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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 Comments

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 […]

Barn owls working for peace

Published July 15th, 2007 in Predators, Pest Control, Date Palm Trees, Middle East, Agriculture, Owls and Uncategorized. 2 Comments

According to an article I originally saw on Yahoo News and have found again on digitaljournal, in the midst of seemingly endless Mideast violence Israelis and Jordanians are sharing ideas for protecting nature, using barn owls instead of harmful pesticides to keep rats from devouring date palm crops. Here’s the interesting part: The date […]

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Writer, editor, photojournalist, cartoonist, Beverly Spicer is the E-Bits columnst at The Digital Journalist, a video and photojournalism webzine at http://digitaljournalist. org. She is a diarist and author of two books. Her undergraduate degree is in physiological psychology and biological sciences, and she has a interdisciplinary Master of Science in architectural studies combining architecture, neuroscience, and Middle Eastern studies. .

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