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Awesome video: Summertime in Alaska

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Each of the 50 U.S. states has beautiful scenery awaiting all who venture to visit them, but the awesome state of Alaska is simply breathtaking – especially during the short, but amazing summer season.

If you have never experienced the wonders of Alaska in person you really owe it to yourself to pay it a visit if the opportunity ever presents itself. If not, there are numerous videos you can enjoy that showcase its amazing natural beauty.  [Read more…]

Did you know there’s an underwater ‘cemetery’ in the middle of the Pacific ocean?

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Did you know there’s a “Spacecraft Cemetery” on our planet?

A lonely place that contains numerous ‘dead’ spacecraft that have fallen back to Earth?

Well, there is, but unfortunately the chances of you or me ever getting to visit it are virtually nil.  [Read more…]

Did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning bolts?

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Our world truly is an amazing place. Natural phenomena that can awe, terrify and inspire occur somewhere on our planet each and every day.

One phenomenon that can trigger all those feelings at once is lightning.

Virtually everyone has experienced the power and frightening beauty of a lightning strike while waiting out a passing thunderstorm, but did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning strikes, even on a clear and sunny day?

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Classic Tune: “Rhythm of the Rain” by The Cascades

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Every now and then a song will come on the radio that reminds me of my youth, and that happened yet again today.

One of the first songs I remember hearing when I was a small child is “Rhythm of the Rain” by a group called The Cascades.

This song was on the radio virtually non-stop back in the day and I quickly learned to love it, even though my young mind had no clue what the song was about. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why don’t the oceans keep getting saltier?

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Question from Kelly:  In school they taught us that the earth’s rivers are constantly dumping salt into the oceans.

If that’s true why aren’t the oceans getting saltier?

It seems to me that after all these billions of years the water in the oceans should be too salty to even support sea life.

So why don’t the oceans keep getting saltier as more and more salt is carried down the rivers and deposited in the oceans? [Read more…]