The Taklimakan Desert is China’s largest, hottest, and driest desert located far in the western part of the country. Shifting sand dunes cover About 85 percent of the desert floor is covered by shifting sand dunes, with some rising to a height of 200 meters (650
Strong earthquake measuring M 6.4 M 6.1 hit Mindanao, Philippines on November 02, 2012 at 18:17 UTC according to USGS. The epicenter was located 87 km (54 miles) ENE (65°) from Butuan, Mindanao, Philippines (9.259°N, 126.233°E) at depth of 38.1 km (23.7
On Sunday, October 7, 2012 a small earthquake swarm occurred under the Yellowstone caldera. The quakes were few and very small and were no indicator of an impending eruption. On the contrary, it completely falls under what is normal behavior of an active
A complete timelapse animation of Hurricane Sandy from October 23-31, as seen by GOES-13 (a geosynchronous satellite that is in orbit nearly 36,000 km (23,000 miles) above Earth).Another timelapse animation from GOES-EAST (GOES-13) shows the full disk and the
Gale-force south Cyclone Ladislav developed over northern Italy and northern Adriatic sea, causing floods along Adriatic sea coastlines on November 1, 2012. Combination of full moon, low air pressure along with strong winds blowing from the sea toward the coast,
New unrest has been noticed around 2 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 8 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from October 24 – October 30, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is
Tropical Cyclone Nilam is located approximately 35 nm south-southwest of Chennai, India and is moving west-northwestward at 12 knots. Nilam has made landfall over southern India and the low-level circulation center is becoming elongated. The system will weaken as
According to latest public advisory by US National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 21:00 UTC on November 1 the center of Tropical Storm Rosa was located near latitude 14.2N and longitude 117.9W, about 1285 km (795 miles) SW of Cabo San Lucas Mexico. The system is moving
Flames were burning all over the cut-off barrier island of Mantoloking, New Jersey on Wednesday morning, October 31, 2012 after severe devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. There was a large cluster of flames and smaller fires spread out from it, with some flames
As Hurricane Sandy churned slowly inland US, millions along the East Coast awoke on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 without power or mass transit.By latest reports more than 150 people were killed in US. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial market closed
