Cyprus
Stray Missile
An anti-aircraft missile struck Cyprus overnight on Monday, not far Nicosia, the divided country’s densely populated capital and largest city. Turkish Cypriot officials said the Russian-made S-200 missile was likely launched by Syrian forces in response to Israeli air strikes. Witnesses near the crash reported seeing a light in the sky and hearing loud explosions as the projectile broke up shortly before impact. Pieces of the missile were found on a mountainside in the Tashkent region of the island, 12 miles northeast of Nicosia. There were no casualties.
This map depicts the flight path of the missile. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Daily Mail
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England
Stowaway’s Body Found
The body of a man suspected to have been a stowaway fell from the undercarriage of a Kenya Airways flight heading to Heathrow Airport. The body landed in a garden in the Clapham area of southwestern London. The victim’s body will undergo a post-mortem examination, and his death is not being treated as suspicious. English police are working with Kenyan authorities to identify the man and how he was able to stow away on the aircraft.
This map depicts where the stowaway’s body was found. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC
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South America
Total Solar Eclipse
The moon will pass in front of the sun over parts of South America later today. Sky watchers in Chile and Argentina will be able to witness the moon completely obscure the sun, while Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay and northern parts of the continent will only be able to see a partial eclipse. This will be the only total solar eclipse in 2019, and the first since August 2017.
This map depicts the path and duration of a total solar eclipse taking place over South America today. Click on the map to learn more.
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Approximately 100 drivers in Aurora, Colorado experienced what we consider a modern-day “Cartographer’s Quandary” when they found themselves in a muddy field last weekend as they attempted to avoid traffic leading to Denver International Airport. When Google Maps suggested a detour along E. 64th Avenue that would shorten their travel time by 20 minutes, traffic worsened as they all ended up on a one-way, privately owned dirt road that brought most movement to a halt. While some drivers managed to get their cars out the mud, others did not share the same luck.
Incidents like this remind us of our over-reliance on technology. Many people today use navigation applications on their cellphones, whose accuracy is seldom questioned. It can even be argued that the majority of us take for granted the amount of information in our hands and how much we can do with it. Our sole dependence on GPS to guide us to our destination, in the shortest possible time, has driven us away from familiarizing ourselves with our surroundings. A situation like this one could have been avoided if we simply made the time to see the things around us and become more acquainted with our local environment. For instance, prior knowledge of previous weather patterns might have helped. This knowledge could have lead drivers to be wary of the potential for a mud pit on a private road. In this case, drivers took a shortcut that wasn’t necessary because technology has allowed us to lead fast-paced lives which can disconnect us from the area we live in. While technology has definitely made certain aspects of our daily routines less complicated, the number of drivers who found their way to this isolated road emphasizes the side of innovations we don’t usually consider.
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Written by Ligia Clara
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Q: What is the world’s largest uninhabited island?
A: Devon Island, Canada
Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited island sits in northern Canada, and is nearly the size of West Virginia. It has a cold desert, Mars-like climate and geology which have rendered it uninhabitable.
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Q: On what peninsula can you find the world’s largest desalination plant?
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