The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 53National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 10
... feet . Goat Island divides the Falls into two parts . Kentucky hills before landing . For some reason , this particular spot seemed to have an unusual attraction for Love , who left most regretfully on Monday morning when it was time to ...
... feet . Goat Island divides the Falls into two parts . Kentucky hills before landing . For some reason , this particular spot seemed to have an unusual attraction for Love , who left most regretfully on Monday morning when it was time to ...
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... feet of the ground , looking for some object of interest . The shadow of the plane shows that in this case he was about 30 feet above the prairie . Frequently he flew even lower , so that at times he appeared , from the plane above , to ...
... feet of the ground , looking for some object of interest . The shadow of the plane shows that in this case he was about 30 feet above the prairie . Frequently he flew even lower , so that at times he appeared , from the plane above , to ...
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From an altitude of 2,000 feet or higher , farming lands present a huge checkerboard appear- ance . Sometimes the units are irregular in shape , but in many places , as in the Middle West , they are extremely uniform . In this picture ...
From an altitude of 2,000 feet or higher , farming lands present a huge checkerboard appear- ance . Sometimes the units are irregular in shape , but in many places , as in the Middle West , they are extremely uniform . In this picture ...
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... feet of the ground to get through . This was not so bad , except in case the pass became " blind " -that is , choked with clouds . In such a case , to avoid flying through without any knowledge of what was ahead , with the possibility ...
... feet of the ground to get through . This was not so bad , except in case the pass became " blind " -that is , choked with clouds . In such a case , to avoid flying through without any knowledge of what was ahead , with the possibility ...
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... feet below us . Once or twice we dropped down beside them and waved . We could have landed , for the floor of the desert in several places was packed almost as hard as rock . After Death Valley , we passed over Borax Flat . " SPIRIT OF ...
... feet below us . Once or twice we dropped down beside them and waved . We could have landed , for the floor of the desert in several places was packed almost as hard as rock . After Death Valley , we passed over Borax Flat . " SPIRIT OF ...
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