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Chile’s Endangered Coast(0)

March 9, 2010

On the morning of February 27, 2010 residents of Santiago were thrown from their beds as an 8.8 tremblor rocked the Chilean capitol. The epicenter of the earthquake was later placed about five miles west of Curanipe, Chile, or about 200 miles southwest of Santiago.  Tsunami warnings were posted as far away as New Zealand, [...]

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Surf Nazis Ride Again

Last week’s New Yorker had an excellent article by George Packer about Dresden and how history is revised. For those of you who haven’t read Slaughterhouse-Five, Dresden is a Medieval city in eastern Germany’s Elbe River valley, that was burned to the ground on the night of February 13, 1945 by 2600 tons of high [...]

Photo Surfari to Rincon Sold Out

The surf photography workshop conducted by noted lensman Art Brewer in Rincon, Puerto Rico has sold out. The Action Surf Photography workshop produced in conjunction with New York’s School of Visual Arts is scheduled for March 6-14. Fourteen students will pay $2,500 each (airfare not included) to get tips from one of the most-published surf [...]

There Is No Planet B

As developing nations threaten to walk out of the climate talks in Copenhagen, street protesters seemed to be the only ones with a sense of urgency about the warming planet. An estimated 40,000 protesters took to the streets in Copenhagen, carrying signs that read “Bla Bla Bla. Act Now!” and “There Is No Planet B”. [...]


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