This photo of a total solar eclipse in Antarctica was taken in 2003 by an adventurous soul named Fred Bruenjes of moonglow.net. His photo and others of similar fascination appear on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day site, which I often make my home page. Every few weeks I give my opening browser […]
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NASA’s astronomy pictures of the day
Published May 4th, 2008 in sunrise/sunset, Computers, Images, Stargazing, Solar Energy, Antarctic, Solar Eclipse, Visual Imagery, Middle East, Earth, Moon, Astronomy, Natural phenomena, Celestial event, Eclipses and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsSunlight and mirrors - voila! electricity!!
Published April 16th, 2008 in Invention, Change, Climate, Technology, Future, Science, Solar Energy, Electricity, Cleanup, Ecosystems, Innovation, Energy, Earth, Global Warning, Ideas, Greenhouse Gases, Environment and Sustainability. 0 CommentsSOLAR THERMAL ENERGY. An article by Joseph Romm on Salon.com says “the solar energy you haven’t heard of is the one best suited to generate clean electricity for generations to come.” Eureka! That’s the kind of positive report most of us would like to hear more often. The article, “The technology that […]
Did you know? shift happens!
Published April 5th, 2008 in Invention, Change, Education, Evolving planet, Future, Technology, Attitudes, Electronic devices, Innovation, Earth, Ideas, Trends, Computers and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsWhen EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd told me recently that college kids today are being prepared for jobs that haven’t even been invented when they started college, and how many college graduates there are each year (as represented in the image), we both stared auspiciously into our respective bowls of posole at a local Mexican restaurant and […]
Eclipse excitement building for february 20
Published February 13th, 2008 in Visual Imagery, Celestial event, Images, Stargazing, Science, Lunar eclipse, Eclipses, Earth, Space, Astronomy, Natural phenomena and Moon. 0 CommentsA great buzz is going around about the upcoming total lunar eclipse that will occur on February 20th, and just in case you can’t find news about it absolutely everywhere else as well as on this site, I thought I would add a little more to the excitement. We haven’t had a total lunar […]
I see the light — of comet holmes
Published November 18th, 2007 in Images, Comets, Stargazing, Visual Imagery, Celestial event, Astronomy, Natural phenomena and Earth. 7 CommentsThe last three weekends have drawn me to the darker skies outside the city lights to get a good view of the night sky. Since October 24th we have been having a spectacular view of the Comet Holmes, which you see here in a photo taken in France on November 11. My friends […]
Eternal sunset webcam
Published November 18th, 2007 in Photographs, Images, sunrise/sunset, Webcams, Visual Imagery, Celestial event, Earth, Natural phenomena, Time and Space and Uncategorized. 1 CommentOne of the most interesting things I’ve stumbled upon lately is a site called Eternal Sunset. It hosts a variety of webcam links to the areas in the world where sunset is currently occurring. As I write this, it is a gray morning at 11:00 AM in Austin, Texas, but in San Sebastian, […]
The bees, continued, en francais
Published September 11th, 2007 in Colony Collapse Disorder, News in French Sciences, Crops, Bees, Body and Mind, Agriculture, Animals, Earth and Uncategorized. 14 CommentsI ran across an article in Futura-Sciences concerning the bee problem known as Colony Collapse Disorder. After a barrage of information earlier this summer, we are now experiencing a new wave of information. This interview is with Bernard Vaissiere, researcher for the French National Institute for Agricultural Research. He responds to the […]