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Sunday 11 December 2011
Tirpitz
On 12th November 1944 British forces bombed and sank a German battleship named "Tirpitz" off the Norwegian coast. About 950 people were killed. The only things left to be seen on the island of Håkøya now are the commemorative plaque and the wooden structure in the water that was the working platform used for the scrapping of the vessel. Bomb craters from the ones that missed are also still visible on the island.
Saturday 10 December 2011
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Wednesday 30 November 2011
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Monday 28 November 2011
Belt of Venus
The anti-twilight arch or "belt of Venus" is the pink band that you sometimes see across the sky opposite the sunrise or sunset. It is caused by reddened sunlight mingling with the deep blue of the darkened sky. Below it you sometimes see a darker purplish band which is the shadow of the Earth itself on its own atmosphere.
For more information on this atmospheric optical phenomenon follow this link: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/earshad.htm
Sunday 27 November 2011
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Thursday 17 November 2011
Sunrise #3
This far north in November the sun puts in such a brief appearance that it evades definition.
Wednesday 16 November 2011
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