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Down to Earth

BLOWN

AWAY

FROGS poured down from the
The EYE
(center) of a sky in Kansas City in 1873, and
HURRICANE WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 186 MPH (300 KM/H).
hurricane can be HERRING fell on a group of
20 MILES (32 KM) golfers in Bournemouth, England, in
across—larger than 1948. These creatures had been
MANHATTAN, swept into the clouds by wind and
New York. dropped into different locations.
EARTH THROUGH THE AGES

5,000 MYA 4,000 MYA 3,000 MYA

FORMATION OF EARTH FORMATION OF MOON FIRST LIFE
4,540 mya c. 4,500 mya 3,800 mya
HIGH LIFE Seven highest peaks on MOUNT EVEREST—Asia
ERUPTIONS
ERUPTIONS
the seven continents
29,035 ft (8,850 m) ERUPTIONS
ACONCAGUA—South America
22,838 ft (6,960 m)
MOUNT MCKINLEY—North America
20,322 ft (6,194 m)
KILIMANJARO—Africa
19,340 ft (5,895 m)
MOUNT ELBRUS—Europe
18,510 ft (5,642 m)
VINSON MASSIF—Antarctica
16,066 ft (4,897 m)
In 2005 Davo Karnicar PUNCAK JAYA—Australasia
became the first person to 16,023 ft (4,884 m)
SKI down Mount Everest.

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