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Accidental discovery: Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe can see through the clouds around Venus
During the flyby, the special camera WISPR captured the thermal image of a dark area hiding the highland Aphrodite Terra
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
British sculptor Ben Russel has adapted his art to the Corona situation and shows in his latest collection called “Terrariums“ the fungi made of stone under glass domes
Science news: the reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles, life from small organic molecules, electrical sparks on Mars, craters of gas blowouts in the Russian permafrost
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
The Swedish Natural Stone Association launches a certification for the installation of gravestones
The seal adopts the specifications of the state committee, is valid for 5 years and may be used for company advertising
Science news: Plate-tectonics in time-lapse, how rocks rusted in the Late Triassic, songs of fin whales used for imaging of the oceanic crust, ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Loughshinny is a picturesque fishing village at the Irish coast near Dublin, and it has an outstanding example of limestone chevron folds
1000 issues or one kilo of Pierre Actual
Since 1933, the magazine has been the companion of France’s natural stone sector / Claude Gargi and Corinne Berger are responsible for the monthly print
Science news: nascent crystal formation observed, multiple Sahara greenings, volcano landslides, exoplanets discovered by high schoolers
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
DeskX are 3 young designers who have designed the planets and the star of our solar system in natural stone. Now, they have added the Earth’s moon to the collection
Science news: oldest carbonates in our solar system, Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka, 6.5 million years of sea level stands reconstructed, cave paintings in Sulawesi
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
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