Mars will not look as big "as a saucer " this August

Here it comes again. The planet Mars will be close but it will NOT appear as "big as the Moon" so some people and naysayers say.
This cartoon was just in the newspaper concerning this.

Wife saves Man from shark attack

Sharks can be dangerous. Luckily her husband knew what to do when the creature attacked him.


http://news.aol.com/article/wife-saves-man-from-shark/496227?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fwife-saves-man-from-shark%2F496227

Komodo Dragon Terrorizes Villages

Sounds like one of those tabloids: Dragon attacks man. Well that is what happened when one of the largest lizards in the world, recently attacked a man.

http://news.aol.com/article/komodo-dragon-attacks/496753?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl3|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fkomodo-dragon-attacks%2F496753

Ancient fossil finally show to public

Just revealed , this fossil is quite a find. 

http://news.aol.com/article/early-skeleton-evolution/490119?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fearly-skeleton-evolution%2F490119

Remarkable encounter with photos of Kirksville, Mo tornado 5/13/2009

Two stormchasers and I had great success videotaping and observing the Kirsville, MO tornado 5/13/2009 from a pretty close distance.
The account and videoclips are in this link.
http://stormsatori-kcstormguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/our-remarkable-close-encounter-with.html

Amazing photo of Space Shuttle and Hubble "on the Sun"

I don't know how this photographer thought out the logistics to view the Space Shuttle and the close by Hubble telescope as it was racing across the Sun! Here is the remarkable photo. Congra
ts!
5/16/2009
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
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Space Shuttle will come to the rescue and help Hubble

It is of great interest and anticipation that the astronauts will soon help repair and update the belove telescope. Read more
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090508-hubble-huggers.html

Saturn's huge moon Titan, another moon and ring

Jewel of the solar system is what is commonly known for the planet Saturn because of the beautiful ring system. While other planets have rings, Saturn's is wider and more extensive. The ring's particle's are from broken up moons and other materials from other moons. More information at
5/5/09
(if not this date go to this link/website and then go to archives link which is on the APOD page lower portion)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

More about comet dust and comets

Scientists have been trying to gain more information about the "celestial snowballs" called Comets. Conclusions concerning a high altitude mission to collect comet dust has now been confirmed.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/01/comet-dust.html

"Flakey" Halley's Comet meteors can be seen Wednesday morning

Comets leave behind small particles in space. The space in the sky is defined by the orbit that trails near the Earth. When the Earth enters the orbital area left behind by the comets,  these particles enter the atmosphere and can be seen as "meteors" which streak across the sky. Wednesday night is the best time to see these Eta Aquarid meteors from the Southern or Northern Hemisphere. More here at

http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/etaaquarids/etaaquarids.html?PHPSESSID=ieuk71al9nvuugd21q3gej8815

Gaseous blog looks like an eskimo

This great image through the Hubble telescope views this gaseous area. To many it looks like a beautiful eskimo like person. Take a look and see what you think. More information etc at 

5/3/2008

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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