The surface of the Earth is made of giant tectonic plates that move. As some plates move farther apart, sea floor spreading is observed. At mid-ocean ridges, magma rises from the Earth and solidifies to fill the gap. The Earth’s magnetic field leaves it’s imprint on this material and allows us to examine the direction [...]
Archive for December, 2007
I think I will start a new tradition. On some of my posts, I will propose interesting questions but will not provide the answers. I may give some links to places to start research or propose possible solutions, but I will the legwork and the pondering to the reader. Here is my first homework question [...]
We are all familar with some so called sacred or spirtual sites on the Earth (the great pyramdis at Giza, Stonehenge, Machu Picchu) but there are many more. Many sites have fallen out of use or are only know to people who live near-by. An interesting idea that I will put out and leave for [...]
Something to keep an eye on from the NASA Cassini website in March 2007. Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn March 27, 2007 (Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Pasadena, Calif. — An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA’s Cassini mission. NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 [...]
Here is a series of 3 photos of my daughter and I from yesterday. We are getting ready to take a walk. The series of 3 photos were taken about 20 seconds apart. After the second photo, my wife noticed the orbs on the camera, and took a third photo to see if they would [...]
Philip Pullman wrote a trilogy of books collectively called “His Dark Materials” that includes the individual books “The Golden Compass”, “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spyglass”. A new motion picture is about to be released based on the first novel starring Nicole Kidman. This movie has started a large controversy. The author has been [...]