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Geology Picture of the Week, April 13-19, 2008: Harrat Khaybar Volcanic Field
NASA Earth Observatory ^
| 04/14/2008
| NASA
Posted on 04/16/2008 1:00:08 PM PDT by cogitator
Just a cool-looking shot from space.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: arabia; craters; lava; volcanoes
I bet it gets hot here in the summer. ;-)
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:00:08 PM PDT
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:01:31 PM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Is that Saudi Arabia after we nuked it? That dark pimple on the right used to be Mecca, right? Sorry couldn’t resist.
Seriously that’s a very impressive volcanic field.
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:06:04 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
To: cogitator
...and once again truth is stranger than fiction, what an awesome pic.
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:06:44 PM PDT
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate tag lines but I don't know how...)
To: cogitator
To: cogitator
...and we as humans think we understand nature.
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:07:59 PM PDT
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate tag lines but I don't know how...)
To: cogitator
Looks like a shot of the moon’s surface.
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:10:24 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: cogitator
But what about all the carbon emmissions?
Someone needs to put a stop to this.
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:24:00 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: cogitator
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posted on
04/16/2008 1:27:37 PM PDT
by
GoldMan
(Never try to rationalize an irrational mind............)
To: cogitator
Amazing pictures! Great site. Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
04/16/2008 2:15:29 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: SolidWood
Is that Saudi Arabia after we nuked it?That is actually the before picture.
"...the 14,000-square-kilometer Harrat Khaybar, located approximately 137 kilometers to the northeast of the city of Al Madinah (Medina)."
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posted on
04/16/2008 2:21:30 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: cogitator
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posted on
04/16/2008 2:48:46 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
To: cogitator
This is really a neat photo. Thanks!
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posted on
04/16/2008 3:34:13 PM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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