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Mt. Elbrus – Russia and Europe’s High Point

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Mount Elbrus – Russia and Europe’s High Point When it comes to mountains, Europe is nearly synonymous with the Alps. Those majestic, stark crags might be the world’s most beautiful and they include the planet’s most recognizable peak, the Matterhorn. Despite its robustness, Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, is not the highest point in Europe. […]

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The Chelyabinsk Fireball

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This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Meteor Theme Week

The Chelyabinsk Fireball This week the newsletter touched on a couple of important points in the study of meteorites. We started with a sharpshooting rock in Benld, Illinois, that left an interesting path to its final resting place in 1938. At the time it was the closest a human had been to a strike in recorded history.

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