06:49
Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower (1901 – 1917) also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early wireless telecommunications aerial tower intended for commercial wireless trans-Atlantic telephony, broadcasting, and to demonstrate the transmission of power without interconnecting wires.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50193/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50193/ Wed, 14 May 2008 20:06:49 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/50193/ 40.94759700 -72.89820700 <![CDATA[Georges Head Battery]]>

Georges Head Battery
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-22 00:02:04
The Georges Head Battery is located on Georges Head, in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Georges Head battery is one of three forts in the area that were built for the purpose of defending the outer harbor. The fort became a command post in the 1890s for the coordination of all of Sydney's harbour defences.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49248/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49248/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:02:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49248/ -33.83668900 151.25898800 <![CDATA[Bravo Crater]]>

Bravo Crater
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-20 00:10:11
This huge hole in the reef at Bikini Atoll is where the Bravo device was detonated. The 15 megaton thermonuclear device vaporized two islands and half of a third, leaving a crater which is 6000 feet in diameter and 240 feet deep.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49177/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49177/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:10:11 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49177/ 11.69922300 165.27136800 <![CDATA[Pol Pot's Final Resting Place]]>

Pol Pot's Final Resting Place
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-16 21:25:40
On the night of April 15, 1998 the Voice of America, of which Pol Pot was a devoted listener, announced that the Khmer Rouge had agreed to turn him over to an international tribunal. According to his wife, he died in his bed later in the night while waiting to be moved to another location. Ta Mok claimed that his death was due to heart failure. Despite government requests to inspect the body, it was cremated a few days later at Anlong Veng in the Khmer Rouge zone, raising suspicions that he committed suicide.

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Fort Rock Cemetery
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-02-26 01:25:43
Fort Rock towers 325 feet above the desert floor lending to this cemetery's picture of desolation. Most of the graves here are from the homestead era 1910-1920 and several of the markers are homemade. Many of the graves are unmarked.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46475/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46475/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:25:43 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/46475/ 43.37111200 -121.06365000 <![CDATA[Lookout Studio]]>

Lookout Studio
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-02-23 20:53:20
Lookout Studio, known also as The Lookout, is a stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. It is part of the Grand Canyon Village Historic District, and is part of the Mary Jane Colter Buildings National Historic Landmark. It currently operates as a gift shop and observation station for visitors, with high-powered telescopes on its outdoor terrace.

Lookout Studio was constructed by the Sante Fe Railway in 1914 and was established as a photography studio to compete with Kolb Studio. It is one of five buildings at the Grand Canyon that were designed by architect Mary Colter, along with Bright Angel Lodge, Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, and Desert View Watchtower. Lookout Studio employs her signature rustic style of using jagged native rocks to imitate indigenous structures of the region and to blend in with the environment.]]>

Ford Motor Company WWII Era Assembly Plant - Richmond

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Ford Motor Company WWII Era Assembly Plant - Richmond
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-02-02 18:42:59
The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant was the largest assembly plant to be built on the West Coast. One of only three tank depots in the entire country, approximately 49,000 jeeps were assembled and 91,000 other military vehicles were processed here. Ford employed thousands of workers at the site during World War II, many of them women who were entering the work force for the first time. "Rosie the Riveter" was a period song representing these women.

In mobilizing the wartime production effort to its full potential, Federal military authorities and private industry began to work closely together on a scale never seen before in American history. This laid the groundwork for what became known as the "military-industrial complex" during the Cold War years.

Noted architect Albert Kahn is credited with the design of the Ford plant in Richmond. After World War II, Ford moved its Northern California factory to Milpitas, where it became known as the San Jose Assembly Plant.

In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the plant. At the present time, the City of Richmond has repaired and prepared the Ford Assembly building for rehabilitation. A developer has been selected and portions of the building will soon be accessible to the public. Upon completion of the rehabilitation, the Visitor Center for Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park will relocate into this building.]]>

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Re-enactment camp at Valley Forge
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 13:23:47
Throughout the park there are reconstructed log cabins of the type thought to be used during the encampment, including a larger log cabin hospital. Earthworks, for the never needed defense of the encampment, are visible, including four redoubts, the ditch for the Inner Line Defenses, and a reconstructed abbatis. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/44592/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/44592/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:23:47 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/44592/ 40.09731800 -75.42578800 <![CDATA[Riverside Church]]>

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Riverside Church
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By: neotrix
@ 2008-01-21 15:23:41
s an interdenominational (American Baptist and United Church of Christ), interracial, international church in New York City, famous for its elaborate Gothic architecture. It is situated in Morningside Heights, Manhattan between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue and between 120th Street and 122nd Street.

April 4, 1967. Riverside Church Speech:
One year before his death Martin Luther King delivered Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In the speech he spoke strongly against the U.S.'s role in the war, insisting that the U.S. was in Vietnam "to occupy it as an American colony" and calling the U.S. government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today."
[ via http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com ]]]>

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Captain Kidd's Shipwreck discovered near Catalina Island
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By: neotrix
@ 2007-12-15 10:06:18
Resting in less than 10 feet of Caribbean seawater, the wreckage of Quedagh Merchant, the ship abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd as he raced to New York in an ill-fated attempt to clear his name, has escaped discovery -- until now.
An underwater archaeology team from Indiana University announced Dec. 13 the discovery of the remnants. IU marine protection authority Charles Beeker said his team has been licensed to study the wreckage and to convert the site into an underwater preserve, where it will be accessible to the public.]]>

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Chizuk Amuno Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:59:03]]>

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Chizuk Amuno Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:59:03]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41445/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41445/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:59:03 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41445/ 39.29000300 -76.60099000 <![CDATA[Lloyd Street Synagogue]]>

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Lloyd Street Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:56:04]]>

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Lloyd Street Synagogue
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-26 23:56:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41444/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41444/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:56:04 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41444/ 39.29048900 -76.60119900 <![CDATA[Telegraph Field]]>

Telegraph Field
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-20 00:57:53
Site of eastern of the terminal of the first commercially viable transatlantic telegraph cable.]]>

Telegraph Field
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-20 00:57:53
Site of eastern of the terminal of the first commercially viable transatlantic telegraph cable.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41067/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41067/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:57:53 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41067/ 51.88541200 -10.42488800 <![CDATA[2002-07-24 - Quecreek Mine Rescue Site]]>

2002-07-24 - Quecreek Mine Rescue Site
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-14 23:22:19
The site in which nine miners were trapped underground for over 78 hours, July 24–28, 2002. The site, which is also the extraction point, now serves as a memorial park. The mine entrance is located about mile to the north east. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40887/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40887/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:22:19 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40887/ 40.07844900 -79.08533000 <![CDATA[St. Peter's Church and Cemetery]]>

St. Peter's Church and Cemetery
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-11-01 00:13:43
The Church, A National Historic Landmark, opened for worship September 4, 1761. Founded by members of Christ Church, who recently settled here and found difficult to traverse the muddy streets to the overcrowded church at 2nd and Market. Land was donated in 1757 by Proprietors (Governors) Thomas and Richard Penn, whose family crest can be seen above the pulpit. St. Peter’s was designed by Robert Smith.

Among some of the more notable figures interred in the cemetery are:
• George Mifflin Dallas, Vice President of the U.S.
• Charles Willson Peale, famous portrait painter.
• Commodore Stephen Decatur, hero of the Battle of Tripoli in 1814.
• The Chiefs of Eight Indian Tribes who were stricken with small pox while visiting Philadelphia in 1793 to meet with President Washington.

The site has be listed as one of the most haunted sites in Philadelphia]]>

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Church Hospital
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-31 23:49:37
Former Hospital, closed in 2000, now serves as offices for Johns Hopkins Hospital, bet know as the death place of E.A. Poe.

For the Historical Marker on the site:

"This structure, now the east building of Church Hospital, was erected in 1836, to house the Washington Medical College. Edgar Allan Poe, author, and poet, was brought here, ill and semi-conscious, on October 3, 1849 and died four days later. In 1857, the building was purchased by Church Home and Infirmary, which was renamed Church Home and Hospital in 1943."]]>

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First Dunkin' Donuts
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-27 19:21:55
Opened here in 1950, it originally opened in 1944 as the "Open Kettle"]]>

First Dunkin' Donuts
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-27 19:21:55
Opened here in 1950, it originally opened in 1944 as the "Open Kettle"]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40280/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40280/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:21:55 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40280/ 42.25477200 -70.99679100 <![CDATA[First IHOP]]>

First IHOP
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-27 19:00:34
Opened here in 1958]]>

First IHOP
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-27 19:00:34
Opened here in 1958]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40277/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40277/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:00:34 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40277/ 34.15175300 -118.34912800 <![CDATA[First KFC franchise]]>

First KFC franchise
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-26 18:14:41
This was the first KFC, aside from the original in North Corbin, Kentucky to open, when Harlan Sanders began a chain.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40219/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40219/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:14:41 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40219/ 40.68734200 -111.88874600 <![CDATA[First Wienerschnitzel]]>

First Wienerschnitzel
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-26 15:51:17
Opened here in 1961 as "Der Wienerschnitzel"]]>

First Wienerschnitzel
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-26 15:51:17
Opened here in 1961 as "Der Wienerschnitzel"]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40217/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40217/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:51:17 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40217/ 33.79022200 -118.27470000 <![CDATA[First Wal-Mart]]>

First Wal-Mart
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By: LongLiveRock
@ 2007-10-26 13:30:50
This was the location of Sam Walton's first Wal-Mart store in the next several decades it would become a huge discount empire.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40215/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40215/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:30:50 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40215/ 36.33423300 -94.12462600 <![CDATA[Millmount Fort]]>

Millmount Fort
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-08 00:46:31
The current structure is a large 19th century Martello built upon a large mound.

The Normans built the original fort in the mid-1300s; later a castle was built on the site. This castle formed part of the defences of the town during the siege of Drogheda during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.

In the beginning of the 19th century, the old castle was demolished and the present tower was built. The fort suffered considerable damage during the Irish Civil War. It was occupied by Anti-Treaty forces and on July 4 1922, it became the target of shelling by the army of the Irish Free State]]>

Alamut - Fortress of the Assassins
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-10-04 17:40:06
Alamut was once a mountain fortress located in central Elburz mountains, south of the Caspian Sea, close to Gazor Khan, near Qazvin, about 100 km from present-day Tehran in Iran. Only ruins remain of this fortress today.

According to Hamdollah Mostowfi, the fortress was built in 840 at an elevation of 2,100 m. It was built in a way that had only one passable artificial entrance that wound its way around the cliff face (the one natural approach, a steep gravel slope, was too dangerous to use); thus making conquering the fortress extremely difficult. The fort had an unusual system of water supply. The top was extremely narrow and long — perhaps 400 meters long, and no more than 30 meters wide in any place, and usually less.

In 1090 the fortress was infiltrated and occupied by the powerful Ismaili sect of Shia Islam (known to the West by the nickname Hashshashin or Assassins), and was then fabled for its gardens and libraries. The ruins of 23 other fortresses remain in the vicinity.]]>

Placer Gold
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By: KRL
@ 2007-10-04 10:06:54
Historic Placer Operations and typical pattern of gravel piles.]]>

Placer Gold
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By: KRL
@ 2007-10-04 10:06:54
Historic Placer Operations and typical pattern of gravel piles.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39697/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39697/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:06:54 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39697/ 39.18969100 -121.46089600 <![CDATA[Old Otterbein United Methodist Church]]>

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Old Otterbein United Methodist Church
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-02 22:53:18
The present building constructed in 1782 is the oldest church edifice still standing in the city of Baltimore. The Old Otterbein Church is the mother church of the United Brethren in Christ and is a Heritage Landmark of The United Methodist Church in the United States. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39630/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39630/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:53:18 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/39630/ 39.28448300 -76.61726600 <![CDATA[Lake Peigneur - The lake that ate Louisiana]]>

Lake Peigneur - The lake that ate Louisiana
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-09-28 13:27:28
From Damn Interesting:

On November 21, 1980 an oil drilling crew punctured the top of an underground salt dome of the Blue Diamond salt mine.

A giant whirlpool formed. It swallowed another nearby drilling platform whole, as well as a barge loading dock, 70 acres of soil from Jefferson Island, trucks, trees, structures, and a parking lot. The sucking force was so strong that it reversed the flow of a 12-mile-long canal which led out to the Gulf of Mexico, and dragged 11 barges from that canal into the swirling vortex, where they disappeared into the flooded mines below.

After three hours, the lake was drained of its 3.5 billion gallons of water. The water from the canal, now flowing in from the Gulf of Mexico, formed a 150-foot waterfall into the crater where the lake had been, filling it with salty ocean water.

Within two days, what had previously been an eleven-foot-deep freshwater body was replaced with a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake.]]>

'Into the Wild' - approximate location of the abandoned bus

'Into the Wild' - approximate location of the abandoned bus
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-09-25 17:19:15
(SPOILER ALERT)

Christopher J. McCandless (February 12, 1968 – August 1992) was an American wanderer who died near Denali National Park after hiking alone into the Alaskan wilderness with little food or equipment. Author Jon Krakauer wrote a book about his life, Into the Wild, in 1996, which was adapted into a 2007 film directed by Sean Penn, Into the Wild, with Emile Hirsch as McCandless.

After hiking the Stampede Trail McCandless found an abandoned bus parked on an overgrown section of the trail near Denali National Park and began his attempt to live off the land. He had carried to the bus a 10 pound bag of rice, a .22 rifle, plenty of ammunition, a book of local plant life, several other books, and some camping equipment.

His body was found in his sleeping bag inside the bus. He had been dead for more than two weeks. His official cause of death was starvation.]]>

Where Edvard Munch was standing when he was inspired to paint 'The Scream'

Where Edvard Munch was standing when he was inspired to paint 'The Scream'
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-19 20:56:44
From the Feb. 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope:

"One evening I was walking out along a mountain road near Christiania [now Oslo] - together with two companions... the Sun went down ... it was as if a flaming sword of blood slashed open the vault of heaven - the atmosphere turned to blood with glaring tongues of fire - the hills became deep blue the ford shaded into cold blue - among the yellow and red colors - that garish blood-red - on the road - and the railing - my companions' faces became yellow-white - I felt something like a great scream - and truly I heard a great scream."

By studying the perspective of the cliff and the distinctive round hill on Hovedo island, we could determine Munch's position with remarkable precision, within a few meters. This viewpoint is 100 meters from the modern tunnel portals where the E6 motorway passes through the Ekeberg hill, measured in the direction toward the intersection where Mosseveien joins with the E18 motorway. From this spot, Munch's direction of view in the drawing was toward the southwest exactly where the Krakatoa twilights appeared in the winter of 1883-84.]]>

Site of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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By: b1adernner
@ 2007-09-15 15:39:02]]>

Site of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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By: b1adernner
@ 2007-09-15 15:39:02]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38890/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38890/ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:39:02 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38890/ -34.76502500 -70.28640800 <![CDATA[Birthplace of Kool-Aid]]>

Birthplace of Kool-Aid
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@ 2007-08-22 10:02:04]]>

Birthplace of Kool-Aid
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@ 2007-08-22 10:02:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37362/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37362/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:02:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37362/ 40.58430100 -98.38780000 <![CDATA[Paramount Iceland]]>

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Paramount Iceland
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-08-08 14:32:22
Opened in 1940 by the Zamboni family. In 1949, Frank J. Zamboni invented an ice resurfacing vehicle to speed up the amount of time to create a clean ice surface. Over the years, his invention evolved, using this rink as a test area for new ideas.

The rink itself was an innovation of itself, and it's design was patented in 1946. Instead of a grid of pipes under the surface (which caused ripples on the surface), a series of 1/2" thick tanks were the foundation.

Originally an outdoor rink, the southern California weather conditions proved too tough, so it was converted to an indoor facility. Over the years, many improvements have been made to keep it modernized. It is still owned by the Zamboni family.

Zamboni ice resurfacers are still built at the company's nearby headquarters, with over 8500 units sold.]]>

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A cross on the site of Joan of Arc execution
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By: dda
@ 2007-07-27 17:52:12]]>

A cross on the site of Joan of Arc execution
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By: dda
@ 2007-07-27 17:52:12]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35823/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35823/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:52:12 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35823/ 49.44316700 1.08804500 <![CDATA[Birthplace of the Jeep]]>

Birthplace of the Jeep
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-07-22 09:28:02
"The first jeep prototype (the Bantam BRC) was built for the Department of the Army by American Bantam in Butler, Pennsylvania, followed by two other competing prototypes produced by Ford and Willys-Overland. The American Bantam Car Company actually built and designed the vehicle that first met the Army's criteria, but its engine did not meet the Army's torque requirements. Plus, the Army felt that the company was too small to supply the number needed and it allowed Willys and Ford to make second attempts on their designs after seeing Bantam's vehicle in action. Some people believe that Ford and Willys also had access to Bantam's technical paperwork."

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