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In modern Greece, and especially on the mountains of Crete, a mitato (in the plural mitata) is a hut built from locally gathered stones to provide shelter to shepherds, and is used also for cheese-making. Mount Ida (also called Mount Psiloritis) in central Crete is particularly rich in flat stones suitable for dry stone construction. [2] [3] [4]
The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the US on October 24, 1946. Satellite image of Fortaleza.. Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world.
The telescope was operating until 2013 when the dome was severely damage due to adverse weather conditions. In the following years funds were secured, the old building was replaced by a new larger one, along with a fast 5.3m diameter dome which was built, as the other two that house the 0.3m and 1.3m telescopes, by Baader Planetarium. [6]
Atsipades (Greek: Ατσιπάδες) is an archaeological site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in western Crete. It is an open-air peak sanctuary, situated on a mountain and open to the elements. It was discovered by K. Nowicki in 1985. Atsipades Korakias seen from the southwest. The sanctuary is on the more distant part of the outcrop.
The closure of the Samaria gorge in southwest Crete — along with several others in the White Mountain range — was ordered Monday, a day after the region was rattled by a magnitude 4.9 quake.
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Patricia Mahan and Dan Matarazzo left Tucson, Arizona to live Mexico in 2006, before buying a home, pictured, in Kritsa, Crete last year and relocating there.
The Mountain fire has wrought devastation on Camarillo Heights in Ventura County, destroying 132 structures and damaging 88 more as of Friday morning.. New satellite images show a before-and-after ...