103.7 THE LOON » cool news http://1037theloon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 20:49:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The 'Transit of Venus' to Cross in Front of the Sun for Only Time Until 2117 — When Can You See It? [VIDEO] http://1037theloon.com/transit-of-venus-video/ http://1037theloon.com/transit-of-venus-video/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:46:37 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=108002 Amateur astronomers may want to dust off their telescopes Tuesday because Venus will pass in front of the sun in an event that NASA says only comes once every hundred years or so.

]]> http://1037theloon.com/transit-of-venus-video/feed/ 0 Chris Hondros/Getty What Are the New Seven Wonders of Nature? [PHOTOS] http://1037theloon.com/new-seven-wonders-nature-pictures/ http://1037theloon.com/new-seven-wonders-nature-pictures/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:04:05 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=56000 Votes have been cast, the results are in and the world has chosen seven new wonders of nature with some old favorites missing from the list.

On Friday, November 11, the New7Wonders organization announced the world’s choices for the new Seven Wonders of Nature to help commemorate the 11/11/11 date, and celebrate the natural beauty of the Earth.

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