For the second time this month, a large quake happened at the southeastern corner of the Juan de Fuca plate, where the Mendicino Rift, the southern edge of the plate meets the rift that to the south forms the San Andreas Fault and to the north forms the Juan de Fuca Subduction Zone. It is … Continue reading Getting ready to rip???
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions' lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon's surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules' locations evident. More detail from the Apollo 11 site: The Lunar Reconnaissance … Continue reading NASA submits pictures of proof on the Anniversary of Apollo 11
We had an Earthquake right here in my hometown... pretty cool!It wasn't very big - Mag 2.9 - and basically I just felt a quick jolt, almost like someone had fallen off a footstool or something, only I didn't hear anything, and if someone HAD fallen, there'd be some sort of commotion... so I just … Continue reading A Quake in My Home Town
When the total number of official photographs taken during EVA of all Apollo missions is divided by the total amount of time of all EVAs, one arrives at 1.19 photos per minute. That is one photo per 50 seconds. Discounting time spent on other activities results in one photo per 15 seconds for Apollo 11. … Continue reading Another way to look at the “Time” problem
These pictures show the feet of the lander have no dust on them. Why is this? Well think for a moment; how could the dust be above the lander feet to settle on it? Any blast from the lander's rocket would throw the dust down and to the side,very little would land on the feet. … Continue reading “Magical Dust” Explained
We went out to grab some lunch, and grampa showed up... the little guy was thrilled! This shot was right before he manged to knock over the water.
Seems there's been some shaking recently (Oct 2008) in the North Bend area. I also learned that the Seattle Fault line runs up under North Bend, and ends there. Not to worry: "Big one" is expected.me Small Quakes Recorded in Snoqualmie ValleySnoValley Star - October 22,2008Right at 10:54 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2001, the Nisqually … Continue reading SnoValley Quakes Info
With the increased focus on Seattle's earthquake potential, this seemed a good bit of information to add to my website when I saw this interesting report on USGS... Lots of folks know that Seattle is prone to earthquakes, but not a lot of people know where the fault lines are in the area... 552 - … Continue reading Some info about the Seattle Fault
I noticed a few days ago that he's sticking his thumb into the binky and then gnawing on it - with his thumb in it. it doesn't seem to hurt much, but it sure seems like it would!
I brought him to the doctor's for a follow-up -- he sucks on hishands a lot, and it caused a pretty nasty rash and infection, soafter 10 days of treatment, he was in to make sure things werebetter (they were… he's fine). One of the things he likesthere is the big mirror they have on … Continue reading A REALLY fun mirror at the Doctor’s office
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