Gates of Eden

INTERESTING PATHS, OUR CHOICES

Here is a pictorial to hopefully inspire us in our journeys.  

Continue reading this entry ...

Sunset Fun!

    The sunsets have been very difficult to capture lately due to the haze from the volcano so often all I see is a hazy blob falling into the ocean. Last night the sunset colors were pretty showy and I thought I'd share them with you along with other views.

Continue reading this entry ...

Wisconsin GOP Votes To Break Native American Treaties

The Wisconsin GOP is attempting to pass a bill called Assembly Bill 426. Assembly Bill 426 is a bill that was introduced without an author, a bill that to this day cannot get a single person to claim ownership.

Climate change in 26 seconds - NASA

The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880 - and the warmest La Nina year on record. Last year's temperatures reinforce a trend that sees 9 of the 10 warmest years happening since 2000.  The average temperature around the globe in 2011 wa …

Continue reading this entry ...

Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems|

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.

"Lone Tree" ~ Collaboration 7 (A. Mac/mstanley)

This is the seventh of collaborations combing an image by myself and a poem by mstanley. A. Mac

Continue reading this entry ...

VIDEO: Baby pandas celebrate Lunar New Year

Twelve six-month-old giant pandas joined the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year this week at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Southwest China's Sichuan Province by showing skills that they just mastered. Two pandas chased each other, but lacking a s …

UK Scientists - Huge Arctic Ocean freshwater bulge detected

UK scientists have detected a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by about 15cm since 2002. The team thinks it may be the result of strong winds whipping up a great clockwise current in  …