Nestled within the heart of The Natural State,Mount Magazinestands tall as Arkansas’ highest point. At an elevation of 2,753 feet (839 meters), it offers breathtaking vistas, diverse wildlife, and a unique outdoor experience. In this comprehensive exploration of Mount Magazine, we will ascend ...
These incidents are pretty devastating -- in 2006, a teenager visiting an abandoned mine fell 1,000 feet to his death during an attempt to jump over an exposed 10-foot-wide shaft [source: AP]. Throughout the world there are veritable fields of dangerous, exposed holes from mining ...
Geography and landscape: Washington was built on swampy land. Even the National Mall land was created from filled-in swamps. It follows that the city's lowest point is sea level, at the banks of the Potomac River. The highest elevation, 400 feet, is up Wisconsin Avenue almost to Maryland...
Olympus Mons is comparable in overall size to the state of Arizona. And it's roughly 100 times larger than Hawaii's Mauna Loa, which is currently the biggest active volcano on Earth at 30,085 feet (9,170 meters). Olympus Mons could still be active, though other parts of the Red Planet...
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The 2024 Formula 1 season wraps up this weekend in Abu Dhabi and in many ways nothing is different, but at the same time, everything has changed. First off, you have Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver wrapped up his fourth straight title a couple weeks ago. But his team, Red Bull, has...
The special place is near Wittman Dam in the town of Dickinson. It's just above the location where Broome County officials once considered building a massive trash-burning plant in the 1980s. Parts of the proposed site were in the city and in the town of Dickinson. It had been used by...
The number one dead giveaway for spotting an American is—ice, ice, baby. Let's face it, ice is the surefire way to make a tasty beverage even more …
The advantage of lowering your partner is clear. You can measure accurately how far you need to go to reach the next anchor. In our case, it meant reaching the ground. The middle mark of the rope passed through my lowering system. It traveled about 20 feet down the cliff. Then Foster ...