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Titan electronica
As well as the exciting images gathered from Huygens’ descent to Titan, we also have these sound recordings. The first is a collage of sounds taken from the probe’s microphone as it hurtled through the moon’s cloud covering; the second …
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Moken Sea Gypsies Update
From Tom Vater in Thailand: Many thanks to all people who contributed to the Moken fund to help the sea gypsies of Thailand help themselves and remain dignified human beings with their own distinct culture and character in the wake …
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From Tom Vater: Phuket and the Moken
02 01 05 Kuraburi, Southern Thailand. 11PM. At Phuket Airport it’s business as usual. The touts are out in force, displaying their usual cut throat charm and it takes me some time to get a taxi to take me to …
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The plight of the Moken sea gypsies
From Tom Vater: Photos: Aroon Thaewchatturat The Moken sea gypsies of Ko Surin in Thailand, animist nomadic boat dwellers, have been sailing the Andaman Sea for centuries. Until last Sunday – when the big wave took everything they had – …
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Tsunami UFO conspiracy brewing
India seems to be undergoing something of a UFO flap at the moment, with odd tales of aliens intercepting TV transmissions and digging underground bases in the Himalayan region of Ladakh. And now this… Many Governments knew but did nothing …
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Report from Sumatra
Tom Vater reports from the heart of the Indonesian disaster. 30 12 04. Polonia Airport Medan, Sumatra. Medan, Indonesia’s third city is quiet, 4 days after the giant quake. Traffic is intense as always, further slowed by gangs of kides …
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Lake Toba, Sumatra 29 12 04
Tom Vater, author of Beyond the Pancake Trench and Strange Attractor Journal contributor, was in Sumatra when the devastating quake of 26.12.04 struck. Luckily he was inland at the time. Here he reports from Lake Toba in Sumatra: ————————- Lake …
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