French fries in Germany could be significantly shorter this year due to the heatwave that has baked Germany and much of Europe this month, the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) said on Friday. Hot and dry weather has led to a meager harvest of extra-large potatoes used to produce the ideal-length French fry. “The French fries industry [...]
June 23, 2010
The ISS was a couple of thousand kilometers away from the green lights of a southern aurora when this shot was taken.The aurorae are usually between 80 – 160 km (50 – 100 miles) above the Earth’s surface. The green glow is characteristic of oxygen. This aurora was probably caused by subatomic particles from an explosive [...]
April 17, 2010
A new Iceland volcano satellite image posted by NASA offers an incredible view of this event. Ash from the Iceland volcano has halted flights across Europe, leading to thousands of commuting headaches across the continent. View more stunning pics at HuffPost.
March 28, 2010
A typical space shuttle mission flies 200 miles above the earth’s surface and returns beautiful pictures on the way, but it involves 1,500 people, puts six or seven astronauts at risk and costs, depending on who’s doing the counting, close to half a billion dollars. Robert Harrison got some pretty good pictures too. He did [...]
January 23, 2010
More than three million motorists were involved in accidents during the UK Big Freeze, it has emerged. This means one-in-ten motorists pranged, scraped or crashed their cars as the UK was hit by the the coldest temperatures in 30 years. While the average bill for the damage was £320 ($515 US), researchers found one-in-three people [...]
January 15, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster. The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a “mobile-giving record” for funds raised for a single cause. Donations are rising [...]
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