Monday, February 19, 2007
Mark your calendar: Lunar Eclipse 03/03/2007
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Gravity SuxPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(NASA).
Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters away—an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers.
As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.
Suddenly, the lights go out.
Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red "ring of fire" appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.
You've been waiting for this. It's an eclipse.
Astronauts on the moon are going to...
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Gravity SuxPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(NASA).
Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters away—an outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast. You're one of the construction workers.
As always in these polar regions, the sun hangs low, barely above the craggy lunar horizon. You adjust your visor. It amazes you how bright a low sun can be when there's no atmosphere to dim it.
Suddenly, the lights go out.
Up in the sky, a big black disk covers the sun. A red "ring of fire" appears where the sun was only moments before, and its glow turns the ground red beneath your feet.
You've been waiting for this. It's an eclipse.
Astronauts on the moon are going to...
Read More...
| Recent Significant Earthquakes | |||||
| Date | Magnitude | Latitude | Longitude | Depth | Region |
| Network: USGS | |||||
| 2007-02-19 11:13 | 5.5 | 5.5300 | 126.3400 | 63.1 | MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES |
| 2007-02-19 02:33 | 5.7 | 1.7950 | 30.8140 | 25.0 | LAKE ALBERT REGION, DEM REP OF THE CONGO |
| 2007-02-18 21:37 | 5.6 | 6.0380 | -82.6490 | 10.0 | SOUTH OF PANAMA |
| 2007-02-18 21:04 | 5.1 | 21.6300 | 120.5090 | 12.2 | TAIWAN REGION |
| 2007-02-18 10:45 | 5.0 | 1.0880 | 97.3780 | 30.0 | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| 2007-02-17 23:41 | 5.2 | -4.0790 | 154.4470 | 486.6 | BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| 2007-02-17 12:43 | 5.5 | -7.2500 | 155.7680 | 35.1 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| 2007-02-17 09:18 | 5.1 | -7.3160 | 155.8360 | 49.9 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| 2007-02-17 07:56 | 5.0 | -7.3830 | 155.8860 | 59.0 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| 2007-02-17 07:47 | 5.3 | -7.3080 | 155.8320 | 60.4 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| Recent Significant Earthquakes | |||||
| Date | Magnitude | Latitude | Longitude | Depth | Region |
| Network: EMSC | |||||
| 2007-01-02 03:13 | 5.1 | 27.0400 | 140.4000 | 348.0 | BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION |
| 2007-01-01 11:14 | 5.0 | -8.1100 | 106.5900 | 10.0 | SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA |
| 2007-01-01 00:31 | 5.1 | 1.5200 | 67.1800 | 33.0 | CARLSBERG RIDGE |
| 2007-01-01 00:30 | 5.1 | -5.4600 | 70.8100 | 33.0 | CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION |
| 2007-01-01 00:18 | 5.0 | -26.2300 | 179.8400 | 275.0 | SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS |
| 2006-12-31 22:48 | 5.1 | -28.5200 | -112.2000 | 35.0 | EASTER ISLAND REGION |
| 2006-12-31 14:55 | 5.5 | -37.4400 | -70.6900 | 40.0 | NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA |
| 2006-12-31 13:12 | 5.2 | -8.2000 | 111.0800 | 83.0 | JAVA, INDONESIA |
| 2006-12-30 22:34 | 5.3 | 43.3400 | 146.3700 | 60.0 | KURIL ISLANDS |
| 2006-12-30 17:49 | 5.0 | 35.0800 | 139.3600 | 80.0 | NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Recent Volcanic Activity | |||||
| Date | Latitude | Longitude | Status | VolcanoName | Country |
| 2007-02-17 13:02 | 16.720 | -62.180 | Orange | Soufriere Hills | West Indies |
| 2007-02-17 13:02 | 1.110 | 124.730 | Orange | Soputan | Sulawesi |
| 2007-02-14 00:02 | -19.520 | 169.430 | Orange | Yasur | So. Pacific |
| 2007-02-16 07:02 | 56.060 | 160.640 | Orange | Kliuchevskoi | Kamchatka |
| 2006-09-07 08:02 | -7.940 | 112.950 | Orange | Tengger | Java |
| 2007-02-14 00:02 | 14.380 | -90.600 | Orange | Pacaya | Guatemala |
| 2007-02-13 17:02 | -1.410 | 29.200 | Orange | Nyamuragira | C. Africa |
| 2007-02-17 19:02 | 54.050 | 159.430 | Orange | Karymsky | Kamchatka |
| 2007-02-17 01:02 | -16.360 | 70.700 | Orange | Ubinas | Peru |
| 2007-02-17 08:02 | 11.540 | -85.620 | Orange | Concepcion | Nicaragua |
