Escher Exhibit Draws Large crowds in San Francisco
Maurits C Escher, famed Dutch printmaker, died this spring at 74. A major show at Vorpal Gallery features 15 large works, drawing two thousand in open day crowds and repeated encores amid space bending, paradox images. The exhibit runs as part of a growing Escher cult noted by gallery owner Muldoon Elder.
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Beng
Atint Maker
United States
Vorpal
San Francisco Financial District
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Emphyee
Whale Dies After Stranding Near Airport Mud
A whale stranded in mud near San Francisco International Airport died before rescuers could reach it. Coast Guard helicopters spotted the big mammal and experts from Steinhart Aquarium and Marine World were summoned but could not save it.
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UPI
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Steinhart Aquarium
Marine World
Moon rock hunt faces slow progress at Space Center
At Space Center Holston, researchers grapple with elusive 4.6 billion year old lunar material after nearly three years of Apollo missions. Dr. Paul W. Gast remains cautiously optimistic that Apollo 17, slated for December, may yield rocks from the moon’s earliest crust as Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt prepare to land near the Sea of Serenity and study both ancient and potentially younger volcanic debris.
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Charles M. Duke
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Harrison H
Jack” Schmitt
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