Production was temporarily suspended at an electronics company in Russia’s Volga river region of Chuvashia, some 1,300 km (800 miles) from the border with Ukraine, after two drones fell on the plant’s territory, the head of the region said on Monday.
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Örebro Castle on the Svartån river in Sweden.
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Intense rainfall has hit Australia’s most populous state as a slow-moving system dumps rain, causing a major river to rise to its highest level in almost 100 years.
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[ISS] Sino Metals’ pollution of the Kafue River presents an opportunity to forge a more environmentally sustainable partnership.
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Imagine ancient Mars as a surprisingly mild world where rain or snow fell from the sky, and rivers flowed into hundreds of lakes. A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests the Red Planet was once warm and wet—very different from today’s frozen desert. Geologists found that heavy rain or snow likely carved Mars’ valleys and channels billions of years ago. The research, led by Amanda Steckel, was published on April 21 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. “You could pull up Google Earth images of places like Utah, zoom out, and you’d see the similarities to…
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Read MoreThe bridge will cross over the Tumen river, which forms the natural border between the two countries.
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In the early years of the Maryland colony, Lord Baltimore’s name referred to his estates, an entire county, and a port town that would one day become the third largest city in the United States… 30 miles northeast of its current location.
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On Earth, coastlines are dynamic interfaces where land and sea meet, often marked by river deltas at the confluence of rivers and oceans. Intriguingly, Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, also possesses rivers and seas, but observations reveal enigmatic features that challenge our understanding. The study was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Titan, the largest of Saturn’s numerous moons, boasts a substantial atmosphere that fosters Earth-like weather patterns, including clouds, wind, and precipitation. However, its rivers, lakes, and seas are composed of liquid methane and ethane, not water. Data from the Cassini spacecraft, obtained in 2006 using specialized radar,…
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Target: Mars Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Instrument: Hazard Avoidance Camera (M2020) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River just off Manhattan, New York on Thursday, killing six people on board.
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Can the Sun appear to rise twice at the same time?
This was just the case a few days ago from
Les Escoumins,
Quebec,
Canada as our
Solar System’s bright central orb rose just
as it was being
partially eclipsed by the Moon
The events were primarily concentrated in the city of Colares, a town of about 2,000 inhabitants on Colares Island, located in the Pará region near the Amazon River delta on Brazil’s northeastern coast. However, the same phenomenon was observed throughout the entire region. Starting in August 1977, strange phenomena began occurring on Colares Island, which Brazilians referred to as “Chupa-Chupa.” Unusual luminous objects appeared over the few towns in the region. These objects often emitted thin rays, seemingly made of light, directed at people. Those touched by the rays fainted and awoke with a peculiar form of anemia, reporting a…
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Rama VIII Bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, seen just after sunrise
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Water reflection of sunset with gray and orange clouds over the Xe Don River, and three boats moored to the bank in Pakse, Laos.
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The Zanskar Range of the Indian Himalayas towers 2,400 m (8,000 ft) over Padum town in Zanskar, Ladakh. The elevation of Padum is 3,660 m (12,010 ft). The Stod-Doda river flows from the right across the Padum valley, merges into the Tsarap River which flows from centre to left.
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The Bhaga river flowing from Darcha in the distance down past Jispa. Stunted juniper growing on the lower slopes. View from above Gemur Gompa. Elevations: river 3,250 m (10,660 ft), peaks 5,200–5,700 m (17,100–18,700 ft). Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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[allAfrica] The bites of river-dwelling blackflies carry a hidden danger – microparasites that can steal sight, health, and wellbeing, and contribute to trapping families in poverty. The disease they cause, known as river blindness or onchocerciasis, is one of 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that together affect more than 600 million people across Africa.
Read MoreA small aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, leading to a prompt emergency response from multiple agencies including DC Fire and EMS. Fireboats were deployed, and flights at Reagan National were temporarily halted as emergency personnel responded.
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Falling debris had also hit the Holosiivskyi district on the west bank of the Dnipro River.
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[VOA] Washington — On a sunny Sunday morning along the Awash River in the small Ethiopian town of Hadar, a newly minted Ph.D. from the University of Chicago uncovered a fossil-rich site that would redefine human history.
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Khone Phapheng Falls, Si Phan Don, Laos. Located on the Mekong River near the border with Cambodia, at 10.7 kilometres (6.6 mi) wide, it is the widest waterfall in the world.
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An exploration of map scales and comparative areas, from miles and representative fractions to…the Midwest?
Read MoreFlowing more than 4,300 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to Vietnam, the Mekong River is the lifeblood of the region. It also faces a spiraling problem with plastic.
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Newly-sown fields of Zangla village on the right bank of the Zanskar River contrasting refreshingly against the stark mountains of this arid region in the Indian Himalayas. The river flows from lower left to centre through a valley that narrows into the Zanskar gorge. Elevation: river 3,510 m (11,520 ft), peaks in centre ~5,200 m (17,100 ft). View from Zangla Fort, Zanskar, Ladakh, India.
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[Daily Trust] Twenty people, mostly women and children, have been confirmed dead following a boat mishap on the River Benue on Saturday near Ocholonya in Agatu LGA of Benue State.
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ABUJA – At least 10 people died when a boat capsized on the Benue River in central Nigeria, Benue State police spokesperson Catherine Anene said on Sunday.
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An Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata) blossoming in the south-west monsoon at Mallalli falls on the Kumaradhara River, Karnataka, India
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An interview with researcher Caleb Franz who utilized the collections at the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room for his new book “The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father.” Read about his researcher experience, cool discoveries, and tips and recommendations for navigating the collections.
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This blog post highlights unusual maps found in the Geography and Map Division collections including a chart of port cities, a history of the Civil War, and a railroad organization chart.
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Saint Josaphat dedicated his life to healing the split within the Ruthenian Church. While he made some headway, sadly the division extends to today. But his life and efforts were not in vain, for both influenced many Orthodox Christians to be united with Rome.
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photo while in orbit over southeast Brazil. The image focuses on the Três Marias Reservoir, a human-made waterbody fed by the São Francisco River. The types of land cover vary across the image, with bold colors dominating the scene.
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At the end of the fifteenth century, simplified versions of medical charts featuring an image of the “Zodiac Man” began to appear in Books of Hours. The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division contains many examples of these printed editions, one of which uses a skeleton in place of the Zodiac Man.
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Explore the fertile history of America’s soil survey maps, which evolved alongside soil science over the course of the 20th century.
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photo of large meanders of the Alabama River while orbiting over the southern United States. The river’s smooth water surface reflects sunlight back toward the astronaut’s camera, producing an optical phenomenon known as sunglint.
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This post walks you through the 285-day trip of Hawaii King Kalākaua as the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe in 1881, showing many of the routes and places he traveled or visited through maps and images at or near the time period.
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First reading from the Book of Joshua Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, summoning their elders, their leaders, their…
This post explores the history of a large spherical globe with only latitude and longitude lines in the collections of the Geography & Map Division.
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Excitement about the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is sweeping our own nation’s capital, as it is in so many places around the world. Here at the Library of Congress, we’re certainly marking the occasion. The Informal Learning Office (ILO) recently hosted an Olympics-themed Family Day, and afterward they published a blog post about it where …
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Miller Jaquet, Junior Fellow in the Geography and Map Division, explores the cartography of West Africa and what maps reveal about power, politics, and how we got HERE.
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This post spotlights born-digital, georeferenced map series from the MapServer Ethiopia project, which provides modern mapping of Ethiopia at five different scales, across multiple themes.
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An insight into early 18th century trade in the East-Indies focusing on the English East Indies Company and the 1721-1723 trade voyage of the ship Townsend revealed through the maps of British cartographer Herman Moll.
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