VOA News: Explorations http://www.voanews.com/ Up to the minute news from Voice of America Camping in America’s National and State Parks Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:41 +0200 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:48:41 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-10-21-voa4.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: These backpackers carry everything they will need for a few days or weeks living outdoors in the natural world. E2890110-BA27-FA88-06B05298F17036A3 Carl Sagan Helped People Understand Our Planet and the Universe Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:56:36 +0200 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:56:36 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-12-09-voa1.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: He spent much of his life helping to make space travel to the outer universe possible. E2890120-0BF3-23BF-F2FC67B008DE5BEA Under the Sea, Under the Fake Sea: Visiting Some Popular Aquariums Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:00:35 +0200 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:00:35 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-12-16-voa1.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: Millions of people around the world visit aquariums. At some of them, you can even swim with sharks. E2890130-E006-30A8-9F0A822C457A9344 Four More People Who Are Making a Difference Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:15:22 +0200 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:15:22 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-12-23-voa3.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS:  These activists, young and old, are helping others in special ways. E289013F-CBD3-3305-82900CF762136BE4 Mesa Verde National Park: Protecting the Culture of Ancient Native Americans Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:21:12 +0200 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:21:12 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2008-12-30-voa1.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: The park has more than five thousand ruins from the time of the Ancestral Puebloan people.  Six hundred are cliff dwellings.  E289014F-CD32-AD0A-63BC0FCF85BED6E8 Yosemite: One of the Most Famous National Parks in the US Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:16 +0200 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:16 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-01-06-voa1.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: Yosemite National Park is a place of extremes. It has high mountains. And it has valleys formed by ancient ice that cut deep into the Earth millions of years ago.  E289015E-F9A1-FB27-693378146466E3C8 Robert Edison Fulton Rode Around the World on a Motorcycle Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:07:22 +0200 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:07:22 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-01-13-voa1.cfm?rss=explorations On EXPLORATIONS: He traveled more than 40,000 kilometers through 22 countries in 1933. He later designed an airplane that was also a car.  E289016E-A6DC-35E0-3A875FC66B45E31C