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Category Archives: Environment

Phil and Exstentialism

Visions of the New Existentialism, by Paul Newman

Happy Groundhog Day!!

Punxsutawney Phil did see his shadow!…It definitely feels like Groundhog Day…

There goes the price of camping equipment

The new trendy American learns basic outdoor survival/camping techniques and raises the cost of outdoor camping/sporting equipment 1,000,000% (not to mention all the superfluous re-engineering) – thanks.

The current solar magnetic storm

There hasn’t been one as powerful since 2003… NOAA Space Weather Center NASA – The Sun-Earth Connection: Heliophysics Solar Storm and Space Weather – Frequently Asked Questions New Horizons (Wow!!!!!) News from spaceweather.com

I just found out Violet the red tailed hawk died

Rest in peace Violet. GB the Horvaths. Picture taken from Washington Square Blog

Everything you wanted to know about jelly fish but were afraid to ask…

Jelly Fish by J. David Whitaker, Dr. Rachael King and David Knott, Marine Resources Division DNR SCIENCE Much More to Jelly Fish Than Plasma and Poison – Natalie Natalie Angier, NY TIMES

Phasmatodea

Phasmatodea – Wikipedia

First 787 Takes-Off (and it’s Massive)

9/11 Ground Zero: Ten Years of Tourism

Living downtown you get use to people asking for directions but not “Can you tell me how to get to 9/11?” – UG. 9/11 Memorial: Ground Zero as Dark Tourist Site – By Michael T. Luongo MILLER-MCCUNE

NASA releases sharper High Def interactive images on their site of Apollo landings

“NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. Images show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar surface….” Goddard Release No. 11-058 (co-issued as NASA HQ Release No. 11-289)