Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organisms capable of directed locomotion and the ability to learn, and has been described in, amongst others, social insects foraging behaviour, where feedback from returning individuals affects the activity of other members of the group.
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Alvin submersible
Photo credit: NOAA
Capture date: August en:1978
Source: NOAA Photo Gallery > N...
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Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA. Aldrin collecting Lunar drive tube 10005....
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Square crop of original image, rendered from Tiff-file.
On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), NASA's Curiosity ...
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, 1572.