You are here:
Home / Archives for mississippi river
There’s something majestic about the very oldest of trees and how they witnessed the rise and fall of numerous civilizations. Who hasn’t heard about General Sherman – the largest known living single stem tree in the world – or Old Tjikko – the Earth’s oldest (9,550 years) living individual clonal tree? I find Julian Hight’s [...]
Posted by Timeea on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Nature, Photos · Tagged Adansonia, Angel Oak, Ano Vouves, Árbol del Tule, Avenue of the Baobabs, Bristlecone pine, Ceiba speciosa, coolest trees, Eudicots, Ifaty, Madagascar, Methuselah, Mexico, mississippi river, Oaxaca, Old Tjikko, oldest trees, Olive Tree, plants, representative, research botanist, Rosids, Socotra, Taxodium mucronatum, the Philippines, Tree, Tree of Life, trees, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, University of Crete, weird trees, White Mountains, yemen
While literally millions of ships of all shapes and sizes have been built over the centuries, only a handful have achieved anything approaching fame. Most of those that have done so, however, were warships or vessels that displayed such a degree of innovation that they were considered prototypes in the evolution of ships. Other ships, [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged America, Andrea Doria, Atlantic Ocean, author, British government, Cape Hatteras, Charleston, Charleston,South Carolina,United States, Colorado, Colorado,United States, communications procedures, cuba, Denver, Denver,Colorado,United States, Empress, Estonia, Finland, France, General, George V, Georgia, Georgia coast, Georgia,United States, German Battleship Bismarck, German navy, gigantic ore carrier, Gordon Lightfoot, Great Lakes, Havana harbor, high tech ship-to-ship radio communications, Icelandic coast, Ireland, Irish coast, James Cameron, Jeff Danelek, John Ericsson, King, little known naval engineer, Maine, Maine,United States, Mariners' Museum of Newport News, Massachusetts, Massachusetts,United States, massive car ferry, McKinley administration, metal, Mississippi, mississippi river, Mississippi,United States, Mount Everest, MV Wilhelm Gustloff, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, new years eve, New York, New York City,New York,United States, Newport News, Newport News,Virginia,United States, PEARL HARBOR, Philippines, Poland, port of Danzig, prince, Puerto Rico, Red Army, REpublic of Ireland, RMS Empress of Ireland, RMS Lusitania, RMS Titanic, Robert Ballard, Royal Navy, shipwreck, singer /songwriter, South Carolina, South Carolina,United States, Spain, SS Andrea Doria, Steamships, Stockholm, Stockholm,Södermanland,Sweden, the Philippines, treacherous site, United Kingdom, United States, USS Monitor, Virginia, Virginia coast, Virginia,United States, wales, Watercraft, West Coast, Wilhelm Gustloff, winston churchill, www.ourcuriousworld.com
When you think of a river, the last thing you think about is probably how strong its water really is. You are more than likely to think about calm flowing water that brushes over stones at the bottom of the river. Maybe you envision small fish in the river. Whatever you think about, it’s definitely [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:14 am
Filed under Nature · Tagged 10th longest river in the world, amazon river, Arctic Ocean, Argentina, Brahmaputra River, fish, Lake Itasca, laos vietnam, lena river, longest river in the world, Mekong, mekong river, mississippi river, Nino, ocean, parana river, river, rivers in the world, sea, siberia, Thailand, water, waterfalls, Yangtze River, Yenisey River
