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Meteor spotted in night sky in England and Wales

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BBC - 5/09/13

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People have reported seeing a bright light, thought to be a meteor, in the sky in parts of England and Wales.

 

 

Sightings of the celestial body were reported on Twitter in areas such as Cornwall, Hampshire, Lancashire, south Wales and Worcestershire.

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'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Wows Australia (IMAGES)

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Weather.com - 5/09/13, Weather.com and AP

The moon crossed in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in Sydney, Friday, May 10, 2013. At remote outposts across Australia, scientists and spectators gathered to watch as the eclipse castes its approximately 120-mile-wide shadow at dawn over Western Australia, before moving east through the Northern Territory and the top of Queensland state.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

 

People waking up in the Australian Outback Friday morning, along with other parts of the Pacific, were among the lucky few to witness a "ring of fire" solar eclipse, as the moon slipped between the Earth and the sun, covering everything but a blazing ring of light around the edges.

The eclipse lasted between three and six minutes, depending on its location, and blacked out around 95 percent of the sun at its peak.

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Enchroaching Sea Already a Threat in Caribbean

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Weather.com - David McFadden/AP, 6/08/13

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Tourists walk on the white sand of the Grand Anse Beach, Grenada. The people along this vulnerable stretch of eastern Grenada have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades, a result of destructive practices such as sand mining and a ferocious storm surge made worse by climate change, according to researchers with the U.S.-based Nature Conservancy, who have helped locals map the extent of coastal erosion.

 

TELESCOPE, Grenada — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean.

Cell Towers Disguised as Trees (PHOTOS)

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Weather.com - Sean Breslin, 5/07/13

Taken near New York City, this cell tower is disguised to look like a large pine tree. (flickr/JeffreyPutman)

 

There's a chance you could be driving past a cell phone tower every day and not know it, because some of these behemoth structures of technology are disguised to resemble surrounding trees.

It's a fascinating attempt to hide the human effect on nature that started 21 years ago in Denver, according to Wired. While it seems inventive to conceal a large cell tower in a natural environment like the Mile High City, it's also pricey -- the report also states that the "fake tree" look for a cell tower could cost as much as $150,000.

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World's Strangest Natural Wonders

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Weather.com - Katie Hammel, Travel + Leisure, 4/09/13

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Lake Retba, Senegal

It looks as if someone poured a giant bottle of Pepto-Bismol into Lake Retba — that’s how deeply pink these waters are.

 

Ever played the game of Twister on water? The green, yellow, and brown polka dots that form on British Columbia’s Spotted Lake each summer make it look like you could.

It’s a far cry from the stereotypical landscapes of clear blue lakes, rolling green hills, and white-sand beaches that inspire most travelers—and that’s part of what makes strange natural wonders like Spotted Lake so thrilling.

Could Air Travel Be Disrupted by Alaska Volcano?

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Weather.com - AP and Weather.com, 5/06/13

A file photo of Mt. Cleveland in Alaska's Aleutian Islands before the volcano's recent eruption. Getty Images/Scott Darsney

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  -- Alaska's Cleveland Volcano is undergoing a continuous low-level eruption following an explosion early Saturday morning, scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory and the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Satellites and cameras suggest low-level emissions of gas, steam and ash, scientists said, and satellites detected highly elevated surface temperatures at the summit. A faint plume of ash extended eastward below 15,000 feet, but the Federal Aviation Administration said there were no flight restrictions as a result.

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