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Aug 22, 2024 | 
source.ie | Catherine Duncan
Issue 4 Spring 1995View Contents ▸Skies, big beautiful skies. Big beautiful prints. Paul Graham's show last November had an immediately attractive surface. What could be more impressive and humbling than infinity, the start of the rest of the universe, via the seduction of giant photographs? I suppose the jag is in the tag, the titles featuring 'Falls', 'Shankill', 'Crossmaglen', 'Bogside', among others.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
source.ie | Catherine Duncan
Issue 9 Autumn 1996View Contents ▸Ever seen the Great Pyramids of Carlingford? Their corn-coloured geometric forms compliment the seemingly half reared nature in which they are planted: their staid elegance points to a new horizon. A jolly red jumpered Irishman contemplates the scene with satisfaction. His vantage point is ours, the planetary horizon stretches out before him, and he is master of all he surveys. Pyramids? ...in Carlingford?
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
msn.com | Catherine Duncan
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Catherine Duncan
In the early days of vinyl records, album covers were nothing more than a , blank paper jackets meant to protect the fragile content inside. That is, until, designer Alex Steinweiss at Columbia Records decided to photograph the Imperial Theater in New York City to fill the blank canvas encompassing the 1940 album Smash Hits by Rodgers & Hart—and permanently altered the face of music consumption.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Catherine Duncan
5 hours agoSome people book hotels for high-quality gyms; others prioritize al fresco bathtubs. For me, an astrophotographer, accommodation selection comes down to one thing: stargazing potential. With the recent astrotourism boom, due in part to the amazing northern-lights viewing in the U.S. this year, many …
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May 30, 2024 | 
uthscsa.edu | Catherine Duncan
Samy Bendjemil, an M.D./M.P.H. student at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, has always thought globally. He was born in Canada to a mother from Mexico and a father from Algeria. His father’s career as a chemical engineer took the family to Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston, where Bendjemil grew up. “Because of my parents, I had the opportunity to experience numerous cultures in different countries. I got a unique perspective because I didn’t go as a tourist.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Catherine Duncan
As looming thunderstorm clouds spit out baseball-sized hail and torrential rain, a narrow whirlwind of air stretches its way toward the ground, signaling the arrival of one of nature’s most violent phenomena: a tornado. Also known as twisters, these violent cyclones can reach wind speeds of and blaze a path of destruction that can last from mere seconds to several hours. While most people flee or take shelter at the sight of these alarming conditions, others dive headfirst into them.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Catherine Duncan
As the moon blankets the sun and casts a dark shadow over the Earth, scientific breakthroughs can come to light. Total solar eclipses are more than just breathtaking spectacles—they are cosmic rarities that give researchers unique opportunities to study natural phenomena otherwise imperceivable. More than 100 years ago, astronomers used a total solar eclipse to prove Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, revolutionizing our understanding of the universe.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
atlasobscura.com | Pablo Correa |Katherine Latham |Catherine Duncan |Abdullah Dogan
The Crooked House pub in Staffordshire, photographed in April 2023. A brick-built public house. The building was severely affected by subsidence. Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Catherine Duncan
In an astonishing cosmic cycle that occurs every 2.4 million years, Mars’ gravitational pull is shifting Earth’s path around the sun, warming its climate and increasing vigorous deep ocean circulation, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications. “Mars’ impact on Earth’s climate is akin to a butterfly effect,” study co-author Dietmar Müller, a geophysicist at the University of Sydney in Australia, tells New Scientist’s James Woodford.
