A Remix of the Falcon Heavy launch from last month. Now with more Bowie.
Nice job Space X!
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This Battery Could Change Everything
If its power to weight ratio is close to that of current lithium cells then this is huge.
Trash in the Ocean
Caroline Power is a photographer who captures images of pollution in the ocean. This is a recent video from her.
Garbage areas like this are becoming common and are growing.
Shocking photo shows Caribbean Sea being ‘choked to death by human waste’
Dynamic Earth Study Gude
For tomorrow’s quiz (don’t forget notes for chapter 17)
Know…
composition of air
air pressure and altitude
carbon cycle
effects of vacuum
layers of the atmosphere
ionosphere
northern lights
ozone
albedo
convection
greenhouse effect
see you then
Not Good
Let’s hope it hits in an unpopulated area.
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks
Okay I hate to say this…
Because I sound like I can has cheezburger but…
So much want…
Iceland Is Growing New Forests for the First Time in 1,000 Years
Wow, so cool.
Quantum Wierdness
Every year students ask me questions about quantum mechanics. And I have to say “It’s weird.” and leave it largely at that. Here’s a good reason why…
Someone Spotted the Tesla Roadster in Space
The Little Rover that Could
It was supposed to last 90 Mars days. Yesterday, Opportunity celebrated its 5,000 Martian sunrise.
The Drinking Bird
I have one of these somewhere. They are amazing to watch. The laws of thermodynamics at work.
Wow, That’s a Big Ancient City
How did people live in such density before sanitation?
Ancient city’s LiDAR scans reveal as many buildings as Manhattan
Dynamic Earth Web Assignment
Here is the link…
Interesting Side Effect
Malaria kills over one million people per year. This could be big, regardless of strange side effects.
NASA Has Officially Listed Musk’s Tesla Roadster As a Celestial Object
Pink
Not my favorite color, but this shade looks interesting…
Lexus has apparently done the same trick to make this special blue paint.
Right Now There is a Car Orbiting the Earth
Space X Scores and almost perfect test flight. At this time it looks as though they lost the core of the main stage, but both boosters landed beautifully.
This is a live feed from a camera onboard the main stage, now on it’s way to Mars, with Elon Musk’s personal Tesla roadster along for the ride. Dang.
More on the Flat-Earth Rocket Guy
If you are interested in this idiot.
FLAT-EARTHER’S SECOND ROCKET LAUNCH ATTEMPT SPUTTERS OUT
Now, he claims to have once launched himself 1,374 feet into the air, which is no small feat. But, their are radio towers and buildings that tall, so I don’t see what he’s going to prove by going up that high.
New Orleans Has a Unique Drainage Problem
Interesting
This accounts for a great deal of bad policy decisions I think.
R.I.P. John Young
Sorry, with the flurry of activity at the end of the semester I did not post this when it happened. As I’ve said before, only 12 men walked on the moon. We all should take note when one of them passes.
NASA Mourns the Passing of Astronaut John Young
Only five remain with us.
Here’s Why Space Starts At 62 Miles Up
I never knew this…
The Title of This Article
says it all…
MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ROCK MADE OF TINY DIAMONDS FORMED BEFORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM EXISTED
Thanks Tom!
Mass Movement
The video below is drone footage of Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington. That’s a big crack in a lot of loose sediment.
Dynamic Earth Mid-Term
Hmmm, I was not expecting another snow day. We will cancel the quiz on groundwater and caves.
Review Chapters 1,2,3,4,9,8,10,11,5, and 6
Mid-term has changed and will now be only 115 multiple choice questions. I am dropping the essays due to time constraints. Still open note.
Thanks and good luck