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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Saturday, June 11, 2011

[Canada] Canada-built sensor to track volcanoes, fires from space

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From : Timescolonist
Canada-sensor to track volcanoes
A Canadiandeveloped infrared sensor designed to help monitor forest fires, pollutants and volcanic activity was launched into space Friday. An Argentine satellite with eight instruments aboard - including the Quebec-built sensor - rocketed into orbit at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a five-year mission.

Monday, May 16, 2011

[Canada] Lake Louise, Hamlet in Alberta

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Lake Louise, Hamlet in Alberta
Lake Louise is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Improvement District No. 9 Banff (Banff National Park). It is named for the nearby Lake Louise, which in turn was named after the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, and the wife of John Campbell, the 9th Duke of Argyll, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. The province of Alberta is also named for