http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/f9a2a2a51bd89d81457b6a045eb53666?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/whos-afraid-of-jean-lafitte/ http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/whos-afraid-of-jean-lafitte/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:35 +0000 samzuhlke http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/?p=14209 ]]> http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/whos-afraid-of-jean-lafitte/feed/ 0 2011-12-24_1269855 Subscriber-false Marketing-false Newsletter-false RegYSNewsletter-false MicroTransactions-false samzuhlke Portrait said to be of Jean Lafitte Photo by Laura Cornish, MyShot Photograph by Tom Fitzpatrick Photograph by Tom Fitzpatrick Photo by Samantha Zuhlke Photo by Tom Fitzpatrick http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/water-trapped-for-1-5-billion-years-could-hold-ancient-life/ http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/water-trapped-for-1-5-billion-years-could-hold-ancient-life/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:08:54 +0000 carylsue http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/?p=14210 ]]> http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/17/water-trapped-for-1-5-billion-years-could-hold-ancient-life/feed/ 0 USGS I-2781 - low-resolution version cmicaliz Download this huge, beautiful, USGS map of all of North America's bedrock formations here. How did I estimate the location of Timmins, Ontario, Canada? By using our MapMaker Interactive, of course! Map by Kate E. Barton, David G. Howell, José F. Vigil, USGS http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/bioblitzing-on-the-bayou/ http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/bioblitzing-on-the-bayou/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:39:24 +0000 ngeducationintern http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/?p=14188 ]]> http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/bioblitzing-on-the-bayou/feed/ 1 2010-06-10_0850980 Subscriber-false Marketing-false Newsletter-false RegYSNewsletter-false MicroTransactions-false ngeducationintern Screen shot 2013-05-16 at 8.55.21 AM http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/oil-spill-fines-may-finance-39-restoration-projects/ http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/oil-spill-fines-may-finance-39-restoration-projects/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 13:59:14 +0000 carylsue http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/?p=14184 ]]> http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/16/oil-spill-fines-may-finance-39-restoration-projects/feed/ 0 msdelta cmicaliz NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the Gulf of Mexico on April 25, 2010 using its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument. With the Mississippi Delta on the left, the silvery swirling oil slick from the April 20 explosion and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform is highly visible. Some of the fines that may be levied against BP ($1.2 billion) and Transocean ($75 million), which operated Deepwater Horizon, will go toward restoring the barrier islands, wetlands, and oyster reef damaged by the spill. Photograph courtesy NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team