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Geology: 4 Unbelievably Strange Planets in Space, You've Probably Never Heard of

Original post by @agbona

There are things that surpass the human imagination due to their eerie nature, especially when thinking about events, and certain characteristics some planets in space are capable of exhibiting. There are some plants in space that have strange characteristics that can only happen in a human's wildest imagination. Characteristics so strange they will make you cringe.

Archeology: Underwater Archaeology and the Public - Sports Divers to the Rescue

Original post by @liquidtravel

Introduction One of the least understood historic preservation resources nationally consists of the shipwrecks that litter the floor of our nation's offshore waters, harbors, estuaries, rivers, and lakes. The status of our knowledge of Texas' shipwrecks is not an exception to this rule, although important steps toward a better understanding of these resources have come forward over the past few years. With over two thousand shipwrecks in the waters of Texas, it is impossible to evaluate them all. For one reason or another, the wrecks that might qualify for the National Register o...

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