The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia. Other than highways, parking lots, and the DC metro it’s most notable neighbors are a lagoon in the Potomac river (built during the Pentagon’s construction) and Arlington National Cemetery. When it was completed in 1943 its 6,600,000 square feet (3,705,793 square feet of… Read more“Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon”
Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?
Eclipses have always fascinated me. My first recollection of a solar eclipse doesn’t come from witnessing one, but rather from a movie. As a child Saturdays meant watching cartoons in the morning then running around outside until dinner, except when it rained. On rainy days my siblings and I would… Read more“Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?”
Map Monday, the power of lake-effect snow events
It’s gotten off to a later start this season, but for those of us in Western New York, the lake-effect snow season has kicked into gear. Lake-effect snow is produced when cold air moves over warmer (at least relatively) water. Heat transfer occurs at the boundary between air and water,… Read more“Map Monday, the power of lake-effect snow events”
