h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

wonder if they'll send his ashes in to space like some of the Star Trek folk

HD film of Earthrise from the Moon by the Japanese KAGUYA lunar orbital satellite:

http://youtu.be/Oy2L9Jti9Z4

The video was made 07 Nov 2007 - wonder why I'm discovering this just now?

First full-color HD panorama shot from Curiosity:

http://www.panoramas.dk/mars/curiosity-first-color-360.html

Wonder why they have the black mask over the equipment on the rover...

it's hiding a sam missile in case of alien attack

Nah, It's to give conspiracy theorists something to think about.

Deke

Why would they need a SAM in the Nevada desert?

Featured on today's Igoogle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqqEBsPFNM

also,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5l1SLXv5s&feature=relmfu

33 (!) rather remarkable photos from various exploration craft around the Solar System. This will keep me busy for some time today:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/09/around-the-solar-system/100368/

YouTube video featured on Igoogle today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W194GQ6fHI

Segmented worms with feet, one step beyond the annelid in the evolutionary line that led to the arthropods.

(Our own line, the echinodermata, originated with segmented worms with teeth.)




Tardigrades are usually classified with the arachnids since in the mature form they have eight legs, though they go through earlier metamorphic stages with four legs and six legs and are probably something more primal.

They look to me like tiny caterpillars or grubs.




Apparently, 'mitey' Earth is shedding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19558443

greedy, it should put it back

re: post 730,

If any planets, or even protoplanetary nebulae, do form in the central region, they should be very enriched in heavy metals, possibly even 'island of stability' transuranics.

Helium was first discovered, in a spectrograph of the Sun, well before any terrestrial sources of it were found.

Red Sky at Morning, taken by my friend Michael at conchscooter.blogspot.com:

http://photo.blogpressapp.com/big_photos/12/09/14/1741.jpg

This was taken yesterday while he was dog walking at dawn.

them clouds need washing

Believe me when I tell you they got "washed" plenty. We got two inches of rain. Those sailors were warned.

and it rained all day for me yesterday, so I missed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19683687

which is no "meteor shower" as they're calling it on BBC News 24!!!

Wonder if Gnomon, TRiG or Beatrice saw anything over there on the Emerald Isle.

21st Sept' 10.50pm
I saw one large meteor hit the atmospherea massive glowing ball and trailing fire that broke into 3 smaller ones, it felt like it was going straight over our streetand then faded out over Leeds area. But distances are deceptive

well done Prof!

a clear sky for once

WIRED magazine posts links to the Royal Observatory Picks for best astronomy pictures of the year:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/top-astronomy-photos-2012/

Some of these were brought to you already by GB and APOD, but they're all pretty nice.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110622-new-comet-found-2013-visible-space-science/

get yer deckchairs and Thermos flasks ready