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Saturday, 25 July 2009 |
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After a reasonably hot days in the previous month, Mallorca is experiencing extremely hot days in the end of July 2009. Yesterday, temperatures rose to well above 40 degrees in many areas of the island... |
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 |
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Since July 1st, 2009 the flag of the Balearic Islands flys over the island of Cabrera. The administration of the island has been transferred from the central government in Madrid to the authorities of the government of the Balearic Islands. According to news sources, the acquisition included a payment of almost 5 Million Euros... |
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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Recently Google has updated parts of the satellite imagery of Mallorca available on Google Maps and Google Earth. Previous imagery had inferior resolution and certain areas, notably Son Roca and the Poligono Can Valero had partially been covered by clouds and the new motorway to Manacor with its roundabouts in the outskirts of Palma was still incomplete... |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 November 2008 )
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
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Last weekend, Mallorca saw great weather with temperatures reaching levels that are usually common in May. With the sun burning as early in the year as end of February, the weather on Mallorca can change significantly within a short time...
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 08 March 2008 )
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Sunday, 09 December 2007 |
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Mallorca is not only known for beaches and millions of tourists every single year. Anyone who has a close relationship with the island knows that a wide range of major construction is being performed on the island almost all the time. Knnowing those sites has proved to be very helpful to determine satellite image coverage of the island and the quality of the image data available at Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask.com and others. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 21 November 2008 )
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
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This morning, heavy rainfall coming in from south-western directions hit the island of Mallorca, less than two weeks after the devastating tornado that swept over Palma's Poligono Can Valero. The rainfall this morning was accompanied by a few tornados on the southern coast which luckily did not make it to the actual island. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 November 2007 )
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
 At 17:30 hours today, an incredible thunderstorm has hit Mallorca. Just coming back from work, I saw the sky over the sea towards the south was simply black like at night. A few minutes later the desaster started. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 November 2007 )
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