Can High-Resolution Imagery Resolve the Ararat Mystery?
To the scientific mind, it is easy to see a natural, geological formation when looking at the “Ararat Anomaly” on Turkey’s Mt. Ararat: a lava flow, or perhaps some sort of rock dome. But it is undeniable, at least for the layman, that the shape suggests a ship underneath the ice and snow (albeit one of modern design with tapered bow and stern, not the rectangular barge shape often ascribed to Noah’s Ark). The myths and legends — or the facts, if you’re a believer in the Qur’an or the Bible’s Old Testament — surrounding Noah’s Ark have persisted...
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ION 2007 News Coverage: Jeff Chappell Blogs There are three critical questions surrounding Europe’s proposed GNSS system: if, when and who — as in who will pay for it. But it seems as if both hardware and applications developers will have the tools they need to bring Galileo-based products to market if Europe comes up with the answers to those questions. That is, at least if German GNSS companies have anything to say about it. GNSS industry’s players—namely German companies involved in GNSS–having plenty of experience with GPS and GLONASS, are already bringing Galileo tools...
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