The phytoplankton bloom in the main corridor of the world oil
Every day the ships are transported through the Strait of Hormuz about 20 million barrels (3 million cubic meters) of crude oil — almost a quarter of global consumption.
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Every day the ships are transported through the Strait of Hormuz about 20 million barrels (3 million cubic meters) of crude oil — almost a quarter of global consumption.
Around the Arctic circle unfolds an impressive outbreak of polar stratospheric or nacreous, clouds.
Recently the space telescope "Hubble" sent a new picture of interstellar comets 2I/Borisov, outdoor Russian Amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov in August 2019.
In the morning of 26 December, there was an annular solar Eclipse — the Moon hid the Sun, but not completely, and leaving visible a bright ring of fire: maximum phase it is eclipsed only 97% of the
Long ago, in April 1862, the US army led by major General Ulysses S. Grant camped at Pittsburg landing, Tennessee.
Thursday, December 26, residents of several countries were able to observe the annular solar Eclipse. The witnesses shared online photos and videos of the event.
One of the roads in North Wales covered more than two hundred carcasses of dead starlings with numerous bruises.
North Carolina motorists should be careful: from the sky began to fall very hefty fish, which may hurt.
I was 13 years old. It all happened near the school. Was exercise — we were skiing on prepared track. I walked five laps and was very tired.
Finland is often called "the mysterious Northern country." In fact, in addition to well-known attractions, it is full of mysteries and secrets, often inexplicable.
In the evening of the 13th of December, the residents of Chelyabinsk were able to observe a unique atmospheric phenomenon.
Legends of country, inexplicable natural phenomena, ghosts, and facts, which are not described in the tourist brochures, in the first place of interest to travelers.