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Ride a Satellite and Orbit the Earth

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Kevin Murnane

  NASA has created an interactive AAA app called Eyes on the Earth.  AAA? Awesome? Amazing? Absolutely!  If you are interested in earth-orbiting satellites and the information they gather, beautiful pictures of the earth, or cool things on the internet, … Continue reading →

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The Seasons Come and the Seasons Go

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Kevin Murnane

  A glance at the dance between the snow and the plants. Here’s another version that combines the view from the north pole seen above with two other viewpoints. John Nelson combined a series of monthly pictures of the earth provided by NASA’s Visible … Continue reading →

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Amazing Greenhouse Gas Simulation from NASA

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Kevin Murnane

Take a look at this amazing simulation of how carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide gases change in volume and move through the atmosphere over time. The swirling red/orange/yellow colors in the northern hemisphere represent carbon dioxide while the white/gray/black colors … Continue reading →

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