CO emissions in 2010
2010 wildfires in Russia
Data retrievals from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. The gif depicts trace concentrations of carbon monoxide in the air at the time of the wildfires in Russia. The cloud of CO from the fires started over European Russia and stayed for a month, stretching over Russia into China.
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/featured-items/airs-observes-russian_fires
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Herodotus's map of the world
A schematic representation of the world as Herodotus saw it.
Great Britain, Challenger Office. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76. New York:
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