(Click image to biggify) The picturesque, but snow-capped volcanoes, composing the Islands of the Four Mountains in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain look suspiciously like an alien world in this August 2010 image from the ASTER camera aboard NASA’s orbiting Terra satellite. The islands contain restless Mt. Cleveland, an active volcano currently being watched to...
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I neglected to post this a couple of days ago. @Astro_Wheels tweets from 173 miles above and, as you can see, has an amazing vantage point to capture awesome images of our planet and its systems.
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Dust devil has never been a more appropriate term: (h/t: Bad Astronomy) Before humankind knew about heat and wind and convection and whatever else is related to crazy weathery things, it’s interesting to think about what people thought they were seeing when they saw things like this. It’s no surprise that stories of fire-breathing...
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“I am very excited that there’s no oil in the Gulf of Mexico,” Kent Wells, a senior vice president for BP, said about the flow during a teleconference on Thursday, “but we just started the test and I don’t want to create a false sense of excitement.” (NYT) I assume he, or the editor,...
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Steve Irwin has made the list of names of people unwelcome to attend the International Whaling Commission meetings, being held this year in Morocco. Apparently, the Japanese submit a list of people who are unwanted to be in attendance at these meetings; due to the fact that the Japanese illegally hunt and profit by...
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In addition to Alaska’s two US Senators, we only have one member of the US House. While as much can be expected out of Rep. Young and Sen. Murkowski, the information listed below explains a lot about Sen. Begich’s recent statements. Here’s a look at the Friends of Earth tally of opensecrets.org data, showing...
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When I see this widget posted around the internet, I can’t stop myself from wishing someone could just program the slider could go to the left and adjustable to zero… or better yet, -340,459,297 gallons. (I also keep feeling like be able to adjust the rate is a bad idea… I worry about evil...
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The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971 geologists accidentally found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided...
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Check out this amazing photo of Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, in California. Every year in February, the setting sun casts its light on the waterfall and illuminates it to the color of golden fire.
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With the news coming out of Haiti getting more and more severe, please consider making a contribution to help reduce some of the disaster that has struck that nation. I recommend making a contribution to the Red Cross. There are a number of different options you can choose when donating to help direct your...
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