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Dinosauria On-Line
Dinosauria maintains an unusual gallery of photographs and drawings. Novices will appreciate the Omnipedia, which contains definitions and pronunciation guides to Latin names. Although this is a commercial site, it is also a serious scientific resource.

Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
The inner world is laid out for all to see on a page that is but one small section of the enormous Views of the Solar System site. You'll find illustrated guided tours - inside and out - of just about every major body orbiting the sun.

Lunar Prospector Homepage
The Lunar Prospector is studing the moon's mineral composition, ampping its gravitational and magnetic fields, sniffing for traces of an extremely rarefied Lunar atmosphere and even discovering perhaps millions of tons of water. There is also a kit that describes how to build a model of the Prospector from cardboard, aluinmium foil and marshmallows.

Solar Sites on the Web
This site organizes the bewildering amount of solar information posted on the Internet. Whatever yyour level of expertise, you'll find something to enjoy here, from interactive slide shows to breaking research reports on the SOHO Web site.

The Dolphin Study Group
This site compiles a great deal of information of marine mammals, expecially how they use sonar to communicate with each other and to sense their surroundings. There are links to almost every other site on the web with similar information.

The Primate Gallery
This digital photo album offers a look at many of our closest living animal relatives, including the crafty colobus monkey. The photorraphs and drawings are arranged in several ways, linked to concise fact sheets and suggestions for further reading. Many of the images are public domain and can be freely downloaded.

The Mars Missions
This site is the staarting point for exploring NASA's missions to the Red Planet. The "Mars Global Surveyor" section contains up-to-the-minute results, such as current Martian weather reports and pictures of the true appearance of the "Face" on Mars.

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
65 million years ago a giant comet struck the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. It will happen again, but when? This site gives an objective perspective on the risks and consequences of such a collision. First timers should go directly to the Introduction. The more seasoned can head directly to the list of "near-Earth-objects" (neos).

Carnivorous Plants (or My flowers ate my homework!)
You can brouse through the photos, pick up tips on growing your own meat-eating plants or read papers from the "Carnivorous Plant Newsletter".

Tracking Cosmic Clutter
In the past 40 years we have launched some 7,000 satellites into Earth orbit. It is extimated that there is over 22,000 pieces of debris cluttering our skies. This web site will help you track some of the major satellites up there.


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