The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 50National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 18
... beautiful olive green , south of it the water is indigo blue . The higher content of microscopic marine life gives the Labrador Current its olive- green tone . The prow of our cutter can be in green water of 40 degrees Fahrenheit , the ...
... beautiful olive green , south of it the water is indigo blue . The higher content of microscopic marine life gives the Labrador Current its olive- green tone . The prow of our cutter can be in green water of 40 degrees Fahrenheit , the ...
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... beautiful , and enormous in size . Closer view showed that it was drydock in shape , with two walls of uneven height . Both sides were 512 feet long — that is , the length of an average city block . One of the boys on board was all for ...
... beautiful , and enormous in size . Closer view showed that it was drydock in shape , with two walls of uneven height . Both sides were 512 feet long — that is , the length of an average city block . One of the boys on board was all for ...
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... beautiful bridal - veil falls whisk off the cliffs of No. 14 . " June 12. - There is a heavy fall of about 20,000 tons of ice from the higher cliff . Perhaps this is a result of our blasting . No. 14 is now about 180 feet high and 450 ...
... beautiful bridal - veil falls whisk off the cliffs of No. 14 . " June 12. - There is a heavy fall of about 20,000 tons of ice from the higher cliff . Perhaps this is a result of our blasting . No. 14 is now about 180 feet high and 450 ...
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... beautiful cascade is surrounded by rock scenery of novelty and magnificence . Never was there transformation more extraordinary than that here suffered. well as power . The eye delights in the fine , irregular inner curve of the horse ...
... beautiful cascade is surrounded by rock scenery of novelty and magnificence . Never was there transformation more extraordinary than that here suffered. well as power . The eye delights in the fine , irregular inner curve of the horse ...
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... beautiful is The White Lady , which streams over a rock wall in lacy cascades . A rainbow spans the waters during the after- noon , and on a dark night a weird glare is made by casting rockets , torches , or burning straw over the cliff ...
... beautiful is The White Lady , which streams over a rock wall in lacy cascades . A rainbow spans the waters during the after- noon , and on a dark night a weird glare is made by casting rockets , torches , or burning straw over the cliff ...
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