18 • September 2018 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. Weird Facts & Trivia - 4
Aurora borealis (northern lights) can be seen an aver- age of 243 days a year in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The northern lights are pro- duced by charged electrons and protons striking the earth’s upper atmosphere.
Alaska is less than 50 miles from Russia.
Alaska is the only state name that you can type on one row of a keyboard.
Of the 20 highest peaks in the United States, 17 are in Alaska, including the high- est peak in North America (20,320 ft. above sea level), Denali.
There are more than 3,000 rivers and 3 million lakes in Alaska.
Barbara And Barry Parker Of Windsor, California with a copy of the Upbeat Times After Trekking on the Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, In July, 2018
ABOUT: Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 13.6 miles long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Juneau Icefield Research Program has monitored the outlet glaciers of the Juneau Icefield since 1942, including Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier has also retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles since 1500. The end of the glacier currently has a negative glacier mass balance and will continue to retreat in the foreseeable future. The earth is changing!
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Reader Wins the NHRA World Chapionship!
Jim Murphy, President of JMA, a Santa Rosa based general con- tractor, poses with the Upbeat Times as he accepts his trophy for winning the NHRA Heritage Series 2017 World Championship, Top Fuel division. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsports sanctioning body in the world. ~ From Joanne Denner of JIM MURPHY & ASSOCIATES
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. ~ Hans Selye
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