Since 22 Mar 07, this blog is a complement to the chapter’s Web site at http://www.stcwdc.org and provides an interactive forum for announcements, news, interviews, surveys, and more for STC Washington, DC Chapter members. Information about elections, events, people, places, tools, and technologies will be covered.
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Photo Credits
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“Panorama of Cherry-watch bloom in Washington DC”, Tidal Basin in Washington, DC.
- Photographer: Haifeng Qian,
Graduate Student Assistant Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park - E-mail: haifee@atmos.umd.edu
- URL: Travel photos
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“Panorama of Washington DC”, from above the Iwo Jima Memorial
- Photographer: © Jarek Tuszynski / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GDFL
Satellite images
- Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Landast and Ikonos satellite images
- URLs: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ and http://www.nasaimages.org/
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“Leaping Dog”
- Photographer: Cynthia A Lockley
- Notes: Qwilleran (Qwill) leaping in the Presidents’ Day snow of 17Feb03.
- E-mail: technically.ok@mac.com
- URL: More dog stuff at http://www.lockley.net/dogs.shtml
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