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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.
Mount Pulag is famous for its "sea of clouds" and its exceptional view of the Milky Way Galaxy at dawn, which has attracted many tourists who wish to see the "other-worldly" scenery. The entire mountain is believed to be the home to the tinmongao spirits and is the sacred resting ground of the souls of the Ibaloi people and other ethnic peoples ...
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]
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The origin of N. Pinegin's polar aspirations was rooted in the Nordomania common in Russian culture at the turn of the century and the popularity of Knut Hamsun's works. [6] [7] In his notebooks Nikolai mentioned that he was a good hunter and had wilderness survival skills.