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The Panama Canal - From the Atlantic Through the Pacific

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Attila Jancsina asked: The Panama Canal is a man-made transoceanic route that was first constructed by the French and completed by the Americans in 1914. It was made to shorten the travel time needed by ships needing to get to the Atlantic from the Pacific, and vice versa. Its two ...

Volcanoes - Island Builders, Mountain Builders, And Time Bombs

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Gordon Gumpertz asked: The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow ...