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15 April 2010

True Colour MODIS image of Icelandic Ash Cloud

The NASA MODIS satellite grabbed a gorgeous shot of the ash cloud that has shut down air traffic over the UK and portions of Western Europe today. There is also a beautiful high resolution shot of the UK I am posting here as well. Also taken today. The UK image is big so give your browser a second to handle it if you are on a slow connection. Mary Mactavish …

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14 April 2010

The Stars They Saw – April 14, 1865 & April 14, 1912

Being a history and science buff, I have often wondered what the weather and the sky looked like at great moments in history. Today is one of those dates. At 13 minutes past 10 PM on Friday April 14, 1865, a gunshot rang out in Fords Theatre at Tenth and E street in Washington. Forty seven years later, almost to the minute, a lookout shouted “ice berg, dead ahead!” on …

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12 April 2010

TED- The Danger of Science Denial

Michael Specter’s talk on the dangers of denying science is one that everyone should read. TED is a conference that invites some of the brightest in the world with something to say. Oh how I would like to get just an invitation to attend! IMHO this is the number one issue facing the world today. Whether it’s vaccines, astrology, health foods or denying the basic well grounded foundations of biology …

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11 April 2010

A Quake! A Quake!..Sunset at The South Pole and a "Peer" Review

I saw this video over on the GEOGRAPHILE Blog. I just added it to my google reader and am glad I did. .. When Ann Posegate and I were at the South Pole in January she got to see an old friend from her days as an observer at Mount Washington. Nick Morgan is wintering over at the Pole (About 45 people are stuck at Amundsen Scott Station until Spring). …

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8 April 2010

Antarctic Movie- Ann's Perspective

My Travel colleague to Antarctica Ann Posegate has produced a 16 minute video of the trip. We pooled our video and images.  You will love the penguin shots! I sure did. Geography and science teachers, feel free to use, and we can provide you with the full res file if you email us.

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7 April 2010

GOES 15 is Working! First Image in High Resolution!

NOAA released the first image from GOES 15 today. It will be checked out and then put in orbital storage until we lose either the GOES EAST or GOES WEST. Both are still working and will last awhile longer yet . This satellite is really not considerably different from the ones in use now. The next generation coming in a few years will be MUCH better and will revolutionise satellite meteorology and forecasting. …

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3 April 2010

TV Weather People and Climate Change

A lot of TV weather people avoid talking about climate change on air. There are multiple reasons for this. Among them are the fact that the person you see doing the weather on TV in many cases does not know that much about science. (Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to stop some from saying some really silly things.) The number one reason is the political overtones involved in it. This is …

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1 April 2010

Science On The Ice- Part 2

Here is another video/slide-show of my January trip courtesy the National Science Foundation to see the Science underway in Antarctica. I am planing 5 parts now, because I want to spend more time on the astronomy and climate science being done. My travel colleague Ann Posegate of NEEF is also working on a similar project and I’ll post her’s here as well soon. This was all edited on my macbook pro. The …

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