Saturday, 26 July 2008

Aurora

Was always amazed by the interesting pictures of Aurora's in school textbooks.

Starting up, the Dictionary defines Aurora as
- a radiant emission from the upper atmosphere that occurs sporadically over the middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres in the form of luminous bands, streamers, or the like, caused by the bombardment of the atmosphere with charged solar particles that are being guided along the earth's magnetic lines of force.

Some interesting pictures below




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Friday, 25 July 2008

Hurricanes

Recently, hurricane Dolly hit the U.S. coast in southern Texas.

It made us wonder a couple of things.



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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Postcards from Russia

Red Square, Kremlin and St. Basel's Cathedral
St. Basel's Cathedral
Christ the Saviour Church
Moscow University
Moscow River, with the Kremlin and Christ the Saviour Church in the background

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