Dome C, also known as Dome Circe, Dome Charlie or Dome Concordia, located at Antarctica at an elevation of 3,233 metres (10,607 ft) above sea level, is...
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Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized: Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense...
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Inaccessibility Ridge A Dome C (also known as Dome Circe, Dome Charlie or Dome Concordia) Dome F (also known as Dome Fuji or Valkyrie Dome) East Antarctica Ranges...
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A dome is a self-supporting structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Every dome in the world which was the...
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Drone Dome (Hebrew: כיפת רחפן, kipat rahfan) is a counterunmanned air system (C-UAS) anti-aircraft system developed by Israel-based miltech Rafael Advanced...
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Deep drilling took place at two sites in Antarctica: Concordia Station at Dome C and Kohnen Station. In 2008 the project received the Descartes Prize for...
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bulbous dome, see onion dome; drum dome; half dome; melon dome, see umbrella dome; onion dome; parachute dome, see umbrella dome; pendentive dome; pumpkin...
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layers from Mount Takahe have also been found at Dome C, Dome F, Mount Takahe itself, Mount Waesche, Siple Dome and elsewhere in Antarctica. Apart from ice...
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century and once in 1817. The dome was first painted green in 1837, and hence became known as the "Green Dome". Built in 1279 C.E. or 678 A.H., during the...
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (redirect from Genbaku Dome)
Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called the Genbaku Dome, Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム, Genbaku Dōmu), is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial...
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that was built 3,233 m (10,607 ft) above sea level at a location called Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica. It is located 1,100 km (680 mi) inland...
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The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount...
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dogs. [citation needed] Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Dome A Dome C Concordia Station Dome F East Antarctic Ice Sheet Gamburtsev Mountain Range Plateau...
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Dome Fuji (ドームふじ Dōmu Fuji), also called Dome F or Valkyrie Dome, is an Antarctic base located in the eastern part of Queen Maud Land. With an altitude...
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Secretary of...
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geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The rigid triangular elements of the dome distribute...
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The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major...
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Clingmans Dome is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina in the Southeastern United States. Its name in Cherokee is Kuwahi...
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for his work in Antarctica, with the study of the seeing capability at Dome C. In September 2004, Nature published a report written by Jon Lawrence, Michael...
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volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions...
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Defense systems Iron Dome Tamir, missile used by Iron Dome C-Dome (the naval version of Iron Dome) MIC4AD SPYDER David's Sling Drone Dome Iron Beam SkySonic...
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Summit Camp in Greenland, the depth is 77 m and the ice is 230 years old; at Dome C in Antarctica the depth is 95 m and the age 2500 years. As further layers...
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Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Jason Bloom. It was produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America on a budget of $8.5 million and...
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A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism...
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Puy de Dôme (US: /ˌpwiː də ˈdoʊm/, French: [pɥi də dom] ) is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central...
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temperature and pressure. In 2008, research on Antarctic Vostok Station and EPICA Dome C ice cores revealed that methane clathrates were also present in deep Antarctic...
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Freedom tops the lantern on the dome, and the dome is centered over the origin on street maps of Washington, D.C. The dome is not stone, but rather cast...
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Tacoma Dome is an indoor multi-purpose arena in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It is located south of Downtown Tacoma, adjacent to Interstate 5 and...
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The Georgia Dome was a domed stadium in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta between downtown to the east and Vine City to the west, it was...
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Under the Dome is a 2009 science fiction novel by American author Stephen King. It is the 58th book published by King, and it is his 48th novel. The novel...
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