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A group of hikers encountering quicksand on the banks of the Paria River, Utah Quicksand warning sign near Lower King Bridge, Western Australia. Quicksand is a shear thinning non-Newtonian fluid: when undisturbed, it often appears to be solid ("gel" form), but a less than 1% change in the stress on the quicksand will cause a sudden decrease in its viscosity ("sol" form).
It turns out that quicksand, known as supersaturated sand, is a real thing around the world, even in Maine, far from the jungle locations where Hollywood has used it to add drama by ensnaring actors.
Map of the cave. The measurement of the depth of the abyss was made on 1 October 2012, when Krzysztof Starnawski launched a probe from a depth of 217 metres (712 ft) to a depth of 373 metres (1,224 ft) during a caving action from the organization ZO ČSS 7-02 Hranický kras Olomouc. He then briefly descended to a depth of 225 metres (738 ft ...
Image:BlankMap-World.png – World map, Robinson projection centered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited.
Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps. [1] [2] [3] Death by GPS has been noted in several deaths in Death Valley, California, [4] [5] a lost hiker at Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, [6] and incidents in Washington State, Australia, England, Italy and Brazil.
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[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [30]]. 95–4,000+ [31] [32] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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