The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 110National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 780
... light frost on the cedars and sparse grasses that grow more than a mile above sea level on the California moun- taintop . The rising sun outlined first the 135 - foot- high silver dome of the world's largest tele- scope , the great 200 ...
... light frost on the cedars and sparse grasses that grow more than a mile above sea level on the California moun- taintop . The rising sun outlined first the 135 - foot- high silver dome of the world's largest tele- scope , the great 200 ...
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... light from distant galaxies , discovered the phenomenon of the " red shift " -that the light reaching us from those bodies is shifted to- ward the red end of the spectrum , showing that the waves of light are longer than they should be ...
... light from distant galaxies , discovered the phenomenon of the " red shift " -that the light reaching us from those bodies is shifted to- ward the red end of the spectrum , showing that the waves of light are longer than they should be ...
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... light from such stars is changed into visible light by the gas . This is the familiar process of fluorescence . " Bright nebulae , " gas clouds glowing in the sky , are the fluorescent signs of space . The Sky Survey has discovered many ...
... light from such stars is changed into visible light by the gas . This is the familiar process of fluorescence . " Bright nebulae , " gas clouds glowing in the sky , are the fluorescent signs of space . The Sky Survey has discovered many ...
Contents
Abeokuta Nigeria | x |
Into the Heart of Africa The Weeks Expedition Collecting Birds | xviii |
Alexander Springs Ocala National Forest | xxiv |
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