Australian.Geographic_2014_01-02

PETER SCHOUTEN NAT UR E January–February 2014 21  W AS THIS ANIMAL for real? It sounded more like something from a poorly script ...

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I T’S ONE OF THE legendary tales of astrobiology. In November 1969, in the heyday of the Moon landings, Apollo 12 visited the si ...

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Boom and bust. This coolibah (above) on Naree station, NSW, has seen more than a century of fl ood- driven bursts of life. In 20 ...

30 Australian Geographic Mind over mapping. The Psalter world map c.1265 (centre right) is centred on Jerusalem and refl ects re ...

January–February 2014 31 Story by Alasdair McGregor W H AT LIES SOUTH? A series of maps trace the unveiling of Australia, from t ...

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January–February 2014 33  F ROM ANCIENT imaginings of the medieval world – where Jerusalem lay at the centre of creation – to su ...

34 Australian Geographic However, other large-scale and ornately decorated maps, such as Archipelagus Orientalis, sive Asiaticus ...

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36 Australian Geographic hopeful that this will begin to reduce the damaging spill of light, particu- larly with the advent of l ...

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40 Australian Geographic I T’S 3.30PM ON ROTTNEST ISLAND and rush hour is in full swing. Like a river running downhill, hoards o ...