This is a beautiful video that zooms out from Tibet to the limits of the observable known universe. It ‘s astronomically accurate. It’s not a dramatization, it’s a map; the positioning data was pulled from Hayden Planetarium’s Digital Universe Atlas.
Entries from February 2010
There’s No Place Like Home
February 7th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: The Environment
A Lake George Light
February 6th, 2010 · Comments Off
The caption reads: Situated south of The Narrows, this lighthouse, off of Bolton Landing, enhances the beauty of an already pleasing scene. Publication & Date Unknown
Tags: History · Lake George
Saturday Quote
February 6th, 2010 · Comments Off
“A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.” Jack Nicklaus
Tags: Our Neighbors
Bits of Everything
February 4th, 2010 · Comments Off
APA Loses Big, Must Pay Legal Fees, Who is Responsible? This is a big story when even the NY Times reports on it. The APA is taking such indefensible and outrageous positions (remember Foster Brook and the “waste” on the bottom of the lake?) that now taxpayers are having to bail them out. It will [...]
Tags: Adirondacks · Local Wildlife
A Haitian Eyewitness
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off
We’ve all been transfixed on the news stories coming out of Haiti recently after the devastating earthquake that country experienced. Recently I had a chance to speak to Catholic priest, Fr. Murat Dorcent, who was present during the earthquake that hit Haiti. I met him as he traveled through the Northeast telling Americans what they [...]
Tags: National News