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My current TouchPad screenie. This pic is from earlier in the month of the auroras (geomagnetic storms) seen around this time of the equinox in Canada. Found on Astronomy Picture of the Day site http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110923.html
Awesome photo.
Digging for Gold
Hmmm…
Periodic Table (and bench)
Animal Photos of the Week (3.6.2011)
—via huffpost.com
Space Shuttle Discovery’s Final Voyage
The International Space Station got a sorely needed storage room Tuesday, a 21-foot-long supply closet packed with goods and a humanoid robot that will remain boxed up for another two months. It became the 13th room at the sprawling outpost, and the only one devoted entirely to storage. Built in Italy, the new compartment is named Leonardo, after Leonardo da Vinci. The compartment was delivered to the station by space shuttle Discovery. This is Discovery’s final voyage, and only two other shuttle trips remain. The fleet will be retired by summer’s end.Once back home, Discovery will be retired and sent to the Smithsonian Institution. It’s NASA’s longest flying shuttle, circling the planet for nearly a year during the course of 39 missions over 26 years (25 images total). —via sacbee.com’s The Frame photo blog
Nyiragongo Crater: Journey To the Center of the World
In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world’s largest lava lake. Click the picture above to see the amazing photos (28 images total). —via boston.com’s The Big Picture photo blog.
Libya: Unrest and Uncertainty
Here’s a look at one day — Thursday (2/24) — in the life of those parts of Libya under rebel control (33 photos total). —via boston.com’s The Big Picture photo blog
Dozens Trapped by New Zealand Quake
Tuesday’s 6.3-magnitude quake, the second powerful temblor to hit Christchurch in five months, toppled the spire of the city’s historic stone cathedral, flattened tall buildings and sent chunks of concrete and bricks hurtling onto cars, buses and pedestrians below. The quake even shook off a massive chunk of ice from New Zealand’s biggest glacier some some 120 miles (190 kilometers) to the east (32 pics total). —via sacbee.com’s The Frame photo blog
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