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November 12, 2008
Science Friday: From Mexican caves to the Sun
- NatGeo features a photo gallery from inside Mexico's breathtaking Cave of Crystals. In an accompanying video, writer Neil Shea and photographer Carsten Peter discuss the extreme heat & other challenges involved in working in the cave.
- Disturbances in the Force: The NYT features an interesting article and captivating photo gallery of "The Mysterious Cough, Caught on Film"--using photography to capture gas dynamics.
- Micro:
- The paper also features a narrated gallery of the Nikon Small World competition winners. If I could paint something as beautiful as these marine diatoms, I'd be a happy guy.
- Flash evangelist Lee Brimelow has figured out how to create abstract backgrounds with a cheap children's microscope.
- Heavenly:
- The Big Picture features revealing shots of the Sun. [Via Ivan Cavero Belaunde]
- Air & Space Magazine features a set of the 50 Greatest NASA Photos.
- Okay, I'm straying now, but if those are up your alley, I'll bet the Rocket-Bye-Baby will be, too.
- What's not to dig about a protein sculpture inspired by Vitruvian Man?
- Aquatic:
- The "Piglet squid" makes me suspect that scientists may be punking us, just to see whether we're paying attention.
- 7 minutes in the Galapagos offers some gorgeous moving images, including the rather amazing whale shark at the end.
Comments
I know we're embarking on an era of change, but have they now moved Friday ahead of Thursday?
[Call me Future Man... (And hey, it's Friday somewhere.) --J.]
It is Thursday, John!
[Hah--oh man, that's kind of embarrassing! Wishful thinking, I guess. --J.]
thurs/friday they all kinda merge together when you're workin with bits. but you'll need to postpone your usual happy hour 24hrs though.
hey cool cave stuff.
Don't worry, John, it was Friday here in Oz :-)
You have see this picture of solar eclipse:
http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2008r/Tse2008_tsa102_1/Hr/Tse2008_tsa102_1.png
And many other on that page...
[Super cool! Thanks for the link. --J.]
You have see this picture of solar eclipse:
http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/Ecl2008r/Tse2008_tsa102_1/Hr/Tse2008_tsa102_1.png
And many other on that page...
Schlieren photography isn't new. Not even close. We used this technique when I was an undergrad engineering student in the 1970s, mostly to study the airflow over airplane wings. It wasn't new then. So, been there, done that. But still cool after all these years.
Thanks for the Crystal Cave -- it reminds me of The Fortress of Solitude. Only hot.