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1 June 2014. El Fasher: Children collect water from the well to fill the tanks to distribute potable water among the population in El Fasher, North Darfur.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID
Sampling of surface seawater using a Niskin bottle.
IAEA experts visited Japan from 8 to 14 September 2014 and -- together with staff from NRA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- collected water samples from the sea at five locations near TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station,
The water samples were shared both between the IAEA Environmental Laboratories and the Japanese Laboratories to e=be analyzed independently.
Photo Credit: NRA
1 June 2014. El Fasher: The owner of a peanut oil production factory in El Fasher, North Darfur, shows the installations and the final product.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID
Kenya - Kibera Primary School: The Muslim run Kibera Primary School was one of many faith schools represented at a 7-day Education For Sustainable Development conference organised by ARC in Nairobi in 2012. On September 18, 2012, 26 Christian, Muslim and Hindu faith groups in sub-Saharan Africa launched long-term environmental action plans during ARC's 'Many Heavens, One Earth, Our Continent' celebration in Nairobi, Kenya. Visit www.arcworld.org
The Soviet development model for Central Asia was based on building large-scale irrigation schemes enabling the region to become a major cotton producer and expanding the mining and processing industry. Industrial operations in the region paid little attention to the environment and public health, resulting in the accumulation of pollutants in the local environment. Today, not only active industrial facilities constitute a threat to environment, and often to security as well, so does the legacy of past operators.
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Last week the University’s School of the Built Environment celebrated its close links with employers at a special prize-giving ceremony for students that followed Wednesday’s graduation ceremony.
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Sampling of surface seawater using a Niskin bottle
IAEA experts visited Japan from 8 to 14 September 2014 and -- together with staff from NRA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- collected water samples from the sea at five locations near TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station,
The water samples were shared both between the IAEA Environmental Laboratories and the Japanese Laboratories to e=be analyzed independently.
Photo Credit: NRA
With support from Save the Children and funded by the British government’s Department for International Development, families in Mozambique who are members of local co-operatives each receive five goats. The Floodplain Management Project aims to create livelihoods which are environmentally and economically viable.
In the Zambezi valley of Mozambique, climate change has affected hundreds of thousands people, who largely depend on rain-fed subsistence agriculture to make a living. With funding from UKaid from the Department for International Development, Save the Children works with farming communities affected by recurring floods and drought to enhance their resilience to the impact of climate change.
Photo: Marcos Villalta / Save the Children
To find out more about how UK aid is helping in Mozambique, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/Mozambique
जैसे-गाय, भैंस, बकरी, भेड़, हाथी, ऊंट, खरगोश, बंदर ये सभी प्रथम श्रेणी के उपभोक्ता कहलाते हैं। प्रथम श्रेणी के उपभोक्ताओं को भोजन के रूप में खाने वाले जंतु मांसाहारी होते हैं और वे द्वितीय श्रेणी के उपभोक्ता कहलाते हैं।
इसी प्रकार द्वितीय श्रेणी के उपभोक्ताओं को खाने वाले जंतु तृतीय श्रेणी के उपभो...
1 June 2014. El Fasher: People work on the production of tombac (chewing tobacco) at the market in El Fasher, North Darfur. Tombac, one of North Darfur’s major cash crops, has very prejudicial effects on the health of the workers.
The traditional markets for tombac include South Sudan, Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. Farmers assure four million people in Darfur are dependent on the cultivation and sale of tobacco. They claim that tobacco had been produced in the region since 1850.
Originally, the production of tombac started in Tombouctou (Mali) and later it was imported to Egypt and Darfur.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID
The goal of integration should be to make the environment easy to use by offering the highest possible level of synergy between the elements that constitute the environment.
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 0.50m LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
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For full raster dataset go to: environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey
FENDI BAGUETTE BAG ANNIVERSARY | FENDI POP-UP
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“It’s not a bag, it’s a Baguette,” quipped Sarah Jessica Parker in “Sex in the City,”—forever immortalizing it as a fashion staple. Conceived by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the prominent fashion clutch is commemorating its 25th anniversary and is the feature for the Fendi winter 2022 capsule.
To celebrate, Fendi unveiled a New York pop-up boutique, situated at 90 Prince St. in the heart of SoHo. This 1,850 square-foot space was transformed to showcase the Fendi Baguette collection. Teaming with agency Innercity (IC-YA), Britten WoodWorks would craft the essential elements to transform a vacant storefront into a playful pop-up befitting the Fendi brand.
The principal feature would be oversized reproductions of the Baguette itself, fitted for product merchandising display. True to Britten’s capabilities, creating this larger-than-life design adds amusing dimension to the space.
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Using formed plywood as the core interior and Brittens's Foam3D™ elements to construct the compound curves and edges, Britten WoodWorks crafted outsized replicants of the iconic handbag—detailed down to the flap, clasp, and signature sleek edges.
Spanning 10’ high and 12’ wide and equipped with floating shelves and ready-to-wear racks, each Baguette was integrated with 3000K LED lighting to house and highlight the collection’s pieces.
Configured in three sets of match pairs, two in jewel-tone green, two in light pink, and two in Tiffany blue, each were color-matched to the exacting hues of the rest of the Fendi interior.
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By entrusting Britten WoodWorks, Fendi conveyed its aspirations for a phenomenal pop-up and its brand perception. The finished detailed interior cemented Britten WoodWorks as a complete idea-to-install fabricator and capable partner to shoulder the weighty brand presence of Fendi.
The results demonstrate Britten WoodWorks' ability to produce refined finish details that match highly stylized brand expectations with the technical demands of retail merchandising. From concept to installation in just four weeks, expediate skilled work is another benefit of partnering with Britten, Inc.
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The results demonstrate Britten WoodWorks ability to produce refined finish details that match highly stylized brand expectations with the technical demands of retail merchandising.
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT
HBCU Educator Dr. C. Reynold Verret Elected on Proven Record of Leadership
New Orleans, LA - The Board of Trustees of Xavier University of Louisiana announced today (5/14/15) that it has unanimously elected Dr. C. Reynold Verret as the university’s next president.
“I would like to congratulate and welcome Dr. Verret to the Xavier family,” said Michael Rue, chairman of the Board of Trustees. “While there were a number of highly-qualified candidates, Dr. Verret stood out for his proven leadership and experience expanding enrollment and increasing graduation rates. His record of achievement, personal history, and values set him apart as the clear choice to carry on the ideals that our founder, St. Katharine Drexel, and our longstanding president, Dr. Norman C. Francis, wove into the fabric of this institution.”
Dr. Verret is joining Xavier from Savannah State University where he has served as provost and chief academic officer since 2012. The university is recognized as the oldest institution of higher learning in coastal Georgia and the first public Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the state.
“I am deeply honored to be elected as the next president of Xavier and am excited to engage the entire Xavier community in envisioning a future that sustains the university’s distinct mission in a changing higher education environment and that responds to societal need,” said Dr. Verret. “Upon arriving in this country as a refugee from Haiti in 1963, I was supported by many who nurtured my love of learning and science and gave me the encouragement and confidence to persevere. During my tenure at Xavier, I will continue paying it forward, helping generations of young people realize their dreams, regardless of their backgrounds.”
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Dr. C. Reynold Verret
Dr. Verret is uniquely qualified by his experience, education, and values to guide Xavier’s mission of promoting a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. His journey from immigrating to the United States as a young boy to guiding institutions of higher education to success has equipped him with distinctive skills and understanding to lead an HBCU in general, and Xavier in particular.
“From its beginning, Xavier has been dedicated to empowerment of the underserved and voiceless through education, which is a vital instrument of societal strength and justice. In this regard, Xavier’s purpose remains relevant, and I am eager to sustain and strengthen it,” said Dr. Verret. “I have been shaped by the encounter of faith and reason, as a student of the Jesuits at the former Brooklyn Preparatory, of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and before then, by the Fathers of the Holy Spirit.”
Dr. Verret was identified through a national search that followed the September 2014 announcement that Dr. Francis would be retiring on June 30, 2015. During this period, the field of potential candidates was narrowed from an initial pool of more than 300.
This is the first time the Xavier Board of Trustees has ever selected a new president. In 1968, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the religious order that established the university in 1925, promoted Dr. Francis to the post of president. He was the first lay, first male, and first African American head of the university.
“This is one of the most important decisions that the Xavier Board of Trustees has ever had to make, and we made it fully knowing its significance to the future of Xavier and the nation. We remain deeply thankful to the Xavier community for the valuable guidance they have provided us over the course of this most important endeavor. The unanimous election of Dr. Verret is an indicator that the Xavier community’s voice was heard loud and clear,” said Gladstone Jones, III, who chaired Xavier’s Presidential Search Committee.
Following the Search Committee’s recommendation, Dr. Francis met Dr. Verret just prior to the vote by the Board of Trustees.
“I am most pleased to welcome Dr. Verret to Xavier. I have complete confidence that the Board of Trustees made a wise decision, and I know that Dr. Verret will carry on the mission and values of this institution far into the future,” said Dr. Francis, who is retiring after more than 56 years of service to Xavier with 47 years as its president.
“The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament celebrate the appointment of Dr. C. Reynold Verret. We are confident that the depth and breadth of his experience as well as his appreciation of Xavier's unique mission and Catholic identity have well prepared him to be its next great president,” said Sr. Patricia Suchalski, president of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
Dr. Verret earned his undergraduate degree cum laude in biochemistry from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the Howard Hughes Institute for Immunology at Yale University and at the Center for Cancer Research at MIT.
As a biochemist, his research interests have included the cytotoxicity of immune cells, biosensors, and biomarkers. He has published in the fields of biological chemistry and immunology.
A Proven Leader in Higher Education
In addition to his current role at Savannah State, Dr. Verret has also served as provost at Wilkes University in Northern Pennsylvania and as the dean of the Misher College of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Dr. Verret has encouraged development of educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences. As an administrator, teacher, scholar, and mentor, he brings to Xavier rich experience in and knowledge of higher education.
“I am very pleased Dr. Verret has been selected for this phenomenal opportunity. While his departure is a loss for Savannah State University, he is a proven leader in higher education and is definitely prepared to uphold and advance the strong legacy of the legendary Xavier University,” said Dr. Cheryl D. Dozier, president of Savannah State University.
As provost of Savannah State University, Dr. Verret worked closely with the university president and cabinet to achieve the school’s vision and strategic goals, and he has provided leadership to ensure that the university’s priorities were addressed and implemented. He led the university’s initiatives to build enrollment, enhance the quality and diversity of academic programs and to create cooperative relationships with neighboring institutions and with international partners. He contributed to the university’s advancement efforts by shaping its goals and cultivating donors.
At Wilkes University and the University of the Sciences, he led revisions of general education curricula, oversaw accreditations, developed international programs, established collaborative agreements with neighboring institutions at the K-12 and higher education levels, instituted new state-approved academic programs, promoted interdisciplinary efforts between the humanities and sciences, and planned new facilities.
He has served on the boards of numerous professional organizations and advisory bodies, including those of the National Institutes of Health, the Board of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, and the Georgia Coastal Indicators Coalition. He has received awards and fellowships for teaching and scholarship.
An Authority in STEM Education
As a scientist, Dr. Verret will build on Xavier’s strong standing in graduating students in the STEM fields. He has helped develop programs to prepare STEM teachers, secure tuition support for teacher certification in STEM fields, and affirm joint instructional and research programs. He has promoted global initiatives in public health and on international science efforts, and as chair of the Chemistry department at Clark Atlanta University, he increased research efforts representing more than $9.7 million of extramural funding.
A Champion for Liberal Arts and Humanities
Throughout his career, Dr. Verret has worked to build bridges across disciplines, recognizing that the significant questions and societal challenges require knowledge and analysis across many fields. He has promoted interdisciplinary curricula between Liberal Arts, Humanities and Sciences that address the interplay of culture, science, and society and prepare students in all disciplines for leadership roles.
An Experienced Educator
Dr. Verret has served on the faculty at Tulane University, the Misher College of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Clark Atlanta University, in addition to holding academic appointments as professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Savannah State University and Wilkes University.
About Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the University is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. This preparation takes place in a diverse learning and teaching environment that incorporates all relevant educational means, including research and community service.
Xavier is recognized as the top producer of African American undergraduates continuing to complete medical school and one of the top three producers of African American Doctor of Pharmacy degree recipients. Xavier ranks first nationally in the number of African American students earning undergraduate degrees in biology and life sciences, chemistry, physics and pharmacy.
About HBCUs
According to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, there are more than 100 HBCUs in the United States that enroll nearly 400,000 students per year. HBCUs represent 3 percent of colleges and universities, yet graduate 20 percent of African Americans with undergraduate degrees –and 25 percent of African Americans with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields.
This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report: www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-555
DRINKING WATER: EPA Program to Protect Underground Sources from Injection of Fluids Associated With Oil and Gas Production Needs
Plants are multicellular, photosynthesizing eucaryotes. Most species occupy terrestrial environments, but they also occur in freshwater and saltwater aquatic environments. The oldest known land plants in the fossil record are Ordovician to Silurian. Land plant body fossils are known in Silurian sedimentary rocks - they are small and simple plants (e.g., Cooksonia). Fossil root traces in paleosol horizons are known in the Ordovician. During the Devonian, the first trees and forests appeared. Earth's initial forestation event occurred during the Middle to Late Paleozoic. Earth's continents have been partly to mostly covered with forests ever since the Late Devonian. Occasional mass extinction events temporarily removed much of Earth's plant ecosystems - this occurred at the Permian-Triassic boundary (251 million years ago) and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (65 million years ago).
The most conspicuous group of living plants is the angiosperms, the flowering plants. They first unambiguously appeared in the fossil record during the Cretaceous. They quickly dominated Earth's terrestrial ecosystems, and have dominated ever since. This domination was due to the evolutionary success of flowers, which are structures that greatly aid angiosperm reproduction.
Rhododendron is widely distributed; the genus has over one thousand species.
Classification: Plantae, Angiospermophyta, Ericales, Ericaceae
Locality: cultivar in Newark, Ohio, USA
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For a better environment in the year 2023, I made a small initiative by planting 5 saplings given to me by my friend who is a Forest Officer in the Butterfly Park in Trichy and I motivated the villagers to plant more “ Banyan trees “ so that the coming generations will breathe fresh air and will be benefitted very much. The photos were captured with this vision in mind. .. Please save Nature and safely hand it over to our next generation. Plant more Banyan trees as they sustain many lives. Thanks. Instagram Id :- ‘ nagendran_c4777 ‘ - 01-January – 2023.
I have been invited as Chief Guest by the Department of French, Anna Adarsh College for Women, to preside over a programme in appreciation of Housekeeping personnel of their college. Feeling honoured. 05- FEBUARY - 2026 TIMING -10AM – Instagram ID:- @nagendran_c4777
Dear Madam/ Sir,
I happy to share that today I published my autobiography titled With Folded Hands in English and கூப்பியகரங்களுடன் in Tamil. It is my long time desire to bring it out mainly to thank all those helped me survive and thrive. I am alive because of the good deeds of many souls who helped me without any expectations. Through this book I thank them all as I don't have any other ways to express my thanks to them though it is not enough.
The book was released at Aarvam IAS Academy,Anna Nagar, Chennai. The function was presided by Mr. Irulappan founder trustee of DVM Seva Palam , the book was released by Mr . Senthil Velavan IRS And was received by Ms. Tamilarasi IRS. Mr. Shibikumaran the founder director of Aarvam IAS Academy welcomed the gathering and Mr. Damodaran a retired banker, script writer and fiction writer wished me all success. 21- DECEMBER - 2025 TIMING -10AM – Instagram ID:- @nagendran_c4777
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With Folded Hands in English C.NAGENDRAN - 21- DECEMBER - 2025 TIMING -10AM :
Nagendran English : drive.google.com/file/d/1_AWQwdUW0m8wOyASsHqrCwEoHEDyvmFM...
and கூப்பியகரங்களுடன் in Tamil C.NAGENDRAN - 21- DECEMBER - 2025 TIMING -10AM :
Nagendran Tamil :
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YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK :
Titled With Folded Hands in English and கூப்பியகரங்களுடன் in Tamil | C.NAGENDRAN - 21-12-2025 @10AM : youtube.com/live/TZXvgzzcQac
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM).
Data supplied by Environment Agency under the Open Government License agreement. For details please go to: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/v...
For full raster dataset go to: environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey
Near Zuiderstrand Theater, Scheveningen 2014
Inspired by the ephemeral dynamics of liquid crystallinity, artist Jet Smits collaborated with soft matter physicist Stephen Picken (TU Delft) to create the installation, LC Environment.
“Slightly over a century ago a new state of matter was discovered, between liquid and solid, with the remarkable propensity to self-organize into intricate lattices. Extremely sensitive to light, heat, electrical and magnetic stimulus, this breed of soft matter, known as liquid crystal, comprises all biological and cell membranes, soap solutions as well as most current display technologies. Inspired by the ephemeral dynamics of liquid crystallinity, artist Jet Smits collaborated with soft matter physicist Stephen Picken (TU Delft) to create the installation, LC Environment.” – Synergetica Artscience Salon
Liquid crystals are a physical substance able to translate digital data to visual images. The fascinating transitional qualities of the material captured my interest. While many households use liquid crystals in their most conventional form; the LCD screen, I aim to use the unique qualities of this material in different aesthetic ways. The Technical University in Delft allowed me to do a residency, which enabled me to do more extensive research into the behaviours and aesthetic qualities of this material. This research lead me to create a live installation and an abstract video piece utilizing liquid crystals, which enables the visitor to experience this material directly.
New media artist Jet Smits explores the transitional border between the physical and the virtual world, investigating the transition point where data becomes sensorial, trying to capture that exact moment of change. She finds herself in the area of science and technology related to our perception. Her phenomenological approach results in the use of different media and technologies to create immersive, contemplative installations, based on empirical research as well as thorough artistic and scientific experimentation.
This is ex-corporate equipment which has been removed from a fully working environment and refurbished by our in-house engineers, tested to be working perfectly. Please see 'cosmetic condition' section below for full cosmetic details.
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This HP workstation is sold with a Brand New ATI HD5450 1GB DDR3 Graphics Card for use with the latest games and video software. Capable of playing online games as ‘The Sims 3’ and ‘World of War craft’. Perfect for HD Entertainment, photo, 3D image and movie editing. This card enables the amazing entertainment experience, provides the best performance in its class. Full support for the latest Microsoft DirectX11 which enables real-time rendering and latest Shader Model/OpenGL, with ultra-realistic characters and incredible 3D imagery.
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The HP xw6200 is designed around Intel's E7525 new generation chipset for Intel Xeon® processors which supports dual-processing, an 800 MHz system bus (6.4 GB/sec bandwidth) and a dual channel DDR-2 400MHz ECC memory. New Intel Xeon® processors feature an expanded 2MB cache putting increased power and efficiency behind demanding applications.
As one of the smallest dual-processor design forms in the industry, this rack mountable minitower fits neatly into cramped workspaces such as financial traders’ desks. The space-saving design also features a tool-less chassis for easier upgrades and maintenance. Supporting 8 USB ports, 6 slots, 1 PCIe (x16) graphics slot, 4 legacy PCI slots, internal and external bays, the HP xw6200 can expand to meet specific power user requirements.
The HP xw6200 supports up to eight monitors, allowing large amounts of data to be viewed from multiple sources. Without the need to toggle between applications on screen users can stay in control and in touch with their data and designs.
Intel’s processor portfolio offers investment protection value as a transition tool to 64-bit computing — 32-bit applications run at full performance on an architecture that is also capable of supporting 64-bit operating systems and applications.
Featuring PCIe (x16) graphics interface, the xw6200 provides four times the total peak bandwidth and two times the uni-directional bandwidth of AGP graphics, delivering visual accuracy, image clarity and exceptional professional 2D, to high-end 3D performance.
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 25cm LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
Data supplied by Environment Agency under the Open Government License agreement. For details please go to: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/v...
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This collection presents a breathtaking journey through diverse terrestrial biomes, reimagining the raw beauty of our planet through a synthetic lens. From the ethereal golden mists of a waking forest and the crystalline clarity of alpine rivers to the jagged, volcanic scars of primordial lands and the vibrant, sun-drenched cathedrals of coral reefs. Each environment is a study in light, texture, and atmospheric depth, blending hyper-realistic detail with a touch of the sublime. These landscapes explore the intersection of classical nature photography aesthetics and the boundless possibilities of modern generative tools, offering a contemplative look at worlds both familiar and imagined.
These images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
One of the plans on this trip was to attempt to document at least some of the major disasters recently striking California and the west. Thus, a stop in Santa Rosa to see what I could see of the damage from the Tubbs fire of 2017. The Tubbs fire had started some distance from Santa Rosa, but high winds had brought embers down to a neighborhood that looked much like any suburban neighborhood – a location not, as had been the case with the Paradise/Camp fire (earlier pictures), at the obvious urban/wildland interface. Per this LA Times article, the main immediate cause of the fire was the embers catching one house on fire and that providing fuel for burning down other nearby homes, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of homes (see the drone photo). A less immediate cause note in the LA Times article is, not surprisingly, slowness in developing and implementing appropriate regulations for development in such areas.
The photo shown here has, on the top, a photo taken by me standing in front of Coffey Park (note the still empty resident lot), and then below images from Google Street view taken in 2016 before the fire (on the left), and on the right a 2018 photo after the fire as reconstruction was starting.
Inspired by a national geographic magazine.
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Sampling boat returning to harbour after completion of sampling.
IAEA experts visited Japan from 8 to 14 September 2014 and -- together with staff from NRA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- collected water samples from the sea at five locations near TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station,
The water samples were shared both between the IAEA Environmental Laboratories and the Japanese Laboratories to e=be analyzed independently.
Photo Credit: NRA
Quick-Look Hill-shaded Colour Relief Image of 2014 2m LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM).
Data supplied by Environment Agency under the Open Government License agreement. For details please go to: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/v...
For full raster dataset go to: environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey