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Plate VII -- Tropical and Polar Air Currents. Contrast this view to some of the early TIROS imagery in the Space collection. In: The Weather Book : A Manual of Practical Meteorology, by Rear Admiral Robert Fitzroy . Published in 1863. Call Number QC861 .F54 1863. He was the commanding officer of H. M. S. BEAGLE when Charles Darwin made his famous studies.

Image ID: libr0387, Treasures of the NOAA Library Collection
Photographer: Archival Photograph by Mr. Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS


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