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This Week From AGU: Tonga Eruption Was Largest Explosion Of 21st Century

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The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga viewed by the Japanese weather satellite Himawari 8. At its peak, the ash plume covered an area half the size of France. Courtesy/Japan Meteorological Agency

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Tonga eruption was largest explosion of 21st century:

The Jan. 15 eruption of the volcano on the island of Hunga Tonga Ha’apai sent seismic waves to monitoring stations worldwide. Researchers have used those seismic data to assess the eruption’s size, calculating its volume to be 10 cubic kilometers — the largest eruption of the century, comparable to the 1991 Pinatubo Read More

International Women’s Forum-New Mexico Hears About World’s Largest Folk Market Underway In Santa Fe

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International Women’s Forum-New Mexico members hear about the 18th International Folk Art Market (IFAM) during their quarterly meeting Tuesday afternoon at La Fonda on the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe. Panelists from left, IFAM Board Chair Jenny Kimball, who is an IWF-NM member and Chair of the Board for La Fonda on the Plaza, IFAM CEO Melissa Mann and artists Meeta Mastani (link) and Puja Kumath (link). IWF-NM President Catherine Allen moderated the discussion about the Market, its inception, it’s value to New Mexico’s economy and to the artists and their communities, and to preservation

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Fossil Of Oldest Known Species Of Tree-Climbing Reptile Discovered Near Chama In Northern New Mexico

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A rendering of the ancient tree-climbing reptile Eoscansor. A fossil of Eoscansor was discovered in Northern New Mexico in rocks dating back 305 million years. With this discovery, Eoscansor becomes the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record. Courtesy/Matt Celeskey

NMDCA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A team of paleontologists, including several from New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS), have uncovered a fossil in New Mexico from the oldest tree-climbing reptile on record. 

Research from NMMNHS and Carnegie Museum of Natural History describing the 305-million-year-old Read More

Kleos Space S.A. Secures $10M To Accelerate Growth

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Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer

KLEOS SPACE S.A. News:

…Kleos has a constellation of 12 satellites in low earth orbit with another 4 satellites scheduled to launch later in FY22.

Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has entered into a four-year secured $10 million debt facility with PURE Asset Management Pty Ltd (PURE) to fund operations & satellite constellation growth. 

Commenting on the debt facility, Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer said, “Kleos is in a period of rapid Read More

Youth Exchange Students Visit Local Rotary Club

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Rotary Youth Exchange students Hana Raby, a junior, and Caleb Langenbrunner, a senior, were congratulated at a recent meeting by Laura Loy, the Youth Exchange coordinator for the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Raby will study in Brake, Germany; Langenbrunner will study in Tournon Sur-Rhône, France. Not pictured: Teresa Austin, a Los Alamos High School junior, will study in Helsinki, Finland. Photo by Sandy Tobin

Elise Delgado, a Los Alamos High School junior, spoke in May at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Her Rotary Youth Exchange studies will take her to Kanazawa, Japan. Photo by Linda Hull

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Pajarito Astronomers Dark Sky/Night Program Tonight!

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The Triangulum Galaxy. Photo by Jeremy Best

Pajarito Astronomers News:

Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Divisions have partnered up with the Pajarito Astronomers for the Dark Sky/Night program.

Anyone with an interest in star gazing and the chance to look for stars through a telescope is invited to come out tonight, June 25, to Spirio Soccer Field at Overlook Park in White Rock.

Arrive at nightfall for viewing, or around sunset for setting up. If arriving at night and approaching Spirio Field, please use parking lights.

Bring a red flashlight for safety.

This gathering is weather Read More

LAHS Teacher’s Simple Act Of Kindness Inspires Students

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LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska during an interview June 9 at the Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK and BONNIE GORDON 
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos High School teacher Lynn Ovaska was deeply touched by Holocaust Survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein and the inspirational story told in her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, “All But My Life”.

“I first learned about Gerda from my high school teacher Jan Heyerdahl 30 plus years ago,” Ovaska said during a recent interview at the Los Alamos Daily Post. “I went with Ms. Heyerdahl to Europe in the late 1980s, and we visited Read More

Scenes Of LAHS Teacher Lynn Ovaska & Students During 2022 Summer Educational Tour Of Paris, Barcelona, Madrid

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Scene of Los Alamos High School teacher Lynn Ovaska, front row right, and 14 of her students in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France during their recent 11-day 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, left, and her students in Paris, France during their 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, left, and her students in Paris, France during their 2022 summer educational tour. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska

Scene of LAHS teacher Lynn Ovaska, back row left, and her students in Madrid, Spain during their recent Read More

Bohn Speaks To Kiwanis On Rescuing Mom From Ukraine

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LAMS teacher Inna Bohn speaking at Kiwanis June 14 about rescuing her mother from Ukraine. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club

Inna Bohn, a Los Alamos Middle School teacher, came to Kiwanis June 14 to share a story that made the war in Ukraine suddenly personal for a roomful of Americans.

Bohn moved to the United States some time ago, leaving behind her aging parents, but hoping to build a new life for her family. By the time Russia invaded Ukraine, her father had died of COVID-19 and her mother, a 75-year-old cancer survivor with health issues was alone.

As time passed and the war drew closer, Read More