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  2. Mare Nubium - Wikipedia

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    Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Nubium was named by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized. [6] Previously, William Gilbert had included it among the Continens Meridionalis ("Southern Continent") in his map of c.1600, [7] and Michael van Langren had labelled it the Mare Borbonicum (after the House of Bourbon) in his 1645 map.

  3. Sea of clouds - Wikipedia

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    Sea of clouds in Mount Pulag, Philippines. A sea of clouds is an overcast layer of stratocumulus clouds, as viewed from above, with a relatively uniform top which shows undulations of very different lengths resembling waves on the sea. [1] A sea of fog is formed from stratus clouds or fog and does not show undulations. [2]

  4. OceanX - Wikipedia

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    OceanX's first vessel was the MV Alucia, a 56-meter research and exploration vessel purchased in 2011. [5] The ship was outfitted with two deep-sea submersibles, a helipad, laboratories, and media facilities. In 2021, the Alucia was sold and replaced [6] by the 87-meter OceanXplorer, a former oil exploration ship previously named Volstad ...

  5. Ed Stafford - Wikipedia

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    Stafford appears on Discovery Channel in his self-filmed series Marooned with Ed Stafford that is a joint Europe and US Discovery Channel commission. [18] The series was followed up by Ed Stafford: Into The Unknown, which follows Stafford on his travels to remote locations to investigate strange and inexplicable markings which have baffled ...

  6. Morning Glory cloud - Wikipedia

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    One of the main contributors for the formation of the morning glory clouds is the mesoscale circulations associated with a difference in sea breezes that develop over the Peninsula and the Gulf. On the large scale, Morning Glories are usually associated with frontal systems crossing central Australia and high pressure in northern Australia.

  7. Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The unique environment of the Grand Line, an equatorial ocean that circles the globe and possesses all matter of mythical weather patterns, islands and equally mythical sea-behemoths, allows for these Sky Islands to occur regularly – yet are so rarely witnessed even the denizens of the legendary Grand-Line perceive them as a myth.

  8. Wild Arctic - Wikipedia

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    Guests queued outside the "Franklin Exploration Center", where it was presumed that they were waiting to board a helicopter which took them to "Base Station: Wild Arctic". The queue outside the attraction included numerous murals of the Arctic animals and scenery as well as various HD TV monitors that showed various clips about the Arctic and ...

  9. DSV Limiting Factor - Wikipedia

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    An exploration team led by Victor Vescovo and made up of personnel of Caladan Oceanic and EYOS Expeditions discovered the wreck of Samuel B. Roberts in June 2022. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The team found, identified, and surveyed the wreck during a series of six dives from 17 to 24 June 2022. [ 36 ]