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Shirish Pandey posted an update
2015-07-26T05:53:53.268Z
Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this global view of Pluto. (The lower right edge of Pluto in this view currently lacks high-resolution color coverage.) The images, taken when the spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away, show features as small as 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers), twice the resolution of the single-image view taken on July 13. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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Developer Naya posted an update
2015-06-17T09:20:39.036Z

This research may partly explain earthquakes after heavy rain in Nepal

There are many theories and guesses regarding the causal relationship between heavy rainfall and earthquakes. Some researchers had previously noted the correlation between the two and had drawn few guesses. "The water's enormous weight causes the Indian plate to bend slightly under the pressure. That, in turn, causes the edge of the plate to move slightly." [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111215-rainfall-hurricanes-typhoons-earthquakes-science-earth/], said Thomas Ader, a Ph.D. student at the ...
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