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STS107-E-05684 (24 January 2003) --- Ilan Ramon, STS-107 payload specialist, works with the Space Technology and Research Students (STARS) educational payload housed in an Isothermal Containment Module (ICM) in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The STARS payload includes the following experiments: The Chemical Garden sponsored by Israel, Astrospiders - Spiders in Space sponsored by Australia, Silkworm Lifecycle During Space Flight sponsored by China, Flight of the Medaka Fish sponsored by Japan, Carpenter Bees in Space sponsored by Liechtenstein, and Ant Colony sponsored by the United States. Ramon represents the Israeli Space Agency.
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ISS013-E-77377 (5 Sept. 2006) --- Bernese Alps, Switzerland is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember onboard the International Space Station. The formidable mountain system of the Alps stretches across much of central Europe, with seven countries claiming portions of the mountains within their borders (Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia). The glacial landscape of the Bernese Alps, located in southwestern Switzerland, is well illustrated by this view. The image was taken by a crewmember looking north-northwest while the station was located over the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica and Italy -- this oblique viewing angle imparts a sense of perspective to the image. This type of viewing angle complements more nadir (downward)--viewing imagery of the region. Three of the higher peaks of the central Alps are visible--Jungfrau (4,158 meters), Moench (4,089 meters), and Eiger (3,970 meters). To the east and south of the Jungfrau is the Aletsch Glacier, clearly marked by dark medial moraines extending along the glacier's length parallel to the valley axis. The moraines are formed from rock and soil debris collected along the sides of three mountain glaciers located near the Jungfrau and Moench peaks -- as these flowing ice masses merge to form the Aletsch Glacier, the debris accumulates in the middle of the glacier and is carried along the flow direction. According to geologists, Lake Brienz to the northwest was formed by the actions of both glacial ice and the flowing waters of the Aare and Lutschine rivers, and has a maximum depth of 261 meters. The lake has a particularly fragile ecosystem, as demonstrated by the almost total collapse of the whitefish population in 1999. Possible causes for the collapse, according to the scientists, include increased water turbidity associated with upstream hydropower plant operations, and reduction of phosphorus (a key nutrient for lake algae, a basic element of the local food web) due to water quality concerns.
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Flemming, Carl
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Hand colored lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Ferro.
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[Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884, Sohr, Karl, Flemming, Carl]
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Hand colored in outline map. Includes table of elevations, statistical tables and legend. Liechtenstein colored in green. Relief shown by hachures.
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[Sohr, Karl, Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884, Handtke, Friedrich, 1815-1879]
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Engraved lithograph outline hand color map. Includes legend and table. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Ferro and Paris.
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Engraved map. Outline hand coloring. Relief shown by hachures. In German. Prime meridian: Ferro.
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[Sohr, Karl, Flemming, Carl]
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Stieler, Adolf
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Date estimated.
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Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
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[Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667, Sanson, Guillaume (1633-1703)]
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[Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667, Sanson, Guillaume (1633-1703)]
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[Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany), Graef, C.]
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This sheet is part of volume 2.
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[Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany), Graef, C.]
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[Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany), Graef, C.]
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Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Germany)
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Outline hand color map. Color coded by region. Covers The Gefurstete County of Tyrol with Vorarlberg and the principality of Liechtenstein. Shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, etc. Includes explanation. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Ferro and Paris.
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Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz, 1788-1874
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Engraved map. Administrative boundaries hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of highest points. "Meyer's Handatlas No. 127." Prime meridian: Ferro.
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[Bayer, Herbert, Container Corporation of America]
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Map and graphics showing principal resources, languages, religions, manufacturing, agriculture, and land use. Includes brief history and description of state's features. Relief depicted by hachures and hypsometric tints.
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