Pit Crater Press Articles

Science News - Mercury's puzzling pits

November 19, 2011 --

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Hot and heavy little Mercury is warming to NASA's MESSENGER probe and revealing true planetary colors--such as...

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Science News - Comet Tempel 1, take two

March 12, 2011 --

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New portraits of Comet Tempel 1 recorded during a Valentine's Day encounter with NASA's Stardust spacecraft...

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Science World - Swallowed by a sinkhole: panic strikes when the ground opens without warning. Can it happen anywhere?

December 1, 2010 --

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Last May, Guatemala City was pelted with torrential rains from Tropical Storm Agatha. After the deluge, part...

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SuperScience - Sinkhole hazards

January 1, 2010 --

Taking a stroll along the coast of the Dead Sea isn't like a typical walk on the beach. Large signs tell of "Danger! Open pits" and...

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Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - Giant Pit

January 10, 2008 -- Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter

Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter

IT could be a scene from a sci-fi flick.

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Oceanus - Noxious gas from the mouth of hell

April 1, 2006 -- MASAYA, NICARAGUA -- In the 1500s, a visiting friar looked into Masaya Volcano's hot, smoking pit lined with rows of teeth-like rocks and dubbed it...

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USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education) - Crater mystery of melted rocks

June 1, 2005 -- The iron meteorite that blasted out Meteor Crater almost 50,000 years ago was traveling much slower than has been assumed, hypothesizes Gareth...

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NASA - NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Sept. 28, 2000 Media Advisory m00-186

February 28, 2005 --

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NEWS RELEASES

IT'S "2001 MARS ODYSSEY" FOR NASA'S NEXT TRIP TO THE RED PLANET

NASA'S LANGLEY FIRST STOP IN...

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Cities of the United States - Hilo: Recreation

January 1, 2005 --

Hilo: Recreation

Sightseeing

Hilo's quaint downtown contains wooden clapboard and stucco buildings with corrugated tin...

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Journal of Environmental Health - Where there's hope, there's change

April 1, 2003 -- Turning left off the Nyere road, the main route between the Dar es Salaam city center and the airport, the ancient VW van--more rust than...

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