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its future retired shuttle cmdr jim wetherbee says the images and information that the hubble telescope has provided has led to significant progress in understanding our universe they likely would not have happened by this point without it it seems every couple of years the telescope faces challenges whether it be breaking down or the threat of losing funding let s hope nasa keeps servicing hubble until the next generation space telescope is put into place image above from hubble heritage posted by brianr at 1 31 2007 0 comments labels misc science photos images sunday january 28 2007 woman with ipod in the landscape my very first post on this blog was about the famous face on mars image here s an image from earth that resembles the profile view of a woman the shading under the chin and on neck is fantastic put these coordinates into googleearth or googlemaps w satellite turned on 50 0 38 20 n 110 6 48 32 w this is in eastern alberta canada pretty cool eh no i don t look at googleearth all the time i found this here while browsing for science news posted by brianr at 1 28 2007 2 comments labels photos images saturday january 27 2007 where on google earth 3 okay i might be giving this away but a recent post on this blog is in some way related to this location good luck go here to find out about where on google earth posted by brianr at 1 27 2007 3 comments labels where on google earth friday january 26 2007 friday field foto 9 igneous intrusion cutting across folded strata this week another photo from chile here we got a good ol geologic puzzle the kind you d learn in an intro class here we can use the intuitive law of cross cutting relationships to determine the relative timing of events first the sediments were deposited then the lithified sediments rocks were uplifted and folded then an igneous intrusion cuts across the fold finally erosion reveals it all for us to see to see all the friday field fotos go here to see more photos of patagonia go here posted by brianr at 1 26 2007 0 comments labels friday field foto geology patagonia photographs i ve taken photos images turbidites thursday january 25 2007 nhl all star game i didn t watch the game all star games or pro bowls are kind of useless in a way but i m pretty psyched that my team the buffalo sabres where i grew up was well represented daniel briere had 1 goal and 4 assists and was named mvp the sabres have never won the cup they made it in 99 only to be defeated by the dallas stars in game 6 before that they haven t been in the finals since the early 70s this could be the year they are second in the league first in the eastern conference standings typically there s a couple teams that kick ass in the regular season and then s t the bed in the first round of the playoffs that would suck posted by brianr at 1 25 2007 1 comments labels hockey southbound sand i love sediment i even like how it settles at the bottom of a cup of turkish coffee i figured the least i can do on this blog is comment on sediment in the news a few days ago the bbc published this article on their website about the shifting sands of the sahara the sand dunes are slowly but surely advancing their way south and pushing communities in nigeria out of their way what we do is that when the sand moves and buries our homes and farms and even our wells we simply keep retreating southwards one of the issues is that the villagers are continuously cutting down trees for firewood which is opening a clear path for the sand to migrate through what to do about it well there s not too much especially for remote communities struggling to get by as it is in other areas engineers have tried sand fences with limited success check out this article that discusses the mechanics of dune migration in a little more detail photograph from www sahara photo tour com posted by brianr at 1 25 2007 0 comments labels geology tuesday january 23 2007 where on google earth 2 alright let s try another one if you want to play go here to find out what i m talking about posted by brianr at 1 23 2007 3 comments labels where on google earth sunday january 21 2007 national park service under orders to suspend its belief in geology update 1 28 2007 apparently the watchdog group called peer public employees for environmental research that originally put out the press release i linked to in the original post see below was either not being totally honest or there is some miscommunication somewhere skeptic magazine reported on this story but when they started looking into it further they figured out they were duped by peer read statement from michael shermer editor of skeptic magazine here a reader of skeptic who contacted peer had this to say when i challenged that peer guy to show me some evidence and provided him evidence to the contrary he didn t have much i would say peer did more than jump the gun i d say they are spreading misinformation it is really unfortunate that peer had to do this from their website it appears they do some important relevant and honest activism unfortunately this kind of tom foolery really takes a bite out of their credibility as a watch dog original post 1 21 2007 please read this regarding the unsettling happenings within the national park service nps and how to inform park goers how old and by what processes the grand canyon formed in order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists our national park service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology stated public employees for environmental research peer executive director jeff ruch it is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the grand canyon is no comment the presence of the book for sale in the visitor center bookstore that lays out presumably how noah s flood was responsible for both the deposition of the ancient sediments exposed in the canyon and the carving of the canyon is bad enough what s funny is how this administration made a big deal last year about the american competitiveness initiative to help increase the quality of science and technology related education this is how they do it how does promoting this absolute fantasy enable americans to be more competitive as one park geologist said this is equivalent of yellowstone national park selling a book entitled geysers of old faithful nostrils of satan ruch added here s the letter from the park employees to the nps director expressing their distaste for this non scientific malarkey thanks for the link ks photograph above taken by me in summer of 2006 posted by brianr at 1 21 2007 0 comments labels geology misc science political friday january 19 2007 friday field foto 8 cretaceous shoreline deposits i ve missed the last few fridays the book cliffs are in central utah and western colorado and are famous for their spectacular outcrops of cretaceous shoreline deposits the seaway which once stretched across the whole of north america from the gulf of mexico to the arctic ocean left a fantastic record of relative sea level changes in these sedimentary rocks the landward or basinward movement of the shoreline can be mapped along the book cliffs by identifying the various sedimentary environments coastal plain beach shoreface shelf etc in the record the map above illustrates this paleogeography nicely note how much of colorado is part of this seaway at this time eventually the rivers and shorelines as recorded by the stratigraphy march across colorado too this image taken from a fantastic website by geologist ron blakey at the university of northern arizona check it out posted by brianr at 1 19 2007 1 comments labels friday field foto geology paleogeography photographs i ve taken photos images utah thursday january 18 2007 where on google earth 1 okay here s an idea every once in a while i m going to grab an image of somewhere on this planet using googleearth it s up to the readers to determine or guess where it is it will usually although maybe not always be a natural feature of the earth that is highlighted sometimes i might be zoomed in other times it ll be a wide shot sometimes it might have something to do with an area or phenomenon discussed in the news sometimes not if you can t tell me exactly where it is then tell me something about the natural feature that is shown if you get it right well that s it you get it right i m not gonna give you a prize or anything who do you think i am check out this blog for a similar googleearth type of thing in quiz form the first image might be easy for some click on image to see larger version posted by brianr at 1 18 2007 6 comments labels where on google earth wednesday january 17 2007 evangelicals and scientists i simply don t have the time at the moment to comment thoughtfully and thoroughly about this article nonetheless it deserves some attention for all those worried about the state of science in the face of the rise of the age of unreason god will judge us for destroying the creation therefore we as evangelicals have a responsibility to be even more vigilant than others cizik told a news conference science can be an ally in helping us understand what faith is telling us he said we will not allow the creation to be degraded destroyed by human folly there is a growing trend of so called green evangelicals who believe they need to be responsible stewards of the earth all in all this is good my hope is that in this process scientists can demonstrate that being good stewards of the earth also makes sense from a scientific point of view thanks for the link bk posted by brianr at 1 17 2007 2 comments labels misc science political tuesday january 16 2007 awesome jazz and groove podcast for those podcast subscribers out there i found a great monthly music show that highlights groovy jazz including all the sub sub sub genres of acid jazz afro beat bop cool jazz cosmic jazz dub downtempo electro jazz fusion future jazz groove jazz jazzatronic jazz dance jazz funk jazz rock kozmigroov modal phusion progressive modern nu jazz soul jazz spiritual and world it s called bendingcorners and is nice because the creators are djs who spin sets that are about an hour or a little more of continuous music i e one long audio file typically within a theme for that month you can either subscribe to the podcast or just download the files directly although they only come once a month if you like it you can download from the archive if you get really into it i wish i had the time they have the playlists for each set and you can explore the original stuff if jazz and groove is not your thing you should at the very least download the tribute to james brown the dec 2006 set called mr dynamite posted by brianr at 1 16 2007 0 comments labels jazz music monday january 15 2007 expanding spheres the geoblogosphere at least from my limited perspective is expanding today fellow bloggers of mostly geo related topics are linking to each other check out the list on the sidebar called earth science blogs from time to time i will be adding more and more special thanks to highly allochthonous for getting this going check it out image at right here posted by brianr at 1 15 2007 2 comments labels science blogs sunday january 14 2007 procrastination in an effort to not do any work but still sit at a computer pretending i m working i ve spent time updating and modifying this blog with a new look and more links at the side a fellow geo geek from stanford now a post doc at syracuse has a nice blog called apparent dip check it out posted by brianr at 1 14 2007 1 comments labels academic life science blogs friday january 12 2007 the myth of the opposing view condoms don t belong in school and neither does al gore i can t resist commenting on this article even if no one reads it and even though i should be working right now below are excerpts from the report click on link above to see original and then my snide remarks in this font after a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film the federal way school board on tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film the movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former vice president al gore recounting scientists findings at least this reporter lays it out from the start the kind of person we are dealing with i have to give them some credit for that condoms don t belong in school and neither does al gore he s not a schoolteacher said frosty hardison a parent of seven who also said that he believes the earth is 14 000 years old the information that s being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is the bible says that in the end times everything will burn up but that perspective isn t in the dvd please re read the last sentence again that s right an inconvenient truth does not sufficiently cover the details of the end times which apparently gets even warmer hmmm 14 000 years old what happened to 6 500 or whatever hardison s e mail to the school board prompted board member david larson to propose the moratorium tuesday night somebody could say you re killing free speech and my retort to them would be we re encouraging free speech said larson a lawyer the beauty of our society is we allow debate what an absolute coward what kind of school board member is swayed by someone who says that not including the details of the end times in a documentary about climate change is cockeyed school board members adopted a three point policy that says teachers who want to show the movie must ensure that a credible legitimate opposing view will be presented that they must get the ok of the principal and the superintendent and that any teachers who have shown the film must now present an opposing view okay here s where we start to get to the good stuff again props to the reporter for putting opposing view in quotes this is where the general public or at the very least school board members need to stop and think for a moment i would like to know the details of the credible and legitimate opposing view what exactly are they opposing the fact that the climate is changing or that al gore made a movie what am i missing here the requirement to represent another side follows district policy to represent both sides of a controversial issue board president ed barney said what is purported in this movie is this is what is happening period that is fact barney said okay i see it s a controversial issue what exactly is under controversy in fact there is no controversy regarding the science yes of course there are numerous ongoing debates about the intricacies and workings of the climate system but that would not change the foundation of this movie i ll give them the benefit of the doubt perhaps they are not saying that climate change itself is under question but rather that human civilization is causing it students should hear the perspective of global warming skeptics and then make up their minds he said 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