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      Julie Fogerson

      Julie Fogerson

      Joined: Sep 24, 2021

      The tiny town of Rolla, Kansas, is about to be enveloped in the Black Sunday dust storm on April 14, 1935.

      Black Sunday: When a Dust Storm Swallowed the Great Plains

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      The Inuit settlement of Kulusuq in Greenland.

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      Signs of an earthquake.

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      Snow blankets the Donner Lake area in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

      10 of the Biggest Blizzards in History

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      Vienna’s Wienflussportal, showing the spot where the Vienna River emerges from its underground course.

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      Explorer Ferdinand Magellan didn't quite get all the way around the globe.

      11 of History’s Most Famous Sea Voyages

      Throughout history, sea travel has provided a watery road to modern globalism. Here are 11 incredible sea voyages that advanced our understanding of the world.

      Julie Fogerson
      Calving is one way that glaciers lose ice.

      12 Disappearing Glaciers Around the World

      If you want to behold some of the world's most majestic glaciers on six continents, you better act fast.

      Julie Fogerson
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