August 3, 2008 – 11:52 am
Total Solar Eclipse Images From Around The World. (Huffington Post)
Thousands of people gathered across Arctic regions, Siberia and China to see a total eclipse of the sun, despite Chinese warnings that it could augur bad luck.
People have been recording solar eclipses for perhaps 4,000 years, and they typically inspire a combination of dread, fascination and [...]
This afternoon, I took a walk with my recently bought Nokia N82. I had already installed Nokia Sports Tracker and was eager to test it.
I created a new walking workout with autolap set to route based. Once the application starts tracking, it will record the path, location, time and number of steps I took. The [...]
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View at boston.com.
The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched last week, becoming the 154th manned US space mission.
One of the best features of the space program has always been astronaut photography.
It would be really unbelievable if we can just fly around and view it ourselves.
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Mysterious Night-Shining Clouds.
From NationalGeographic, by photographer Steve Winter.
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March 28, 2008 – 12:21 am
From inhabitat. (photos)
A stunning new residential development is planned for the Putrajaya waterfront known as Precinct 4, just 30km south of Kuala Lumpur. The design, however, is a refreshing and original with unique, marine-inspired structures - which also draw from traditional Islamic designs - arranged in a permeable, radiating block of bioclimatic architecture.
The [...]
March 25, 2008 – 11:23 pm
View at Daily Mail.
A camera is attached to an elephant’s trunk to capture those amazing jungle views.
Downer said he came up with the idea three years ago when his team started filming the tigers.
He noticed how gently the forest elephants carried firewood to their camp and wondered if they’d be as delicate with a camera.
“And [...]
February 19, 2008 – 10:57 pm
From Newsweek. (photos)
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego say that Lake Mead, the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States, which supplies water as well as hydroelectric power to tens of millions of people throughout the Southwest, could be dry in just 13 years. But Lake Mead is [...]