A Soyuz rocket carrying blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 
oleg A Soyuz rocket carrying Russian commander Sergey Ryzhikov, flight engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and veteran NASA astronaut Kate Rubins blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:45 a.m. EDT (0545 GMT) Wednesday. The Soyuz crew took off on a three-hour express trip to the International Space Station that will culminate in a docking at 4:52 a.m. EDT (0852 GMT).
Republic of Minerva Coral Reefs (photo)
October 7, 2020 oleg Republic of Minerva North Reef
Republic of Minerva South Reef
The Republic of Minerva is an unrecognized micro-state, proclaimed on the coral reefs of Minerva south of the Fiji Islands on January 19, 1972.
The founder of the republic was the American millionaire of Lithuanian origin Michael Oliver. As he assumed, the new state would be founded “without taxes, benefits and subsidies, and the main forms of income for its inhabitants would be fishing, tourism and light industry.
In 1971, sand barges arrived from Australia to create an artificial island, and the construction of a city called Sea City (Sea City).
On the construction of the island was spent 200 thousand dollars and on January 19, 1972, the republic declared its independence and elected President Morris S. Davis. The state also received its own flag, anthem and currency.
On February 24, 1972, the State of Tonga declared the reefs and the adjacent waters its own, and in November 2005, the Republic of Fiji also declared its claims to Minerva. And despite all these events, Morris S. Davis continues to consider himself the president of Minerva …
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Cities of the World — Night Madrid (photo)
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Undocking of the Soyuz MS-08 Spacecraft from the ISS on October 4, 2018 (video)
October 4, 2020 oleg Earth Paints – Laguna Colorada is a mineral Lake. Bolivia (photo)
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Laguna Colorada is a mineral lake located in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve in the southwestern part of Bolivia near the border with Chile.
The red-brown color of the water is due to sedimentary rocks, as well as the pigmentation of some algae growing there. Borax islands can also be found in the lake.
The lagoon area is home to a large number of James’ flamingos. Also here you can find Andean and Chilean flamingos, but in small numbers.
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Йорондзима - один из островов Амами, принадлежащий Японии.
Yoronjima is one of the Amami Islands belonging to Japa… 
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