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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:03 PM
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A frozen Britain from space
2010/007 - 01/07 at 11 :50 UTC
Snow across Great Britain
Satellite: Terra - Pixel size: 1km



You can find higher resolution versions here:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/07/tis-a-bit-nippy-guvnah
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:05 PM
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1. lived in oxfordshire in the brutal winter of 1963...must be about the same nt
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 08:21 PM
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2. Aside from the cold, that must have been a fun time to live there.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-07-10 09:29 PM
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3. Hence the line from "Life in a Northern Town":
"In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles."
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 09:54 AM
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4. Albedo! Get yer albedo here!
:woohoo:
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 04:12 PM
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7. Hee. (nt)
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 12:35 PM
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5. Looks like the Emerald Isle's still emerald.
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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-08-10 12:37 PM
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6. O Albion!
It's not just the cliffs of Dover anymore!
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