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This is why you want a window seat
I’ve seen auroras on red-eyes between the U.S. and Europe before. This one over Lake Superior, for example, on a July night in 2007. And this one over Greenland in September 2012. But both of those were fairly dim. Sunday night’s red-eye … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Awesome, Geography, Photography
Tagged aurora, aurora borealis, Canada, light show, northern lights., sky
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It was a little tougher 214,000,000 years ago
Above is the best (or the widest) shot I could get of Lake Manicouagan, which is the largest visible impact crater on Earth. Only three (or maybe four) are larger and none are visible. The Manicouagan impact event happened about … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Places, Science, Travel
Tagged Canada, Chicxulub, crater, impact crater, Lake Manicouagan, Manicouagan, Quebec, reservoir
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Visting a Late Lake
Not long ago as geology goes — nine, ten, twelve millennia — one of the world’s largest lakes covered most of Minnesota, plus much of North Dakota, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and a corner of South Dakota. It’s called Lake Agassiz, … Continue reading
Posted in Geology, Photography, Places, Science
Tagged Agassiz, Canada, Ice Age, Lake Agassiz, Lake Winnipeg, Louis Agassiz, Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ontario, Saskatchewan, woodlot, woodlots
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