The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54National Geographic Society, 1929 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 389
... feet , only to be faced with another menacing black curtain of water . We glided down to 600 feet and missed the worst of it . In the heavy water - laden air and the waves of heat from the engines we began to per- spire . As we took our ...
... feet , only to be faced with another menacing black curtain of water . We glided down to 600 feet and missed the worst of it . In the heavy water - laden air and the waves of heat from the engines we began to per- spire . As we took our ...
Page 401
... feet in a hushed , starlit void . We had not faced a night on the trip that held such promise of kind con- ditions . Yet we were to be ruthlessly dis- illusioned . There seemed menace ahead after 8 o'clock . It grew steadily colder ...
... feet in a hushed , starlit void . We had not faced a night on the trip that held such promise of kind con- ditions . Yet we were to be ruthlessly dis- illusioned . There seemed menace ahead after 8 o'clock . It grew steadily colder ...
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... feet in height above the surface . The ends of the figure were eight feet apart and the two trees on each end separated by two feet . Cutting submerged , he made an error of judgment , for the tree when falling carried the top of its ...
... feet in height above the surface . The ends of the figure were eight feet apart and the two trees on each end separated by two feet . Cutting submerged , he made an error of judgment , for the tree when falling carried the top of its ...
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