Archive for July 2014
Saint Mary Lake is the second largest lake in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Located on the east side of the park, the Going-to-the-Sun Road parallels the lake along its north shore. At an altitude of 4,484 feet, Saint Mary Lake's waters are colder and lie almost 1,500 feet higher in altitude than Lake McDonald, the largest lake in the park, which is located on the west side of the Continental Divide. Here, the great plains end and the Rocky Mountains begin in an abrupt 5,000 feet altitude change. Source
The Sahara is the largest subtropical hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. At over 9,400,000 square kilometres, it covers most of North Africa, making it almost as large as China or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea to the east, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts to the Atlantic Ocean to the west. To the south, it is delimited by the Sahel, a belt of semi-arid tropical savanna that composes the northern region of central and western Sub-Saharan Africa. Source
Ruby Falls is
a 145-foot high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga,
Tennessee in the United States. Ruby Falls Cave features many of the more
well-known types of cave formations including stalactites and stalagmites,
columns, drapery, and flowstone. The Falls are located at the end of the main
passage of Ruby Falls Cave, in a large vertical shaft. The stream, 1120 feet
underground, is fed both by rainwater and natural springs. Source
Riding the Wave is a 2004 album by The Blanks. It features both
original songs by the band and cover versions of other songs, most of which
were performed on the TV series Scrubs.
It also features candid recordings of the cast and production team of Scrubs. Sam
Lloyd was written into the script for the all 9 seasons of Scrubs. The album cover jokes that
these recordings are "used without knowledge or permission". Source
Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate
climates, between autumn and spring. It is caused by the axis of the Earth in
the respective hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures
define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based
on weather, but when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in
the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. In many regions, winter is associated
with snow and freezing temperatures. Source
Redbridge is
a district of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge in Greater London It is
home to Redbridge Institute of Adult Education and Redbridge Football Club. The Redbridge
area formed part of the ancient parish of Barking, Essex. In 1888 it became
part of the new civil parish of Ilford. The civil parish became a local board district
in 1890, urban district in 1894 and municipal borough in 1926. The Municipal
Borough of Ilford was abolished in 1965. Source
