Entry tags:
Mount St. Helens, 30 years ago
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
The Big Picture has dramatic photos of the explosion 30 years ago today of Mount St. Helens.
Volcano
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
The Incredible Images of Iceland Volcano from Just a Few Kilometers Away gives an idea of how a Icelandic volcano can cause such havoc in Europe. One of the photos shows a tiny helicopter next to the plume of smoke. Astronomy Picture of the Day – Ash and Lightning Above an Icelandic Volcano has another striking photo.
Entry tags:
Snake Oil?
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Information is beautiful has a lovely graphic about the scientific evidence for various health supplements.
Entry tags:
Google Logo Today
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Celebrating discovery of water on the moon
The Google Logo today celebrates discovery of water on the moon, which was announced yesterday.
Martian Landscapes
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Today, the Big Picture presents Martian landscapes from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.
Lightning
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
The Big Picture at Boston.com does a photo-essay on lightning which is a little too topical for me, considering the number of violent storms we have had recently.
Jockey Posture
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Not Exactly Rocket Science explains how the modern jockey posture makes things easier for horses and speeds up races.
Apollo 11
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
The Big Picture presents another of its fabulous photo-essays in Remembering Apollo 11 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
Entry tags:
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
I went to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park with a friend today. I could have spent a lot more time, if we hadn’t left dogs at home in crates. I was pleased that allowed photography inside, even with a flash in most areas. I loved this restoration, which looks more like modern art than a fossile.
Entry tags:
Effect Measure
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Effect Measure, at ScienceBlogs, has some well-written posts about Swine Flu. Remember to wash your hands.
Entry tags:
Happy Valentine’s Day
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
In celebration, Astronomy Picture of the Day show a photo of The Heart Nebula.
Entry tags:
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Google is celebrating Charles Darwin’s birthday today with this logo and a pointer to some links about him.
Entry tags:
Orion’s Belt
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
NASA’s Astonomy Picture of the Day has a image of Orion s Belt.
Entry tags:
Full Moon
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
The full Moon will loom larger in the sky on Friday than it has since 1993, as it will be nearly as close as it ever comes to Earth in its orbit.
Entry tags:
Theiophytalia kerri
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
This week, scientists announce a new dinosaur named after our local Garden of Gods: Theiophytalia kerri. The fossil was misclassified when it was originally discovered in the 1880s.
First Laser
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Google celebrates the invention of the laser.
Entry tags:
Expelled Exposed
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
On April 15, Expelled will have their complete response to the film which claims that educators and scientists are being persecuted for their belief that there is evidence of design in nature. (via my favorite science blog, Pharyngula.)
Entry tags:
Daylight Savings Time?
Originally published at Five Acres with a View. You can comment here or there.
Astroprof writes about Daylight Wasting Time? and a research study that was done in Indiana.