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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Tag Archives: Utah
No desalination required – saving the Great Salt Lake
“Given the potential environmental, health, social, and political consequences of doing nothing or not doing enough, it seems to this retired planner that the truck and train tanker option in conjunction with strong water conservation measures should be employed at least as a stopgap measure until long-term solutions can be established.” Continue reading
Posted in Animals, cities, climate, climate change, deserts, ecosystems, education, environment, geography, Geology, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, lakes, land use, Maps, natural history, nature, pictures, planning, politics, pollution, rail, Railroads, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, shipping, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, water, weather, Wildlife
Tagged cities, drought, environment, geography, Great Salt Lake, history, land use, pipelines, planning, Salt Lake City, salt water, tankers, transportation, Utah, water
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World’s tallest Mormon Temples
The following list identifies the tallest Mormon (LDS) Temples in the world. Many of these stunning structures are architectural masterpieces and regardless of your beliefs, one cannot help but impressed and inspired by their beauty. A minimum height for inclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged buildings, design, height, Latter-Day Saints, LDS, Mormon, places of worship, religion, spire, spires, Temples, Utah
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An Impressive Park Memorializes When Quilts Saved a Town
Frontier Towns, Part 7: Panguitch, Utah In city planning, as well as park and recreation circles, one of the most successful trends of the past decade or two has been the creation of pocket parks. These small oases help provide … Continue reading
Posted in art, cities, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, topography, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged history, Panguitch, parks, pocket parks, sculpture, Utah
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More human-made Earth acne from space
Here’s another satellite image of human-made Earth acne, partially softened by a coating of snow on the higher adjacent peaks. The photo is of the massive Bingham Canyon Mine located approximate 32 miles southwest of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, history, land use, Mining, Outer Space, pictures, planning, pollution
Tagged Bingham Canyon, Earth, environment, geography, geology, land use, landscapes, mining, pollution, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Up to 690,000 American’s died from our own nuke tests!
Yes, you read the post title correctly. According to a 2017 study by researchers from the University of Arizona, between 340,000 and 690,000 Americans are estimated to have died from fallout and radiation-linked diseases generated by the 100 atmospheric atomic … Continue reading →