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Selenga River Delta, Russian Federation (NASA, International Space Station, 11/03/10) (by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Claire Brewster, I’ll Get There, I Know I Will
Paper art out of old and out-of-date maps and atlases
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David Imus’ map of the USA which won “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. This article in Slate zooms into some very fine detail and explains how much hand-drawn care was put into creating it, and why it is better than an ordinary paper map.
submission from djackmanson
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The United States has fallen 27 places in the Press Freedom Index. The reason? The many arrests of journalists covering Occupy protests.
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The Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.
Click the photo for the 8000x8000 image
Do it! The detail in this photo is incredible.
