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The dark history of Australia’s post-war Asian deportations: Ernest Koh
After the second world war, many Asian-born servicemen and their families were ordered to leave the country they had fought for - leaving a trauma that persists to this day.
A research paper will be published by Ernest Koh, a historian specialising in south-east Asian history, later this year, with a book to follow. The University of Canberra academic's work - titled Stateless Love: War, Interracial Marriage, and Australia's Asian Deportations 1946-1950 - has already been the subject of a documentary produced by CNA in Singapore and broadcast by PBS America in the UK
Dr. Ernest Koh is a historian researching Australia’s Asian deportations after World War II.
Melbourne. Australia
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The dark history of Australia’s post-war Asian deportations: Ernest Koh
After the second world war, many Asian-born servicemen and their families were ordered to leave the country they had fought for - leaving a trauma that persists to this day.
A research paper will be published by Ernest Koh, a historian specialising in south-east Asian history, later this year, with a book to follow. The University of Canberra academic's work - titled Stateless Love: War, Interracial Marriage, and Australia's Asian Deportations 1946-1950 - has already been the subject of a documentary produced by CNA in Singapore and broadcast by PBS America in the UK
Dr. Ernest Koh is a historian researching Australia’s Asian deportations after World War II.
Melbourne. Australia
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The dark history of Australia’s post-war Asian deportations: Ernest Koh
After the second world war, many Asian-born servicemen and their families were ordered to leave the country they had fought for - leaving a trauma that persists to this day.
A research paper will be published by Ernest Koh, a historian specialising in south-east Asian history, later this year, with a book to follow. The University of Canberra academic's work - titled Stateless Love: War, Interracial Marriage, and Australia's Asian Deportations 1946-1950 - has already been the subject of a documentary produced by CNA in Singapore and broadcast by PBS America in the UK
Dr. Ernest Koh is a historian researching Australia’s Asian deportations after World War II.
Melbourne. Australia
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STUDIO - Don Swanson
Don Swanson, research geologist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an affiliate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photographed outside the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, overlooking the caldera of the active shield volcano, Kilauea, on Hawai’i island known as ‘Big Island’.
Swanson was a member of the team monitoring Mount St Helens during the eruption of May 1980 in which 57 people died, including colleague David A. Johnston. One day prior to the eruption, Swanson was due to relieve Harry Glicken from the Coldwater II observation post near to the volcano. However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor meant David Johnston took his place temporarily. This placed Johnston on the volcano when it erupted. Johnson was killed by the subsequent pyroclastic blast.
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STUDIO - Don Swanson
Don Swanson, research geologist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an affiliate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photographed outside the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, overlooking the caldera of the active shield volcano, Kilauea, on Hawai’i island known as ‘Big Island’.
Swanson was a member of the team monitoring Mount St Helens during the eruption of May 1980 in which 57 people died, including colleague David A. Johnston. One day prior to the eruption, Swanson was due to relieve Harry Glicken from the Coldwater II observation post near to the volcano. However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor meant David Johnston took his place temporarily. This placed Johnston on the volcano when it erupted. Johnson was killed by the subsequent pyroclastic blast.
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STUDIO - Don Swanson
Don Swanson, research geologist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an affiliate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photographed outside the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, overlooking the caldera of the active shield volcano, Kilauea, on Hawai’i island known as ‘Big Island’.
Swanson was a member of the team monitoring Mount St Helens during the eruption of May 1980 in which 57 people died, including colleague David A. Johnston. One day prior to the eruption, Swanson was due to relieve Harry Glicken from the Coldwater II observation post near to the volcano. However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor meant David Johnston took his place temporarily. This placed Johnston on the volcano when it erupted. Johnson was killed by the subsequent pyroclastic blast.
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STUDIO - Don Swanson
Don Swanson, research geologist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an affiliate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photographed outside the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, overlooking the caldera of the active shield volcano, Kilauea, on Hawai’i island known as ‘Big Island’.
Swanson was a member of the team monitoring Mount St Helens during the eruption of May 1980 in which 57 people died, including colleague David A. Johnston. One day prior to the eruption, Swanson was due to relieve Harry Glicken from the Coldwater II observation post near to the volcano. However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor meant David Johnston took his place temporarily. This placed Johnston on the volcano when it erupted. Johnson was killed by the subsequent pyroclastic blast.
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STUDIO - Don Swanson
Don Swanson, research geologist at the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an affiliate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photographed outside the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, overlooking the caldera of the active shield volcano, Kilauea, on Hawai’i island known as ‘Big Island’.
Swanson was a member of the team monitoring Mount St Helens during the eruption of May 1980 in which 57 people died, including colleague David A. Johnston. One day prior to the eruption, Swanson was due to relieve Harry Glicken from the Coldwater II observation post near to the volcano. However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor meant David Johnston took his place temporarily. This placed Johnston on the volcano when it erupted. Johnson was killed by the subsequent pyroclastic blast.
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CERN press conference in Geneva, Switzerland - 04 Jul 2012
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Francois Englert and Peter Higgs at the Higgs boson discovery announcement
CERN press conference in Geneva, Switzerland - 04 Jul 2012
Francois Englert (born 1932, left) and Peter Higgs (born 1929, right), Belgian and British theoretical physicists, at the Higgs boson discovery announcement, 4th July 2012, at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory). Data collected by the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) and ATLAS (a torodial LHC apparatus) experiments at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN have shown a new particle at around 125 giga electron volts (GeV). Further analysis will determine if the particle is the long sought for Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass. Peter Higgs predicted its existence in 1964. Englert, along with Higgs and Robert Brout, explained how the Higgs field confers mass on other particles through their interaction with it. This is known as the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism.
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CERN press conference in Geneva, Switzerland - 04 Jul 2012
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Francois Englert at the Higgs boson discovery announcement
CERN press conference in Geneva, Switzerland - 04 Jul 2012
Francois Englert (born 1932), Belgian theoretical physicist, at the Higgs boson discovery announcement, 4th July 2012, at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory). Data collected by the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) and ATLAS (a torodial LHC apparatus) experiments at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN have shown a new particle at around 125 giga electron volts (GeV). Further analysis will determine if the particle is the long sought for Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass. Peter Higgs predicted its existence in 1964. Englert, along with Higgs and Robert Brout, explained how the Higgs field confers mass on other particles through their interaction with it. This is known as the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism.
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Peter Higgs, British physicist
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Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs, British physicist
Peter Higgs (b.1929), British theoretical physicist. In 1964, Higgs predicted the existence of a new type of fundamental particle, called the Higgs boson, that is thought to give other particles mass. This particle is required by many of the Grand Unified Theories (or GUTs) which hope to explain three of the fundamental forces (electromagnetism and the weak and the strong nuclear forces) in a single unified theory. The Higgs boson is yet to be detected experimentally, but it is one of the main challenges of high-energy particle accelerators such as the large hadron collider (LHC) at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory).
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Sunspots and Solar Flares
Sunspots and Solar Flares: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an M7.9 class flare on March 13, 2012 at 1:29 p.m. EDT. It is shown here in the 131 Angstrom wavelength, a wavelength particularly good for seeing solar flares and a wavelength that is typically colorized in teal. The flare peaked at 1:41 p.m. EDT. It was from the same active region, No. 1429, that produced flares and coronal mass ejections the entire week. The region has been moving across the face of the sun since March 2, and will soon rotate out of Earth view. A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. Flares are our solar systemÕs largest explosive events. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and last from mere minutes to several hours. Scientists classify solar flares according to their x-ray brightness. There are 3 categories: X-, M- and C-class. X-class flares are the largest of these events. M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. Compared to X- and M-class, C-class flares are small with few noticeable consequences on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/SDO
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Oxitec is a pioneer in controlling insects that spread disease and damage crops. Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, stands next to mosquito cages in the rearing facility.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Oxitec is a pioneer in controlling insects that spread disease and damage crops. Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, stands next to mosquito cages in the rearing facility.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Oxitec is a pioneer in controlling insects that spread disease and damage crops. Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, stands next to mosquito cages in the rearing facility.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, holds a mosquito cage in the strain development lab.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, holds a mosquito cage in the strain development lab.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
Dr Luke Alphey, co-founder and chief scientist of Oxitec, holds a mosquito cage in the strain development lab.
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PORTRAIT - Dr. Luke Alphey
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
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This is a Hygrochron sensors. Sensors were buried at different depths to see how the temperature and moisture levels in the ground changed close to and farther from the surface.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity dat...
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Leva McIntire / Rex Features ( 1216681h )
In some cases, the trail starts narrow and gets wider, as in this photo.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by slipping coloured pushpins into cracks in the clay and measured...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam / Rex Features ( 1216681i )
Four LPSA interns test the clay at Bonnie Claire Playa, another location where the rocks move, to see how quickly water is absorbed.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by sli...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC / Rex Features ( 1216681c )
The rocks move and leave tell-tale trails in the clay
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by slipping coloured pushpins into cracks in the clay and measured each track's length, depth, and ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam / Rex Features ( 1216681d )
Some of the moving rocks are large. This one is about 10 inches tall.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by slipping coloured pushpins into cracks in the clay and measured ea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam / Rex Features ( 1216681b )
The rocks move and leave tell-tale trails in the clay. The trails can be straight, or they can curve. Sometimes, two trails run alongside each other.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Leva McIntire / Rex Features ( 1216681e )
Many of the moving rocks are about the size of a loaf of bread and weigh about 25 pounds. Interns Kristopher Schwebler and Valerie Fox make notes about this one.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marke...
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by M. Krzykowski/NASA/GSFC/LPSA / Rex Features ( 1216681f )
Another mystery is why some trails do not have rocks.
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by slipping coloured pushpins into cracks in the clay and measured each track's ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Researching the moving rocks of Racetrack Playa, California, America - 11 Aug 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NASA/GSFC/Cynthia Cheung / Rex Features ( 1216681a )
The rocks move and leave tell-tale trails in the clay
The Mystery of the Moving Rocks
It's a puzzling sight that the world of science has never found a conclusive answer for - rocks that seemingly move across the plains of California.
Since the 1940s researchers have documented trails left from the movement of boulders on so-called playas, or dry lakes, in Death Valley.
Amazingly, rocks as big as 700 pounds have been subject to the unexplained phenomena that sees them seemingly glide over the parched landscape - even changing direction on their path.
Some rocks travel in pairs, leaving two tracks perfectly in synch along straight stretches and around curves. Others seem undecided about direction and travel back and forth. sometimes travelling the length of several football fields.
Most cases see the trails leading to resting rocks, but in others they have disappeared.
Now a team of seventeen undergraduate and graduate students from the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Academy (LPSA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have begun an investigation.
They travelled to the Racetrack and nearby Bonnie Claire playas this summer to investigate how these rocks move across the nearly empty flats.
"When you see these amazing rocks and trails," says Mindy Krzykowski, an intern from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, "you really get into coming up with your own ideas about what's going on."
For each rock and trail the students recorded GPS coordinates and took photographs. They also dug up small sensors called Hygrochrons buried three months earlier by one of the trip leaders. From these, the interns were able to capture the electronically stored temperature and humidity data.
They marked the trail boundaries by slipping coloured pushpins into cracks in the clay and measured each track's leng...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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