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Velella. Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, [ 2] a cosmopolitan (widely distributed) free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico .
Side Effects is a 2013 American psychological thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It stars Rooney Mara as a woman who is prescribed experimental drugs by psychiatrists ( Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones) after her husband ( Channing Tatum) is released from prison. Side Effects was released in the United ...
People socializing and walking at the Malecón, Havana. Seawall at Urangan, Queensland. A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation, and leisure ...
The effects of tropical cyclones include heavy rain, strong wind, large storm surges near landfall, and tornadoes. The destruction from a tropical cyclone, such as a hurricane or tropical storm, depends mainly on its intensity, its size, and its location. Tropical cyclones remove forest canopy as well as change the landscape near coastal areas ...
Sea Peoples. This scene from the north wall of Medinet Habu is often used to illustrate the Egyptian campaign against the Sea Peoples, in what has come to be known as the Battle of the Delta ( c. 1175 BC), [ 1] during the reign of Ramesses III. While accompanying hieroglyphs do not name Egypt's enemies, describing them simply as being from ...
"Tears in rain" is a 42-word monologue, consisting of the last words of character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) in the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. Written by David Peoples and altered by Hauer, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the monologue is frequently quoted. [ 4 ]
Power outages affected nearly 2 million people in New York City, while more than 1 million people lost cellphone service. [3] Statewide, Sandy destroyed about 305,000 homes, mostly related to the high storm surge. [5] In New York City alone, the floodwaters entered the homes of more than 443,000 people and more than 23,400 businesses.