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  2. Geomagnetic reversal - Wikipedia

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    They are found off the east coast of North America, the northwest coast of Africa, and the western Pacific. They were once thought to represent a superchron called the Jurassic Quiet Zone , but magnetic anomalies are found on land during this period.

  3. South-up map orientation - Wikipedia

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    South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside down maps or reversed maps .

  4. Atlantic Neptune - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Neptune is a monumental four volume atlas which was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century. [1] It was created by Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres .

  5. Apparent retrograde motion - Wikipedia

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    An animation explaining why the planet Mercury may appear to move "backwards", or retrograde across Earth's sky. Apparent retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system, as observed from a particular vantage point.

  6. Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres with Atlantic Neptune maps, Sydney, Nova Scotia To accommodate the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists , Cape Breton was created as a separate colony from Nova Scotia (as was New Brunswick) and DesBarres served as the lieutenant governor of Cape Breton from 1784 to 1787.

  7. 55 Surprising Facts About America's Beaches - AOL

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    Beaches are important to the soul and the U.S. economy — so we're lucky to have so many with unique, stunning, and even downright weird characteristics. 55 Surprising Facts About America's ...

  8. The 20 Best Beaches on the West Coast - AOL

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    West Coast beaches offer amusement parks and nature, from where Marilyn filmed "Some Like It Hot" to surf at least head-high 300-plus days of the year.

  9. Triton (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Triton orbits Neptune in a retrograde orbit—revolving in the opposite direction to the parent planet's rotation—the only large moon in the Solar System to do so. [ 3 ] [ 13 ] Triton is thought to have once been a dwarf planet from the Kuiper belt , captured into Neptune's orbit by the latter's gravity .