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Sunday, 26 September 2021
'Well of Hell': Omani cave team discover what lurks in Yemen’s strange sinkhole
'Well of Hell': Omani cave team discover what lurks in Yemen’s strange sinkhole
Finally the Omani caves exploration team (OCET) explored the Well of Barhout located in Yemen's eastern province of Al-Mahra.
So much more to explore on the Yemeni mainland...
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Rain, rain, rain...
Currently the tropical storm 06A (also known as Pawan) is slowly passing Socotra as shown below captured by the NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite:
The heavy rains are causing new floods again all over the island and roads are blocked by land slides. Following pictures are forwarded by Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, currently on expedition on the island.
This vital water resources is currently just flowing into the sea... A proper meteorological network should be installed and maintained to really quantify the effects of these recently increasing cyclones hitting the island(s).
The heavy rains are causing new floods again all over the island and roads are blocked by land slides. Following pictures are forwarded by Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, currently on expedition on the island.
This vital water resources is currently just flowing into the sea... A proper meteorological network should be installed and maintained to really quantify the effects of these recently increasing cyclones hitting the island(s).
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient DNA
Congrats to Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, after a lot of work and effort he currently managed to reach the next level:
Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient DNA!
More will come later, great news I wanted to share...
Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient DNA!
More will come later, great news I wanted to share...
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Socotra in Sicilia - FoS 18th International Conference and AGM -26th / 29th September 2019 Palermo Italy
Socotra is changing fast these days...
Therefore this year, the title of the next International Conference is "Socotra's pursuit of stability through heritage, conservation and sustainability".
All further details to be found on this brand new website: http://www.socotrainsicilia.it/
Therefore this year, the title of the next International Conference is "Socotra's pursuit of stability through heritage, conservation and sustainability".
All further details to be found on this brand new website: http://www.socotrainsicilia.it/
Saturday, 3 November 2018
The 17th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra and Symposium was held on 25 - 28 October, organised and hosted by the ARC-WH in Bahrain. Thanks to the organisers!
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Mehazelo - Cinderella of Soqotra - The real folk tales by Vladimir Agafonov
For those who are not yet acquainted with this story, do check it out!
Thanks to the efforts of Vladimir Agafonov, translated tales got published in Russian in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in editions for children.
What many people not know, as Vladimir told me himself, is that it first published in a monthly illustrated newspaper in Moscow, and its illustrations editor choose Victor Duvidov's illustrations. Later Victor became very famous for his illustrations for the Russian translations of Rudyard Kipling's tales from the Jungle Book.
So, in fact Victor Duvidov was the first illustrator in the world to have illustrated Socotran folk tales!
Thanks for sharing Vladimir.
You can find it almost everywhere on the internet, the most known way.
Thanks to the efforts of Vladimir Agafonov, translated tales got published in Russian in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in editions for children.
What many people not know, as Vladimir told me himself, is that it first published in a monthly illustrated newspaper in Moscow, and its illustrations editor choose Victor Duvidov's illustrations. Later Victor became very famous for his illustrations for the Russian translations of Rudyard Kipling's tales from the Jungle Book.
So, in fact Victor Duvidov was the first illustrator in the world to have illustrated Socotran folk tales!
Thanks for sharing Vladimir.
You can find it almost everywhere on the internet, the most known way.
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