Hailstone

World’s largest hailstone wider than a football fell in Argentina

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A ferocious storm over Argentina two years ago produced the world’s largest hailstone, about the size of a football, scientists report.     Hail over the heavily populated city of Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba Province, Argentina in 2018 likely broke the record for the largest hailstone, US researchers claim. The biggest stone in the storm measured up to … Read more

Fascinating vintage images of 1950s Paris by Allan Hailstone from Notre-Dame to the Champs-Élysées

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It’s Paris – but probably not as you know it. These amazing vintage images, taken in the 1950s, show the streets of the French capital before they became packed with tourists waving selfie sticks and ‘influencers’ posing for Instagram. They were taken by photographer Allan Hailstone in the 1950s over the course of two short … Read more