LIDAR Maya

Above the jungles of Central America, a device aboard an aircraft used millions of laser pulses to penetrate the thick forest canopy and map...

P/2010 A2

First Small-Body Collision between Asteroids On 6 January 2010, the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project discovered a myst...

Solar Storm of 1859

First Observed Solar Flare A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a massive burst of solar wind. They are often associated with other forms of so...

Website: Historic Map Works, LLC

Based in Portland Maine, Historic Map Works, LLC is an Internet company formed to create a historic digital map database of North America ...

Website: Old Maps

Reproductions of historic town maps, state maps, birds eye views, and more. www.old-maps.com     (with a dash) Old Maps   is the name o...

Manicouagan Crater

Manicouagan Crater is one of the oldest impact craters on earth, and is situated in the Cote-Nord region in Quebec, Canada. It is estimated...

Dragon Blood Tree

The Socotra Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia, is home to the Dragon Blood tree. The Dragon Blood tree is unusual f...