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Observers around the world are reporting that Comet ISON brightened sharply last night and is now at the threshold of naked-eye visibility. By some reports, ISON surged in brightness by approximately 2 magnitudes over last 24 hours and is now brighter than
A giant steam ring was produced by an explosion this morning at Kliuchevskoi volcano, Kamchatka. The volcano emits a variable but often intense steam plume with some ash. Sporadic small explosions can be seen as well, suggesting that weak strombolian activity…
NASA and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) of Seattle, Washington, are making a large collection of NASA climate and Earth science satellite data available to research and educational users through the AWS cloud.
The system enhances research and educational
During past seven days 4 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 8 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from November 6 – November 12, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
New
Active Region 1897 unleashed moderate M1.4 solar flare on November 13, 2013 at 15:20 UTC. This region has 'Beta-Gamma' magnetic configuration and is capable of producing strong eruptions on the Sun. It is still rotating into geoeffective position
Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have designed a power-harvesting device with efficiency similar to that of modern solar panels.
The device wirelessly
Strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.6 struck near the east coast of Kamchatka on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 07:03 UTC. USGS measured depth at 47 km, EMSC at 40 km.
Epicenter was located 172 km (107 miles) S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy
Active Region 1897 emerged yesterday on eastern limb of the Sun and erupted today with long duration M2.4 solar flare at 11:18 UTC. No Earth-directed CME was observed but this region already produced multiple C-class flares today.
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After an interval of relative quiescence of 16 days, Etna's New Southeast Crater (NSEC) has produced a new episode of lava fountaining (paroxysm) on the morning of November 11, 2013.
The culminating phase, with lava fountains, ash emission and lava flows,
Following our brief, but extremely successful, media campaign designed to bring maximum media attention in the shortest time possible onto the issue of the unexplored and uncategorized ruins re-discovered in the jungles of Ecuador we are happy to say it did
