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Category Archives: Space
Driving to Buffalo
Maybe this was the wrong weekend for a U2 road trip…As seen on my TWC widget (Or check out this other satellite image.)
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Image of the Week
I got this from Astronomy.com’s “Astronomy Photo of the Day.” It was suggested by Brian, who is visiting our workplace from the West Coast. (Click on the image for the full-size version.)Great Lakes’ “Lake Effect”
Posted in Links, Photos, Space
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My Own Little Planetarium
Still obsessed with the photos I took last Sunday, I created this little slideshow. Too bad you can’t see it fullscreen, as I can in iPhoto, but it’s still nice and has a couple more pictues than the … Continue reading
Posted in Space, Video
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Northern Lights
What a birthday present! I got what I always wanted: a chance to see the Northern Lights! Earlier today I got an e-mail from Spaceweather.com saying: Big sunspot 696 unleashed an X-class solar flare on Sunday, Nov. 7th, … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Space
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“Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
Tonight marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (link to CNN story). You can relive that historic moment through the video and audio files at NASA’s 35th Anniversary site. Other material is still available at … Continue reading
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Happy Earth Day 2004!
Courtesy of Earth Browser, here’s what our beleaguered little home looks like, right now, as of 3:00 PM (EDT).The Earth
Yesterday’s Technology Today
No, not another Janet Jackson reference.Nor a Simpson at night.It’s Venus from 1882. Slashdot mentions a fascinating story about what might arguably be called the first movie. On December 6 1882, astronomer David Peck Todd created 147 glass … Continue reading
Diet Blog: Day Twenty-One
I weighed myself again this morning. Now that I’m in Phase Two, I am able reintroduce some carbohydrates into my diet, and as predicted my weight loss has slowed somewhat. I’m at 226½, which is down one pound … Continue reading
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Lunar Eclipse
How ominous: a lunar eclipse on the eve of my birthday. It seems downright biblical. …Legendary. …Impetuous. …Homeric. A little blurry, yes, but my camera was on maximum zoom and the Moon is 239,000 … Continue reading
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Proton Shake
Apparently the solar flares the Sun has been coughing up caused the Northern Lights to appear as far south as Texas and Florida last night. As usual I missed it, and as usual it was cloudy around here … Continue reading
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