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Deep Creep Means Milder, More Frequent Earthquakes Along Southern California`s San Jacinto Fault

by mokosam on November 10, 2009

With an average of four mini-earthquakes per day, Southern California`s San Jacinto fault constantly adjusts to make it a less likely candidate for a major earthquake than its quiet neighbor to the east, the Southern San Andreas fault, according to an article in the journal Nature Geoscience.
"Those minor to moderate events along the San Jacinto [...]

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Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel

by mokosam on November 10, 2009

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83.
Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its [...]

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Omega Centauri: Glittering Giant Of Southern Skies

by mokosam on December 4, 2008

Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO`s latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located roughly 17 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus.
Sparkling away at magnitude 3.7 and appearing nearly as large as the full moon on [...]

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Climate Clues In Southern Ocean: Ocean Currents Surprisingly Resistant To Intensifying Winds

by mokosam on December 3, 2008

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the current system with the largest volume transport in the world ocean. Between 40° and 60°S strong westerlies move about 140 million cubic meters of water per second around the Antarctic continent (this is about five times the transport of the Gulf Stream).
Vertical motions associated with this current have been [...]

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NASA Satellites Capture Images Of Southern California Wildfires

by mokosam on November 19, 2008

Images from NASA satellites give a wider perspective of the full extent and devastation of the wildfires raging in Southern California.
A pair of images from NASA`s Aqua satellite show the Los Angeles metropolitan area on Nov. 16, 2008. The top image posted on NASA`s Web site shows the Southern California area as a vast plume [...]

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Southern Wall Of Jerusalem That Dates To Time Of Hasmonean Dynasty Discovered On Mount Zion

by mokosam on November 12, 2008

An exciting discovery in Jerusalem constituting extraordinary remains of the wall of the city from the time of the Second Temple (second century BCE-70 CE) that was built by the Hasmonean kings and was destroyed during the Great Revolt, and also the remains of a city wall from the Byzantine period (324-640 CE) which was [...]

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