Pliny the Younger‚ a young man whose recorded observations of the eruption became one of the most important pieces of history. The material being shot into the air is called tephra‚ and it creates a form similar to the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion. Pliny had described this effect as a “pine tree” because of its vertical height; scientists now call it the Plinian column. It began at midday on the 24th of August 79 AD and was approximately 20 kilometers (66‚000 feet) high. From this‚ a shower
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Over centuries humans have always continued to try and find new ways of converting one form of energy into one which humans can manipulate for their own use. One of the most recent forms of converting energy‚ which is gaining in popularity is nuclear energy. With 14 percent of the world using it today it is a viable alternative to burning fossil fuels. To give you a basic idea on how the process of converting energy works according to the Canadian Nuclear Association is as basic as‚ “splitting the
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rig were awoken the morning of April 20‚ 2010 to the sound of multiple explosions. The Deepwater Horizon rig was positioned in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. It was positioned about 5‚000 feet above the seabed and the oil pipe extended another 18‚000 feet into the rock below. It was owned and operated by Transocean and leased to BP. There were 127 crew men onboard the rig at the time of the explosion. The crew man began to evacuate the rig in lifeboats. The Coast Guard
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deadly acts of terrorism‚ including the September 11‚ 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. 1993 BOMBAY BOMBINGS The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay‚ India on 12 March 1993. The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. The single-day attacks resulted in over 350 fatalities and 1200 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim‚ don of the Mumbai-based international organised
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ABANDONING SHIP General responsibilities: Master : Overall command - leading and guiding from the “top” Chief Officer : Coordinating embarking of the rescue vessels (lifeboat‚ rescue boat‚ life raft etc.) Third Officer and Pumpman : Assisting Chief Officer Second Officer : Assisting Master‚ maintaining a written record of events during the response‚ Radio Officer for emergency communication Chief Engineer : Coordinating and ensuring power supply and availability of technical equipment‚ maintaining
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The Atomic Bomb The atomic bomb is a powerful‚ explosive nuclear weapon. It is fueled by the fission of the nuclei of specific amounts of plutonium or uranium‚ in a chain reaction. The strength of the explosion created by one of these bombs is equal to the strength of an explosion created by thousands of tons of TNT. The atomic bomb was first created in the early twentieth century. Physicists in the United States and Europe had discovered that the fission of uranium could be used to create
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NGV a better option‚ safe in every situation The PTT Co.‚ Ltd. (Public) together with the Mechanical TYPEering Department‚ TYPEering Faculty of Kasetsart University and Calvary Department 53 in Saraburi tested the safety of the NGV gas tank in the shooting field of Calvary Department 53‚ Saraburi‚ to built confidence to user that NGV is safe in all situation. Petrol is the most important source of basic fuel and it is the source for various energies especially in the Agriculture
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which they will have to re-enter at. Third I talk about the simulator and how it prepares them for conditions in outer space. Fourth I talk about the Orange drink floating around in the space craft and why that happens. Finally‚ I talk about the explosion and how it affects the astronauts for the rest of their voyage. Liftoff‚ when the spaceship first takes off has the rockets firing and it slowly takes off and then gains velocity. Rockets launched into space can be suborbital (brief visit to space)
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taken around 10000 lives in the provenience of explosion. Three days later again an attack had occurred with the same type of the bomb named fat man in Nagasaki. The intensity of the bomb was 12500 TNT and it had caused around 4000 degree Celsius. It was enough to vaporize the flesh and bones of humans. It was a nightmare for the people of Japan. The name “hypocenter” is a new term to learn from this assignment which means it’s the place where the explosion takes place and earth have to take the highest
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Los Maestros The Los Maestros goal as a terrorist group is to expand our drug operations into the South-West United States by influencing state governments through terror. We seek economic gain through the selling of drugs. The government is harassing us and slowing down our distribution; we want to take revenge. By attacking our selected places‚ we will be able to strike fear into the citizens and the government; we mean business. Attacking Hill Air Force Base will serve the groups goals and
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