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Casual Friday — a 3D rendered film, from 1972!
A pioneering piece of computer animation from the very early days of the technology…
Carnivalia 9/21 – 9/27
A day late (if not a dollar short), here’s the past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you
The scientific tourist #193 — Canopic jars, in Italy
A set of Canopic jars in the Museo Archeologico Centrale dell’ Etruria in Fiorenze (Florence), Italy.
The scientific tourist #192 — bad, bad lands
From the southwest corner of South Dakota comes today’s image for you — a landscape panorama the Badlands…
Casual Friday — Apollo landing sites revisited, again!
You might recall that two years back, the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) spacecraft team released some images of Apollo lunar landing sites. But these were relatively low-resolution images, taken from about 70 miles above the surface.
Well, the LRO spacecraft (and its human support team) have done that one better, and have taken more site images from a much lower altitude — about 14 miles (22 km), roughly twice the altitude of a commercial airliner flight back on Earth. And boy, are they impressive!
Carnivalia — 8/23 – 8/31
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The scientific tourist #189 — know your MiGs
This week I’ll talk a bit about two pictures from the San Diego Air and Space Museum — one you’ve seen before, and one you haven’t. First up is a MiG-17 on display in the pavilion (used to be a … Continue reading
Carnivalia — 8/10 – 8/16
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The scientific tourist #187 — Pueblo Bonito, from above
Pueblo Bonito is both the largest, as well as the best known great house in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico — but that doesn’t mean that there’s agreement on just what it is…
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Tagged ancient, archaeology, Chaco Canyon, History, Humanity, New Mexico
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The scientific tourist #186 — the La Garita caldera
Stop and think about volcanoes for a second — do you think you know which ones were the biggest of them all?