The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, on Hawaiiâs Big Island, has been monitoring volcanoes since 1912ânearly four decades before Hawaii became a state. Today itâs considered one of the worldâs leading observatories. Yet thereâs little coordination between even the best observatories in the United States.
An asterisk (*; from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek á¼ÏÏÎµÏÎ¯ÏÎºÎ¿Ï, asteriskos, little star) is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star.
In Icelandic, he is SjÃ³Ã°rÃ­kur, roughly meaning one who boils. In comparison, Asterix is ÃstrÃ­kur, one who loves. In Hebrew, ××©×¤××§×¡ (Ashafix), meaning master of the craft. In Welsh, he is Crycymalix, a pun on the phrase cryd cymalau, which means arthritis or rheumatism, referring to his old age.