http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer Just another EarthSky Blogs weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 02:06:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/05/04/nasas-astronomy-pictures-of-the-day/ I received this article over email recently, and I want to share it with the Earthsky community: THE WAKING UP SYNDROME by Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell "Humankind cannot bear very much reality." - T. S. Eliot Just dealing with our daily lives keeps most of us too busy to worry about ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/04/28/the-waking-up-syndrome/ SOLAR 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. ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/04/16/sunlight-and-mirrors-voila-electricity/ When 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 ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/04/05/did-you-know-shift-happens/ I 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. ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/03/21/lunar-eclipse-in-bozeman/ ***"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 ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/02/29/the-worldwide-telescope-coming-in-march/ Many of you have already heard this news, but it is news to me. I checked on the web, and it's absolutely true. Whole Foods is going to quit using plastic bags to send groceries on their way. I think this is good news. http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/02/15/whole-foods-to-quit-plastic-bags/ A 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 ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/02/13/eclipse-excitement-building-for-february-20/ I received an email the other day containing a description and photos of an amazing urban phenomenon, the Michigan Central Station, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece designed by the same firm that designed Grand Central Station in New York. However, the now-defunct Michigan Central has been vacated and abandoned to the ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/01/23/modern-ruins-and-urban-decay/ I ran across a very interesting item on the Internet recently, and I want to share it. Edge dot org calls itself The World Question Center, and presents many prominent voices from "the world's finest minds," each offering answers to such questions as: What are you optimistic about? ... http://blogs.earthsky.org/beverlyspicer/2008/01/11/what-have-you-changed-your-mind-aboutand-why/