Word: crater
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with a crater many miles in diameter, is one of the many wonders of the island. Back from the coast are miles and miles of green sugar plantations...
...Europe in 1866 and 1872 studying physical phenomena, paying especial attention to glaciers and volcanoes. He climbed Vesuvius while it was in action, and it was said that he was the first man to look into the crater of an active volcano...
...Observatory has issued a circular giving a series of measurements of the diameter of the bright spot surrounding the Linne crater on the moon's surface made before and after the passage of the shadow of the earth during the total lunar eclipse of October 16. The circular contains tables which show that the spot has increased in size during the last three years. Professor W.H. Pickering, who made the observations, believes that the explanation of the change in the size of the spot is that Linne is more active than heretofore, and that there is therefore surrounding it more...
During the recent eclipse of the moon Professor Pickering of the Astronomical Observatory ascertained that the bright spot around the Linne crater on the surface of the moon had increased considerably during the eclipse when deprived of the heat of the sun. Professor Pickering is inclined to the belief that this was caused by a light deposit of hoar frost. The observations bore him out, showing by the most accurate kind of micrometic measurements that the spot had increased during the time the moon was obscured. That the spot is a deposit of hoar frost and not light reflected from...