HiRISE | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
Rated • 17 reviews • space exploration, mars, science • arizona.edu
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Brian is a 60 year old guy from Hitchin, England, UK
I like looking on the bright side. I relate very much to the Mediterranean extended-family, take-it-slow, money-isn't-everything outlook on life. I'm not a great cook but I like cooking, especially Mediterranean food. I'm interested in environmental issues. My main hobby is flying (on a PC simulator).
The people I admire most are those who see no end to pain, illness, grief or disability and who still retain a sense of humour, people who spend time making life better for others in any way, and people with toxic parents who have "broken the chain" in bringing up their own children.
If you like my pages you will probably also enjoy my web site - do visit!
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NASA captures vivid shot of sand dune at the bottom of a...
Rated • 35 reviews • space exploration, mars, science • dailymail.co.uk
From the page:
It is one of the most dramatic images ever to emerge from Mars.
In fact, this extraordinary photograph is so clear that even the sand dunes at the base of the half-mile wide canyon are visible.
Experts even believe that they can see the tracks of a Mars lander on the left-hand corner of the Victoria Crater.
This image of the Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The reduced image above does no justice to the original. Check out the original hi res images from NASA/JPL, and visit the HiRISE link if you would like to see some more truly awesome stuff.
Thanks to dayseye for this one - one of many beautiful and fascinating things to be found on her pages.
If you like this...
[Slide show of Saturn - commentary on images from the Cassini spacecraft]
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A Glorious Dawn
Rated • 2 reviews • science, video, music, carl sagan, stephen hawking • thisistrue.com
Randy Cassingham adds a great deal of value to this extraordinary video, which is why I am directing you to his site first.
From Randy's blog:
I'm really taken with a video released on YouTube last week. It's an Auto-Tune, which is the name given to soundtracks that use the audio plug-in of the same name. Auto-Tune was designed to correct the pitch of vocals, but clever music creators realized they could use it to make spoken word recordings musical. This is a fantastic example of the genre.
It's not just fantastic because it's a clever use of Auto-Tune; I've seen that and it's fun, but it's not amazing. But in this video, John Boswell not only put some spoken word to music with compelling visuals, but he also managed to distill the essence of what Carl Sagan was saying with his groundbreaking 1980 13-hour TV series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. (It also features a brief interlude of words from physicist Stephen Hawking.)
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I know not everyone will like the Auto-Tune effect, and it starts out a bit weird, but it's only three and a half minutes, so stick with it: it's worth it. I recommend you play it twice: once to watch it, and then again while reading along with the lyrics, which are below...
If you like Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, or even if you have never heard of them, don't miss this one.
Thanks to my off-SU friend Lynn for sending it to me!
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Clean Magnesium Energy Cycle Hints at Fossil Fuel Freedom
Rated • 1 review • environment, alternative energy, science, magnesium energy cycle • inventorspot.com
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Molecular trap makes fresher beer
Rated • 0 reviews • science, beer, technology • bbc.co.uk
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