Touching the world . . . Among
the best examples of bringing the beauty of our world down to earth are
the tactile hyper globes created in Hamburg, Germany, by Globocess AG,
which today stand in hotels, museums, and meteorological institutes.
Projectors and prisms project up-to-date satellite images
of the earth’s surface and clouds.
The earth’s movement is simulated in real time
and software provides constantly updated pictures from outer space.
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World of Aviation . . . Pan American World Airways
utilized this beautiful globe of the world as the centerpiece for
its legendary flying boat base at Dinner Key (Miami-Coconut Grove),
Florida, during 1933-45.
Ten feet in diameter, the globe is 31.5 ft. around
and weighs 6,500 Lbs.
In 1960, the globe was moved down the road near
Dinner Key to the Miami Science Museum (MSM) where it is the centerpiece
of the grand lobby.
In 2012 the globe was restored to its former glory
to show its original (1933) colors & geography.
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The Aurora Borealis, also known
as the Northern Lights, flare up green, yellow, and pink near the
Vedauwoo Recreation Area on a recent Monday night between Cheyenne
and Laramie, Wyoming.
The Northern Lights are the result of collisions
between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere and charged
particles released by the Sun.
Variations in color are due to the type of gas
particles that are colliding.
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