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Post by southern lady on Mar 19, 2009 18:26:24 GMT -5
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Post by puhlease on Mar 23, 2009 11:45:17 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Mar 23, 2009 12:23:52 GMT -5
 Thanks, Lynn, for the excuse to post one of my favorite volcano pictures -- this is Redoubt the last time it erupted in 1989-90. Notice how it seems to be coming from the side vent -- or parisitic cone -- just like the image in the linked video. Dare we hope that Sarah Palin makes a personal trip to inspect?  |
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Post by g1 on Mar 23, 2009 20:00:07 GMT -5
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Post by puhlease on Mar 23, 2009 20:54:35 GMT -5
Thanks, Lynn, for the excuse to post one of my favorite volcano pictures -- this is Redoubt the last time it erupted in 1989-90. Notice how it seems to be coming from the side vent -- or parisitic cone -- just like the image in the linked video. Dare we hope that Sarah Palin makes a personal trip to inspect? Wow, Moon, what a spectacular picture! Wonder what it looks like this time? |
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Post by moonstone on Mar 23, 2009 21:49:04 GMT -5
A couple of days ago, Redoubt looked like this ...  The main concern right now is the ash fall, but another big concern is melting ice and snow, which could cause mud and ash flows, called lahars, which in turn could swamp villages along the surrounding river valleys. This image from March 21 shows the rapidly melting glacier around the crater and lava dome. An amazing force of nature, for sure. |
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Post by moonstone on Mar 24, 2009 10:33:53 GMT -5
Here's Redoubt yesterday .... now that's what I'm talking about.  Is it any wonder they've closed the Alaska airports? |
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Post by g1 on Mar 24, 2009 15:56:40 GMT -5
I guess everything is bigger in Texas...http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/science/24amoe.html?ref=science
After producing superlatives like the world’s biggest statue of a jackrabbit and the nation’s most unpopular modern-day president, Texas can now boast what may be its most bizarre and undoubtedly its slimiest topper yet: the world’s largest known colony of clonal amoebas.
An amoeba growing on a fish tank in California became a giant among microbes, reaching more than an inch across.
Scientists found the vast and sticky empire stretching 40 feet across, consisting of billions of genetically identical single-celled individuals, oozing along in the muck of a cow pasture outside Houston.
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Post by rory on Mar 24, 2009 16:48:58 GMT -5
I guess everything is bigger in Texas...http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/science/24amoe.html?ref=science After producing superlatives like the world’s biggest statue of a jackrabbit and the nation’s most unpopular modern-day president, Texas can now boast what may be its most bizarre and undoubtedly its slimiest topper yet: the world’s largest known colony of clonal amoebas. An amoeba growing on a fish tank in California became a giant among microbes, reaching more than an inch across. Scientists found the vast and sticky empire stretching 40 feet across, consisting of billions of genetically identical single-celled individuals, oozing along in the muck of a cow pasture outside Houston. Zoikes!!! Guess we'll have to get Capt Kirk!!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immunity_Syndrome_(Star_Trek) |
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Post by puhlease on Mar 24, 2009 18:46:31 GMT -5
I guess everything is bigger in Texas...http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/science/24amoe.html?ref=science After producing superlatives like the world’s biggest statue of a jackrabbit and the nation’s most unpopular modern-day president, Texas can now boast what may be its most bizarre and undoubtedly its slimiest topper yet: the world’s largest known colony of clonal amoebas. An amoeba growing on a fish tank in California became a giant among microbes, reaching more than an inch across. Scientists found the vast and sticky empire stretching 40 feet across, consisting of billions of genetically identical single-celled individuals, oozing along in the muck of a cow pasture outside Houston. Zoikes!!! Guess we'll have to get Capt Kirk!!!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immunity_Syndrome_(Star_Trek)Wow, rory, did Spock feel a great disturbance in the force or what? (don't answer that) In my mind, the 2 universes are separate, but equal. |
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Post by g1 on Mar 25, 2009 17:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Mar 25, 2009 18:48:22 GMT -5
Wow. Turns out ASTEROIDS are a girl's best friend. Who knew? Oh, yeah. I knew. Thanks, G. Loved the images; will probably post this myself after how I figure out exactly how to work sex into it. |
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Post by g1 on Apr 3, 2009 19:44:25 GMT -5
One more thing to worry about... (Just clik your heels together and say, three time, "There is no global warming, There is no global warming, There is no global warming..." www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30036283/ |
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Post by moonstone on Apr 3, 2009 19:47:23 GMT -5
One more thing to worry about... (Just clik your heels together and say, three time, "There is no global warming, There is no global warming, There is no global warming..." www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30036283/Doesn't matter. There's no 2109, either. |
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Post by g1 on Apr 5, 2009 12:44:51 GMT -5
The ice bridge to nowhere has fallen into the abyss: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7984054.stm" Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped. Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in the region. Sited on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, the Wilkins shelf has been retreating since the 1990s. Researchers regarded the ice bridge as an important barrier, holding the remnant shelf structure in place. Its removal will allow ice to move more freely between Charcot and Latady islands, into the open ocean. European Space Agency satellite pictures had indicated last week that cracks were starting to appear in the bridge. Newly created icebergs were seen to be floating in the sea on the western side of the peninsula, which juts up from the continent towards South America's southern tip. |
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Post by g1 on Apr 5, 2009 12:52:12 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Apr 5, 2009 13:50:38 GMT -5
About the Wilkins Ice Bridge; this isn't really easy to see, but ~ Here's how the ice bridge looked in November, 2008 ~  And here's how it looked on April 2, showing where the rifts occurred ~  Apparently, the bridge snapped apart several hours after this last satellite image was taken. And just for fun, here's an idea what the ice shelf looks like from the surface ~  |
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Post by moonstone on Apr 5, 2009 13:51:58 GMT -5
No kidding. Just in case you're wondering, I ain't postin' no pictures of this. |
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Post by g1 on Apr 6, 2009 13:18:36 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Apr 6, 2009 14:14:50 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Apr 6, 2009 14:25:10 GMT -5
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Post by g1 on Apr 6, 2009 19:53:36 GMT -5
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Post by moonstone on Apr 6, 2009 19:56:05 GMT -5
OMG That's another thing I ain't gonna post a picture of. But why do you suppose they named it "Barry"? |
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Post by puhlease on Apr 6, 2009 20:15:15 GMT -5
BigPicture.com, my favoritest place for photoblogs! Last week they had a series on Afghanistan that may have been their best ever. It moved me to tears. 1000 words, indeed. |
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Post by puhlease on Apr 8, 2009 14:37:43 GMT -5
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