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Nature’s Lightning Show
Text and Photos Jacci Ingham
Utterly enthralled by the enigmatic nature of dramatic thunderstorms,
Jacci Ingham, a photographer from Darwin, sets off on a mission to
record these beautiful and frightening spectacles in all their glory.
www.asiangeo.com/nature/natures-lightning-show/
Asia’s Sweet Success: The
History of Ice Cream in Asia
Text Selina Tan
The concept of a frozen dessert is one that
goes back thousands of years. By pouring
a mixture of salt and ice over containers of
liquid syrup, the Chinese were creating a
rudimentary form of ice cream as long ago as
2000 BC. The resulting frozen product was
served as a dessert to China’s elite.
www.asiangeo.com/culture/asias-sweet-success-the-
history-of-ice-cream-in-asia/
Education and Hope: Inheriting a Future
Text Karin Ronnow Photos Erik Petersen
Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan – As the teacher led his ninth-grade
students through a Dari lesson one summer morning, everyone in the
classroom heard and felt the rumbling. The students and teacher looked
up, then out of the windows facing the Hindu Kush mountains behind
DeGhulaman High School. Earthquake? Not exactly.
www.asiangeo.com/on-assignment/education-and-hope-inheriting-a-future/
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