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Digital Globes, a New Way to View the World
2013-01-08 00:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In the main hall of the hands-on science exhibits at the Cape Town Science Center in South Africa, a lifeless, tattered globe stands under naked fluorescent bulbs, all but ignored by children passing through on school tours. Across a sunblasted courtyard and up a dingy staircase, another globe a digital globe stands in a darkened room. This globe is a shining sphere of light. Children stand awe-struck; adults of a certain age may be reminded of images like Apollo 8s Earthrise photograph, while...
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