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Wind farm

Eyesore or necessity? This wind farm has just opened near the coast of England. This will provide enough power for a small town. It is not f....
28 Sep 3:24 pm from Think Twice

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Harvest Moon

What bird is this? A harvest moon doesn’t happen every year, but it happened yesterday. The previous one was in 1991. So what is a harvest....
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Moonscape

The silvery moon The vista across the moon is usually known as a moonscape, though it has also been referred to as a lunain (lunar terrain).....
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Baby Elephant

Looks like it's one or two years old This baby elephant can easily walk and control its limbs. How long does it take a human baby to re....
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Werder Bremen 2-2 Spurs

Image via Wikipedia Crouch scores with a header This was Spurs first ever game in the European Champions’ League. They travelled to Werd....
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California sunset

Sunset Strip? This scene is on a beach in California, USA. It can only be seen on a few days each year. ....
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Pink rose

This is not artificial! Almost perfect isn’t it? This is from a rose garden in Hakone, Kanagawa prefecture. It was a little late in the su....
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Micro frog

Its tadpole must be minute Frogs are amphibians and are able to live both underwater and on land. In order to do this they have very special....
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Sitting on a leaf

Looks quite comfortable Can a human sit on a leaf? As you can see the answer is yes. It looks a little like a water-bed, but it is a water-l....
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Tajik yurt

Not a bad view from the living room It’s not only Mongolia where yurts can be found. This one is in a village in Tajikistan. And it is mor....
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Hakone Ropeway

Altitude about 1,000m Went on a short trip to the Hakone region, a small mountain range near to Mt Fuji. A series of ropeways (or cable-cars....
30 Aug 8:58 am from Think Twice

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Spurs 4-0 Young Boys (6-3)

Image via Wikipedia My favourite soccer team Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur) beat Young Boys of Bern, Switzerland 4-0 last night, but the import....
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Young Boys 3-2 Spurs

An important goal from Pav My favourite soccer team Spurs (Tottenham Hotspur) is back in a European competition. This time it is not the UEF....
23 Aug 9:31 am from Think Twice

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Eagle in flight

Swooping down for its prey This bird is one of the symbols of the USA, the bald eagle. ....
21 Aug 7:54 am from Think Twice

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Can parrots fly?

Click and click again for bigger images Yes they can. So why do we put them in such small cages? ....
17 Aug 12:42 pm from Think Twice

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Right is wrong?

Fortunately this has now been corrected Quite a big mistake isn’t it? And it could be so dangerous. ....
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Rhode Island state map

Where is the island of Rhode? Rhode Island is the smallest of all the United States, much smaller than Hawaii. It has land borders with Mass....
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Angkor Wat, view from above

Wat a wonderful place One of my students this year is from Siam Reap city in Cambodia. It is the nearest city to Angkor Wat, and it reminded....
9 Aug 1:47 pm from Think Twice

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Friday 13th, part 4

Next week we will have Friday 13th, which is considered to be an unlucky day in some Western cultures. In one year there can be one, two or ....
7 Aug 9:57 am from Think Twice

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Okra

Also known as ladies' fingers Okra is well-known as a vegetable, and its flowers are very attractive too. ....
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Maze in Trafalgar Square

Amazing Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, is famous for its bronze lions, its fountains, its statue of Horatio Nelson, and many othe....
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Kauai, view from above

Na Pali And which country can boast such a stunning coastline? Yes, the US of A! This is Na Pali on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, a place of....
1 Aug 8:50 am from Think Twice

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Phytoplankton

Marine plants This is a picture of what is in sea water: billions of small plants known as phytoplankton. These phytoplankton are responsibl....
29 Jul 8:41 am from Think Twice

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Plastiki, plastic boat

To raise environmental awareness From San Francisco to Sydney is about 15,000km, and it is a long way for any ship. But for a boat made from....
27 Jul 1:37 pm from Think Twice

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Whale jumps on boat

No-one was hurt A whale caused a lot of damage to a small sailboat yesterday, but the people on board were able to get back safely to shore.....
23 Jul 3:51 pm from Think Twice

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World’s fastest car?

The Bloodhound The plan is for this car to break the world landspeed record. The aim is to get it to run at about 1,000 mph, which is over 1....
20 Jul 2:29 pm from Think Twice

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UK Map 2

For a bigger version, hover the cursor over the image and right click. Some students requested to see a map of the UK, so here it is. And yo....
18 Jul 7:00 pm from Think Twice

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Black Hole’s Bubble

We are looking at history This is a gas bubble shooting from a black hole. It may not seem a very big bubble, but it is about 1,000 light ye....
15 Jul 4:14 pm from Think Twice

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Solar eclipse

Taken from Easter Island, Chile Probably for the first time in history hundreds of people are in Easter Island and they are not interested i....
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Brazil 2014 World Cup logo

Looks familiar? The 2010 hasn’t finished yet, but the 2014 has now been released. What do you think of it? ....
10 Jul 8:51 am from Think Twice

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