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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.
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]
The mission aimed to measure Titan's organic constituents, conduct the first nautical exploration of an extraterrestrial sea, analyze its composition, and potentially study its shoreline. [116] 18 Titan Saturn System Mission: Titan Saturn System Mission: Between 2020 and 2029 Delta IV Heavy, Space Launch System [117] Block IB, or Atlas V: NASA
The Clouds Forest in the Republic of Iran. The Clouds Forest is located on the slopes of the Alborz Mountains in Iran. It includes a sea of clouds that pass through it throughout the year. The forest encompasses an area of 530,000 hectares, extending from Semnan Province to Golestan Province in the north.
It wasn’t an obvious day to climb the Eiffel Tower. It was the end of November, 1989. Overcast and cold, with clouds obscuring the city. Anita Hansen, then in her early 20s, was studying French ...
Lars-Eric Lindblad passed along his passions for adventure, exploration, and conservation to his son, Sven-Olof Lindblad, who joined him on expeditions from an early age. In 1979 Sven-Olof Lindblad founded Special Expeditions as a subsidiary of Lindblad Travel. [ 9 ]
From the early 15th century to the early 17th century the Age of Discovery had, through Portuguese seafarers, and later, Spanish, Dutch, French and English, opened up southern Africa, the Americas (New World), Asia and Oceania to European eyes: Bartholomew Dias had sailed around the Cape of southern Africa in search of a trade route to India; Christopher Columbus, on four journeys across the ...
Five years later, Antares departs Earth on grand tour of Solar System, starting with Venus. Mission commander Rollie Crane and engineer Sharma are replaced at last minute by backups Shaw and Donner due to mysterious buildups of cardiac plaque. Crew launches from Earth on Orion 2 on September 27, 2052.