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Month: Jun 2020

Competition, Physical, Short Read

The Grand Prismatic Spring

The above photo takes me back to the summer of 2017 when I was on holiday in Yellowstone National Park. The photo is of the Grand Prismatic Spring which is the third largest hot spring in the world. What I remember most is the amazing spectrum of colours across the spring and the swirling steam constantly rising majestically out of the pool. Continue reading The Grand Prismatic Spring

Tarquin Parry-Wingfield30th Jun 20206th Oct 2020
Competition, Human, Short Read

Tourism in China

This is a photo that I took last summer at a section of the Great Wall of China, about an hour away from Beijing. It was an amazing experience to see the wall, an experience packed with history; but, for me, with everywhere being packed full of people, it highlighted a much more modern notion: tourism. Continue reading Tourism in China

Oscar Gibson30th Jun 20206th Oct 2020
Fun

Countries Emoji Quiz

Can you work out the names of these 20 countries from the emojis? Continue reading Countries Emoji Quiz

Jasper Sodha (Founder and Editor-in-Chief)30th Jun 20201st Jul 2020

Authors

  • Adnan Aneez
    • Geography of the Slave Trade
  • Cosmo Le Breton
    • Fanning the Flames
    • Development in Papua New Guinea
  • Fynn Priest
    • Our Planet: A Geographical Review
    • Causes and Effects of High House Prices in San Francisco
  • Jasper Sodha (Founder and Editor-in-Chief)
    • The Importance of Muons to Geography
    • Environmental Determinism
    • Monitoring Volcanoes
    • Mitigating the Effects of Volcanic Eruptions
    • Cities After COVID
    • A Defence of Tied Aid
    • Cities Emoji Quiz
    • Countries Emoji Quiz
  • Ned Andreae
    • The Misconceptions Behind Migration
  • Oliver Stone
    • UK Renewable Energy and COVID
    • Religious Reconciliation in Nigeria
  • Oscar Gibson
    • Tourism in China
  • Tarquin Parry-Wingfield
    • The Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Tom Barry
    • Cursed Map of Europe

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  • Countries Emoji Quiz

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