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El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
- 1 Apr 2012
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- April 01 2012 Baja Biosphere Reserve Earth from Space Mexico World Heritage Site
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via earthobservatory.nasa.gov

"Midway down the Baja California Peninsula lies a land- and seascape that the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared a World Heritage site and a Biosphere Reserve. Encompassing two lagoons and a large stretch of land between them, El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve provides a winter home for gray whales and other marine mammals, and habitat for thousands of migratory waterfowl. Plant life includes Sonoran Desert vegetation and, at the water’s edge, mangroves."
Baja California
- 14 Jan 2012
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- Baja Dust Storm Earth from Space January 14 2012 Mexico
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"Late November 2011 offered mostly cloud-free skies and a compelling view of the entire length of Baja California and the Pacific coast of Mexico. In the midst of the clarity, strong northeasterly winds stirred up dust storms on the mainland and the peninsula."

via earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Fluorite - Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 3 Dec 2011
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- 02December11 Collections Crystals Fluorite Mexico Minerals Mines
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Fluorite - Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico

"An oustanding attractive example of spinel-law twinning in fluorite. Glassy lustrous water clear transparent colorless crystals of twinned fluorite to 3.4 cm in size are set aesthetically upon a small amount of matrix. Shows perfectly all around 360 degrees. Damage-free.
Size: 5.5 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm (miniature)"

via danweinrich.com
Tequila, Mexico
- 21 Nov 2011
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- 20November11 Earth from Space Mexico Tequila
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"Tequila, both the city and the drink, had their origins in western Mexico in the 16th century. The red volcanic soil surrounding Tequila is particularly well suited to the growing of blue agave, and more than 300 million plants are harvested each year. Annual production is around 200 million liters: about half is consumed in Mexico, and of the remainder, 80% is exported to the US. The image was acquired October 11, 2001, covers an area of 16.8 by 18.6 km, and is located at 20.9 degrees north latitude, 103.8 degrees west longitude."

via asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov
Cave of Swallows - Sótano de las Golondrinas
- 22 Sep 2011
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- 21September11 Caves Film Shorts Mexico Sinkholes
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via youtube.com

"The Cave of Swallows, also called Cave of the Swallows (Spanish: Sótano de las Golondrinas), is an open air pit cave in the Municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The elliptical mouth, on a slope of karst, is 160 by 205 feet wide and is undercut around all its perimeter, further widening to a room approximately 995 feet by 440 feet ) wide. The floor of the cave is a 1,094-foot freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 1,220-footdrop from the highest side, making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest in the world."
Conch Shell House located in Kancabdzonot, Mexico
- 12 Sep 2011
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- 11September11 Islands Mexico Shells Tropical architecture
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The Conch Shell House is tucked away on the Yucatan island of Isla Mujeres and offers fantastic views of the Caribbean. The house was designed by Octavio Ocampo, one of Mexico's most famous artists, and his brother.

via atlasobscura.com
Bodies" : "The Silent Evolution
- 8 Sep 2011
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- 07September11 Mexico Reefs Sculpture Underwater art
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by Jason deCaires Taylor

More than 400 of the permanent sculptures have been installed in recent months in the National Marine Park of Cancún, Isla Mujeres, and Punta Nizuc ( map of the region ) as part of a major artwork called "The Silent Evolution." The installation is the first endeavor of a new underwater museum called MUSA, or Museo Subacuático de Arte.

Created by Mexico-based British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the Caribbean installation is intended to eventually cover more than 4,520 square feet (420 square meters), which would make it "one of the largest and most ambitious underwater attractions in the world," according to a museum statement.

via news.nationalgeographic.com
The Mexican Truffle Huitlacoche, Food of the Gods
- 1 Sep 2011
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- 31August11 Agriculture Fungus Huitlacoche Mexico Mushrooms Truffle
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Huitlacoche (pronounced weet-la-KOH-chay) is a fungus, called corn smut in the US.

"Before, it was seen as a food of the poor. Now it's the food of the rich," said Raul Nieto Angel, the dean of the crop sciences department at the university, which extensively tests and researches huitlacoche.

via mcclatchydc.com
Spectacular "Triad of Felines" Monolith Unearthed in Chalcatzingo, Mexico
- 17 Aug 2011
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- 16August11 Discoveries Felines Mexico Olmec Spectacular archaeology
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Photograph from INAH via AP

"The circa 700 B.C. carving, dubbed the "Triad of Felines" by archaeologists, was found about 60 miles (a hundred kilometers) south of Mexico City at Chalcatzingo, an archaeological site known to have had ties to the Olmec civilization.

Measuring about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall and 3.6 feet (1.1 meters) wide, the carving was originally set within a hillside and was designed to be clearly visible from a village below, experts say.

The discovery is only the latest of about 40 large stone carvings found at Chalcatzingo since 1935—many of them depicting cats, said David Grove, an anthropologist at the University of Florida who conducted research at Chalcatzingo for 30 years beginning in the 1970s."

via news.nationalgeographic.com
How Not to Hide a 300 Acre Mexican Marijuana Plantation
- 25 Jul 2011
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- 24July11 Drugs Marijuana Mexico War
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"Mexican soldiers discovered the largest marijuana plantation in the country's history, hidden under black cloth in the middle of the desert.

The 300-acre plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities and workers had even installed toilet facilities, the Defence Department said.

The towering pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, more than 150 miles south of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego."

via dailymail.co.uk

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