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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On June 1, 2025.
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On June 1, 2025.
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On June 1, 2025.
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On June 1, 2025.
Thoroughbred trainer and owner Joshua Attard watches horses return from the track after a race at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Mike Campbell/NurPhoto) -
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On May 17, 2025.
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada, On May 11, 2025.
An Air Canada aircraft departs Toronto Pearson International Airport and flies over the grandstand Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Mike Campbell/NurPhoto) -
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Morning Workouts For Thoroughbred Race Horses At Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, Canada
A backstretch employee tends to a thoroughbred for Kevin Attard Racing before sunrise at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, on March 15, 2025. Opening day for thoroughbred horse racing begins on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Mike Campbell/NurPhoto) -
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
August 4, 2018: A NASCAR XFINITY flagman holds a yellow caution flag during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Zippo 200 at The Glen on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Rich Barnes/(Photo by Rich Barnes/CSM/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 23861462
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Savannah Racecourse and Garrison Clock Tower, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
Savannah Racecourse and Garrison Clock Tower, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
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Savannah Racecourse and Garrison Clock Tower, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
Savannah Racecourse and Garrison Clock Tower, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America
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FEATURE - Iren rund um den Globus feierten den St. Patrick's Day
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March 17, 2016
General views on day three of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England. Race-goers got into the spirit of Saint Patrick's Day by dressing in green.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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FEATURE - Iren rund um den Globus feierten den St. Patrick's Day
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March 17, 2016
General views on day three of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England. Race-goers got into the spirit of Saint Patrick's Day by dressing in green.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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PEOPLE - Ist Zara Phillips wieder schwanger?
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March 17, 2016
Zara Phillips arrives on day three of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England, looking classy in a bright orange coat and fascinator.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
People arrive all dressed up for day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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FEATURE - Damen tragen ihre kreative Hüte in Cheltenham-Pferderennen
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March 16, 2016
Fashionistas arrive in the morning for Ladies Day, day two of the Cheltenham Festival in Cheltenham, England.
The Cheltenham Festival is the world's biggest jump race meet; attracting more than 250,000 race-goers over the course of four days.
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PEOPLE - Malta: Die Queen mit Philip in Valletta unterwegs
28 November 2015.
Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Marsa Racecourse in Malta along with the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca and her husband.
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F1 winter testing - Day 04 in Barcelona
Feb. 22, 2015 - Montmelo, Catalonia, Spain - FERNANDO ALONSO (ESP) drives a McLaren during day 04 of Formula One pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Death Valley National Park
December 10, 2014 - Death Valley, California, United States: Even though the mystery of the moving rocks and their even more mysterious tracks has been solved, the racetrack is still a huge part of the lore of Death Valley National Park. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Deauville, FRANCE : L'Aga Khan
L' Aga Khan avec son chevalBleinheim, vainqueur du derby d'Epson. Deauville, FRANCE - 1930
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CHANTILLY:Prix de Diane-Hermes 2001
CHANTILLY:Le Prix de Diane-Hermes s'est deroule sur l'hippodrome de Chantill y en presence de l'Infante Elena d'Espagne,son mari Jaime de Marichalar & de nombreus
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Javier Carrington, 62 years old and 50 to working with horses, bathing a horse prior to a race at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Javier Carrington, 62 years old and 50 to working with horses, poses with the horse "Titan" after win a race at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Ricardo Sanchez, with more than 20 years of experience, caring the horse "Kimar", in a stall at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The horse trainer Andres Farrugia, 70 years old, with more than 2,600 races won, shows an old picture inside his office at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The horse trainer Andres Farrugia, 70 years old, with more than 2,600 races won, shows an old picture inside his office at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Fernando Knight, 54 years old and 47 to working with horses, poses in a stall at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Fernando Knight, 54 years old and 47 to working with horses, prepares a horse for a race at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Fernando Knight, 54 years old and 47 to working with horses, prepares a horse for a race at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Javier Carrington, 62 years old and 50 to working with horses, poses outside a stall at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- The groom Andres Farrugia, 70 years old, a trainer of horses with more than 2,600 races won, poses inside his office at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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Presidente Remon Racetrack
Auf der Presidente Remon Rennstrecke sollen die besten Reiter der Welt Zuhause sein / 160514
***(140517) -- PANAMA CITY, May 17, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A rider waits turn to mount at Presidente Remon Racetrack, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on May 16, 2014. Presidente Remon Racetrack, founded in 1956, has about 80 stalls and over 100 grooms, which work is to take care, feed and prepare horses for the races. *** (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS)
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CHANTILLY : Prix de diane Longines party
CEO de Longines, Walter Von Kaenel US actor Simon Baker Olivier Lamarque's wife and Prince Karim Aga Khan during the Prix de diane Longines dinner. Chantilly, FRANCE-16/06/2012/Credit:ALIX WILLIAM/SIPA/1206171427
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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 ( 1216681g )
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...
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 ( 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/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...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELWGZWSVD
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Los Principes de Asturias visitan el Foro Impulsa de la Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Girona.
Manuel Possolo Racecourse - Cascais / Estoril (PORTUGAL)
Chalotte of Monaco riding in the Grand Prix of Portugal in the Manuel Possolo Racecourse.
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Los Principes de Asturias visitan el Foro Impulsa de la Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Girona.
Manuel Possolo Racecourse - Cascais / Estoril (PORTUGAL)
Chalotte of Monaco riding in the Grand Prix of Portugal in the Manuel Possolo Racecourse.
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Los Principes de Asturias visitan el Foro Impulsa de la Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Girona.
Manuel Possolo Racecourse - Cascais / Estoril (PORTUGAL)
Chalotte of Monaco riding in the Grand Prix of Portugal in the Manuel Possolo Racecourse.
© CPT / Target Press - 01/07/2010
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Los Principes de Asturias visitan el Foro Impulsa de la Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Girona.
Manuel Possolo Racecourse - Cascais / Estoril (PORTUGAL)
Chalotte of Monaco riding in the Grand Prix of Portugal in the Manuel Possolo Racecourse.
© CPT / Target Press - 01/07/2010
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Los Principes de Asturias visitan el Foro Impulsa de la Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Girona.
Manuel Possolo Racecourse - Cascais / Estoril (PORTUGAL)
Chalotte of Monaco riding in the Grand Prix of Portugal in the Manuel Possolo Racecourse.
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