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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory published an interesting note about the current state of Earth's axis tilt. The planet tilts on its axis, relative to the plane of the ecliptic (plane between the central mass of the Sun and the central mass of the planet), such that the plane does not intersect with the Equator except on Equinox dates. The spin axis has increased in length over the last century or so. Click this link to read more and to see a simulation of axial tilting.
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CityLab has a nice discussion of how maps can literally distort reality in a variety of ways, subject to choices made by the mapmaker. Click here to access this interesting article. For a more in-depth exploration of this general topic, the 3rd edition of How to Lie with Maps is available from the University of Chicago Press.
Here it comes... National Hurricane Center: Click Here ABC News Story: Click Here New York Times: Click Here WLOS Story: Click Here Simulation of Cat 4 Storm on East Coast: Click Here GOES East Full Disk Image: Click Here This is a pretty cool thing... producing modern maps in the style of The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit... click here for more.
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