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The Terra-Cotta Army
Often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world the Terra-Cotta Army, dating back to 210 BC was built to help the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang rule in the afterlife.It is estimated that...
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Two New NGC Premieres, Ride Of a Lifetime and Gumby
I'm going to take another break before I wrap up my China adventures to tell you of a couple of National Geographic Channel premieres coming this Sunday August 23rd at 9 and 10 pm EDT.First off at 9:00...
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Shanghai...The Solar Eclipse
The night we arrived in Shanghai we were treated to an awesome lightning show. I took the image above from the balcony of my hotel suite the eve of the Total Solar Eclipse, with a grim weather forecast...
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Moon, Pleiades and the Perseids
As far as I'm concerned there is nothing more pretty then a celestial gathering of the Moon and Pleiades.We just had one August 14. Next groupings of the two are September 10, October 7, November 3,...
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10 Places to Get a Free Astronomy Education Online
Old Shanghai Observatory Star TheaterSomething special and new for you this this time round. Karen Schweitzer will be doing a guest post. Karen is the About.com guide to Business School. Karen also...
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Daytime Moon and Zodiacal Light
Wife: Whatcha up to?Me: Looking at a daytime crescent Moon...just above that tree over there..see it?Wife: .......No.Me: Okay, look at the top of that pine over there and then a little to the...
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Last Post .......for a while
So I was driving down a dark country road, I had just been out in the afternoon to scout out a location in the country to view a Moon and Pleiades conjunction. Always easier to find a new location...
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10 Places to Learn More about Astronomy Online
You may remember a while back Karen Schweitzer did a guest post for Black holes called"10 Places to get a Free Astronomy Education Online", well Karen, the About.com guide to Business School has...
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National Geographic Channel's "A Traveler's Guide to The Planets"
Get ready with an out of this world journey to the planets with National Geographic Channel's "A Traveler's Guide To The Planets" a 3 day, 6 part mini series premiering Sunday February 14, a.k.a...
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10 Free Astronomy Podcasts on iTunes
Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to business School and who also writes about online degrees for OnlineDegreePrograms.org has once again offered her most excellent services, this time giving us 10...
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The Apollo Missions and Life
10...9... main ignition start...6...5...4...3...2...1...0......lift off.....we have lift off, 32 minutes past the hour................launch tower cleared."I describe it as a nervous novice driving a...
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Mostly Images
Been quite busy taking tons of images lately and just thought I'd post some of them. The Moon and Pleiades are my favorite celestial grouping and a week from tonight, Saturday March 20 they will once...
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National Geographic Channel "Known Universe" Premiere
National Geographic Channel comes through again with a six part mini series highlighting profound mysteries of our known universe. Really the only fault I can find with any of these shows is the fact...
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Storm Worlds and Lunar Venus Conjunction
National Geographic Channel has come through once again with a super 3 part mini seriesStorm Worlds, premiering this Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 8-11 PM ET.Starting off, Cosmic Fire. Imagine a solar event...
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Where to Find Astronomy Videos And Photo Galleries Online
I have another great guest post from education writer Karen Schweitzer. Karen is the About.com Guide to Business School. She also writes about pharmacy technician certification for...
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So, this is what I've been doing for the last 5 months. I mentioned in my last post that I was working with some talented musicians, well we have a name for our group now and our first recorded song....
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Space Goings On for December
Finally, after almost 3 years we will be treated to a Total Lunar Eclipse starting at 1:32 am EST. December 21. I took the above image during the last Total Lunar Eclipse, February 20, 2008. If you...
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Winter Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse
Well, didn't get to see the Geminids due to clouds, or the Moon Pleiades conjunction, again due to clouds and snow, but 3rd times the charm, got to see and image a very rare Winter Solstice Total...
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Winter Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse Movie
Well I finally put together some of my images from the eclipse to make this movie. The next Total Lunar Eclipse visible from my area will be December 10 2011. I can't help but wonder what I'll be doing...
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10 Free Astronomy Apps and Resources
We have a guest poster to start Blackholes and astrostuff back to the blogging world. Karen Schweitzer. Karen writes about online colleges and universities for BestOnlineColleges.com, as well as...
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Total Lunar Eclipse
Just finished viewing and imaging a Total Lunar Eclipse, so thought I'd post some images.The next Total Lunar Eclipse won't be til April of 2014, having said that there will still be a lot of celestial...
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Roswell
Wow, had some crazy auroras going on just the other night (above image) also had the Moon, Pleiades and Venusconjunction happening the same night (below image). Now I know what you're thinking,...
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Roswell Part Deux
Well made it down to Roswell and Albuquerque New Mexico for the Annular Solar Eclipse and what a thrill!To see this event live was nothing short of spectacular. Met some cool people from all over the...
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