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News: Mark's Top 100 Sites
posted on April 29, 2002
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Mark has compiled a list of 100 sites of interest that he would like to photograph from the ISS as he passes above them. The African continent is high priority for Mark. His list of 100 top sites include locations such as Cape Point, Robben Island, Vredefort meteor impact, the Okavango Delta, Soweto, the Kalahari and the Namib desert to name a few. He will also take photographs that will be important from an environmental impact point of view. Locations across the other four continents include landmarks such as Mount Everest in Nepal and and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. For a more detailed list of sites and co-ordinates: Read more...

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