Category: Science and nature
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Penguins on ice
We’re at the tail end of our Australian visit. I have a pretty large collection of photos from our trip which I’ll probably share soonish. In the meantime, here’s a fun photo of penguins at the Sea Life Aquarium in Melbourne.
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Storm rolling over the Hong Kong airport
I’m travelling to Australia with our soon for a family event. We’re travelling through Hong Kong, and this storm had rolled over the airport. It’s pretty spectacular!
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We’re heading to the Moon in a new beginning with SpaceIL
Israel’s first, private lunar lander is on its way to the Moon after a successful launch onboard the SpaceX Nusantara Satu mission. If our lander makes it to the lunar surface, Israel will be the fourth nation to land on the Moon, and the first country to land SpaceIL‘s privately built spacecraft. Building the lander…
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A musical journey over the Moon with Clair de Lune
This visualization uses a digital 3D model of the Moon built from global elevation maps and image mosaics by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. It was created to accompany a performance of Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune by the National Symphony Orchestra Pops, led by conductor Emil de Cou, at the Kennedy Center for the…
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Thank you for the wonderful Opportunity to visit Mars
This last week saw the official end of the Opportunity rover’s mission on Mars. NASA was unable to coax it back to life after signalling it for about eight months. This remarkable rover continued exploring Mars long after it’s original 90 day mission. There is a wealth of imagery, and other information available on the…
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Nice, sunny day to be outdoors
I’ve taken a couple days off this week to decompress after what feels like a pretty intense six months or so at work. Today turned out to be a really nice, warm day (we have rain and cold weather forecast for the rest of the week), so I went for a walk this morning. This…
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Marriage v13.0
Today is our 13th wedding anniversary, and we both took the day off (I’ve taken the rest of this week off – I feel like I’m due for a breather from work after a busy ±8 months). We did a repeat of our last anniversary, and went for a hike up Givat HaTitora just outside…
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Pretty with pink
It’s a bit early for Spring but these pretty flowers are starting to bloom.
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