Posted in Earth on Sep 29th, 2008
Just got the USGS notice that there was a 7.3 mag earthquake in New Zealand. It wasn’t just two years ago that they had another 7+ boomer there. I would be horribly fearful for the safety of the Kermadecans there, but take a look at where this is:
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No one lives there.
Which just makes [...]
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Posted in Earth, Earth History, Global Warming on Aug 19th, 2008
Now, my biggest problem in life, but something that gives me great amusement and mental stimulation, is I just don’t take anything hardly as black and white when it comes to the big pictures. If I’m told something, I just store it. If it later is contradicted and just left taken for granted, I have [...]
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Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Earth on Jul 30th, 2008
Is it me? Am I the only one that gets the impression that every single time there is an earthquake in southern California, it’s a dress rehearsal for “the big one”? I swear this has been going on my entire life.
Now, given the tectonics of southern California, there no-doubt will be a “big one”. But, [...]
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Posted in Earth on May 7th, 2008
Man, I LOVE a good volcano!
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Posted in Earth on Apr 18th, 2008
Woke up this morning to have Mrs. Moon inform me we had an earthquake. As with the 1974 tornadoes, I slept through it
However, my research tells me I missed a 2.8 here. Not too shabby considering it was 5.2 295 miles away.
Next time, I’d prefer to have some excitement NOT in the middle [...]
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A team of Japanese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton, along with NASA and Japanese X-ray satellites, has discovered that our galaxy’s central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.
The article then goes on to do what articles, and most usually scientists, do in general. They dig deeper and deeper into the why’s, what’s, [...]
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Posted in Earth on Feb 7th, 2008
A good eruption is a beautiful thing.
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Posted in Earth on Jan 18th, 2008
This is ultra-awesome! Check it out!
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Watch out peeps, things might get cooler before it gets hotter. According to Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, Merited Scientist of Russia and fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and a staff researcher of the Oceanology Institute, the Earth is entering a cyclical cooling phase. Researchers are already saying 2008 could be cooler than normal due to the [...]
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Posted in Earth on Jan 2nd, 2008
Man, I LOVE a good volcano! Check out Volcan Llaima in Chile out:
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