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 CommentsLunar eclipse in bozeman
Published March 21st, 2008 in Celestial event, Visual Imagery, Images, Stargazing, Lunar eclipse, Eclipses, Moon, Space, Astronomy, Natural phenomena and Uncategorized. 10 CommentsI received this beautiful image today over email with the following description:
“This image was made by Chad Trettin, a photographer based in Bozeman, Montana. His original message says: ‘This is last night’s total lunar eclipse (February 20) as seen from 8 miles west of Bozeman. It was 3.5 hours from […]
The worldwide telescope coming in march
Published February 29th, 2008 in WorldWide Telescope, Software, Stargazing, Virtual Observatory, Invention, Science, Education, Images, Photographs, Natural phenomena, Astronomy, Space, Time and Space, Ideas, Visual Imagery, Trends and Innovation. 0 Comments***”We may be tiny, but we are truly, wonderfully significant”***
Roy Gould, researcher at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics, gave a presentation on TED TALKS announcing the arrival this spring of the WorldWide Telescope (WWT), sometimes called the Virtual Observatory, a new software capability created by Microsoft that takes the best raw images from […]
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, […]
Perito moreno glacier in argentina - a cyclical spectacle
Published September 29th, 2007 in Natural phenomena, Global Warning, Glaciers and Uncategorized. 4 CommentsWe’re learning a lot about glaciers melting these days, but something that may not be common knowledge is that some glaciers break up in short cycles, and are popular observable events. Perito Moreno Glacier in southern Argentina is exactly this sort of glacier and is one of South Americas finest tourist attractions, especially for […]
Heads up and eyes to the moon before dawn on August 28th
Published August 3rd, 2007 in Lunar eclipse, Celestial event, Eclipses, Natural phenomena, Moon and Uncategorized. 7 CommentsI was just reading Deborah Byrd’s post, “Imagine a city illuminated by moonlight,” about city planning that includes lighting adjusted to the variable intensities of the moon light. The whole post and reader comments put me in a dreamy state of mind, so I was very struck by some other imaginative moon talk in […]