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And now, a bit of history. This map shows riverboat and wagon trails around #KCMO in the 1830s.
The main goal was to get to Westport. Why #Westport? That was the last place people could pick up supplies before heading west. There were also freshwater springs nearby.
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@LindaHall_org @MissouriSandT @k8shep @nelson_atkins @Royals @TheEES @OUHOSCollection Wealthy tourists could occasionally persuade local diggers to provide a sneak peek of a newly uncovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
(Some of the women @k8shep is discussing here took advantage of this opportunity!)
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Michael Light is a San Francisco-based photographer, whose work looks at the environment, cartography & geologic time.
Appropriately given @LindaHall_org's #Apollo50 exhibit, he's the author of #FullMoon, a retrospective album of space photos. https://t.co/yL5ocP8MHm
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Check out this incredible "Family Portrait" of all the spacecraft that humans have sent to #Mars. Further details and higher resolution scans via @exploreplanets: https://t.co/Ar4nxoDrnv
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Grant: Zapping Martian minerals with X-rays resulted in diffraction patterns that suggested the presence of clays, which in turn implies the presence of water. And if there was water...then perhaps there was life? #LHLLive
@esallychang @LindaHall_org @shsternberg And if you can’t make it to KC, you can stream most @LindaHall_org talks on Facebook and tweet about them using #LHLLive! #NNLFK
Cool trivia fact from @specolations: The coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII (who re-founded @VaticanObserv) features a comet! #LHLLive
"The sight of a feather in a peacock’s tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!" -Charles #Darwin (#LHLLive)