On March 24, 1989, shortly after midnight, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling more than 11 million gallons of crude oil.
Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The rupturing of a pipeline in the morning of January 18, 2000 has been identified as the cause of this spill. The resulting slick reportedly covered about 40 km2 and did considerable damage to the bay's natural and economic health.
The Ku Klux Klan, with its mystique and its long history of violence, is the most infamous -- and oldest -- of American hate groups. Although blacks have typically been the Klan's primary target, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, homosexuals and, until recently, Catholics. Over the years since it was formed in December 1865, the Klan has typically seen itself as a Christian organization, a...
For 20 years now, people are obstructing the planned Nuclear Waste Disposal Center at Gorleben - consisting of a drum storage for nuclear waste, the fuel element storage, the pilot conditioning plant and the ultimate nuclear waste dump.
It soon became clear that it was not a matter of self-interest of small-minded citizens from...
This overlay shows Alsancak area. Trafik Hospital, Namik Kemal High School, Alsancak Sports Hall and swimming pool, Talatpasa, Sair Esref Pasa and Ziya Gokalp Boulevard, Vahap Ozaltay Avenue, Tekel building and Mimar Sinan Street.
In 10 years of fighting Agamemnon, (the king of Mycenae, came to Troy for battle to get Helen) sent his wounded warriors to this famous thermal springs for sword wounds, cures, rest and relaxation in 1400 B.C. Overlay shows Agamemnon's spring area which is now Balcova Thermal Spa Center. Image overlay in color. Izmir, Turkey.
The Atatürk Monument situated in the center of Cumhuriyet Meydanı, or Republic Square, is an impressive statue of Atatürk mounted on a horse. This monument erected in 1933. Overlay also shows highest building of Izmir, Hilton. Image overlay in color. Izmir-Turkey.
Agora, ancient market place, originally dated from the Greek period but was rebuilt after an earthquake in the second century A.D. during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. The marble figures are now in the new Archeological Museum. The Kadifekale citadel offers a view of the whole agora, enabling visitors to appreciate the full extent of the site. Izmir, Turkey. Image Overlay in color.
On April 25th -26th, 1986 the World's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl in the former USSR (now Ukraine). The Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev had 4 reactors and whilst testing reactor number 4 numerous safety procedures were disregarded. At 1:23am the chain reaction in the reactor became out of control creating explosions and a fireball which blew o...
