The faces of accomplishment
2018-11-26
Here’s what people look like when they’ve just landed a spaceship on Mars. This is a hell of a thing. Well done, NASA! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Wow.
2016-07-02
That is all. The Auroras of Jupiter, captured by Hubble. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
April Showers bring May…Apples?
2016-05-10
So a few weeks ago I was hiking with The Dee-oh-gee (at Sprague Brook Park in Colden, NY) and I happened across this strange-looking plant: Odd little thing, innit? I’d never seen anything like it, to my recollection. A week or so later, I’m hiking with the Dee-oh-gee (at Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, NY), and I happened across an entire crop of those little plants: And then yesterday, I’m hiking with the Dee-oh-gee (at Chestnut Ridge Park here in sunny Orchard Park), and I happened across another crop of those things, even bigger now. Well, a helpfulDown the rabbit hole….
A brief planetary perspective
2015-10-30
Venus and Jupiter, as seen from out back at where I work. Such a wonderful universe! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Wow.
2014-07-29
That is all. (Watch it in fullscreen if you can.) Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Huh.
2014-05-12
Now here’s something I didn’t know octopi could do…. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Happy birthday, Dr. Sagan!
2013-11-09
Carl Sagan was born this day, in 1934. Today we honor him, and the Cosmos from which he sprang! And this old post of mine, in which I excerpt Dr. Sagan’s book Pale Blue Dot, as he discusses the legacy of the Apollo moon missions. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Snapshots from Ithaca
2013-10-07
This weekend The Wife and I made our annual getaway to the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, and we had a great time as always…although the festival itself wasn’t quite like it usually is, owing to the fact that Ithaca is in the midst of tearing apart its pedestrian mall to rebuild it (in truth, the infrastructure there was looking a bit long in the tooth, and I look forward to seeing what things look like when it’s done). I know that pedestrian malls aren’t thought of very highly anymore, but Ithaca is a small enough city that they are ableDown the rabbit hole….
All that is, or was, or ever will be….
2013-07-21
EDIT: Video link replaced. The Neil DeGrasse Tyson/Ann Druyan helmed sequel to COSMOS, which airs in 2014, has a trailer. I love everything about it, right down to the updated “spaceship of the mind”. Now to find out when exactly it starts airing, so I can spend the preceding thirteen weeks rewatching the original COSMOS…. Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….
Godspeed!
2013-06-04
As much as I mentally inhabit the world of a science fiction future where spaceships are everywhere, there’s something to be said for launches that look like this (photos below the page break): Come on, humans — the stars are waiting! Let’s go! Share This PostDown the rabbit hole….