This summer British explorer and environmentalist David de Rothschild will set sail with a crew of scientists from San Francisco to Sydney, covering approximately 12,000 nautical miles. His boat, Plastiki, is a high tech 60 foot research catamaran made from reused plastic bottles and recycled plastics.
Plastiki hosts solar panels and turbines to power it’s [...]

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Really, do it. It’s amazing, even if it has no street views yet.
NASA and Arizona State University have joined forces to compile unbelievable images of Mars.  It includes beautifully colored elevation maps as well as visible and infrared views. Google Earth 5.0 now features Earth, Sky and Mars options with 3D terrain views. Not to [...]

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