Sweet Yummy Reality http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality Bonbons of science and skepticism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Picture of the Week #82 http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/2010/03/19/picture-of-the-week-82/ http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/2010/03/19/picture-of-the-week-82/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:10 +0000 Administrator http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/?p=838 Sunrise at the 82-inch Otto Struve telescope at McDonald Observatory. Photo Dec. 2003.

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This is just a section of the whole array of monitors – there are a total of 75 monitors at 2560×1600 resolution. Photos, of course, do not do it justice!

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The Space Shuttle Columbia re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere July 27, 1999

This was the historic first flight of a female commander, Colonel Eileen Collins whose crew released the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

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Meteorite at American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites. Photo: August 2006.

I think this might be a fragment from the Barringer Crater in Arizona, but unfortunately I don’t have a good photo of the information plaque so I can’t be sure.

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New images of Pluto, released today. Click here for more information.

These are making me very impatient for New Horizons to get out there!

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Another ancient sea creature at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. Photo August 2006.

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Egyptian cat mummy at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. Photo August 2006.

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]]> http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/2010/01/17/picture-of-the-week-74/feed/ 0 Symphony of Science http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/2010/01/06/symphony-of-science/ http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/2010/01/06/symphony-of-science/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:57:25 +0000 Administrator http://larae.net/sweetyummyreality/?p=779 Although I’m way late to the game with this, here is the newest offering in the Symphony of Science series – an incredible collection of music videos created from auto-tuned clips of famous scientists.

The three previous videos can be seen at Symphony of Science

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