Now THIS is a cool optical
illusion...
Both of these
pictures are identical. we see the one on the right as
tilted over more, because our minds are so used to shifting
the view we see based on perspective. Since the left
picture is slanted, our mind assumes that the one on the
right will counter act that, in order to have them converge
at some distant point. Since they slant the same, our
mind assumes the one on the right is more sloped... Measure
it... you'll see the two pictures are exactly the same.
From an email.
I thought this was
pretty amazing... I got this in an email, and thought
I'd share: This is the view of the mouth of a leatherback
sea turtle... reminds me of a sand worm in Dune!
From an email.
High
risk, very low reward... A brazen burglar picked the
wrong place to target: a police station. Police Chief Steve
Scibelli said it was pretty embarrassing to have a thief hit
his downtown station last week, stealing a radio, two stun
guns and a Crown Victoria patrol car. The one saving grace
is that police made a quick arrest.
"I'm so upset
about it, I can't even find any humor in it," Scibelli told
The Register-Guard newspaper. "It's pretty embarrassing."
Robert Lloyd Finder, 26, remained in the Coos County
Jail on Wednesday, facing just about every charge the police
could think up: burglary, possession of burglary tools,
theft, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlawful entry into
a motor vehicle, criminal mischief, criminal trespass,
tampering with physical evidence and reckless driving.
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A very rare catch...
At first, New Hampshire lobsterman Bill Marconi thought he
had caught a shiny blue beer can in his trap. It turns out
it was a rare, cobalt-blue lobster. The 52-year-old
lobsterman was out hauling 400 traps with his son Wednesday
when he snared the 1 1/2-pound lobster in between his dock
and the Isle of Shoals, about six miles off the coast.
New England Aquarium Research Director Mike Tlusty told
Foster's Daily Democrat only one in 5 million lobsters are
blue.
Tlusty said blue lobsters are different in that
they are better at processing astaxanthin, an antioxidant
with a red pigment derived from algae. The substance bonds
with proteins in the lobster's shell, resulting in the blue
pigment.
Marconi donated his lobster to the Seacoast
Science Center
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Maine tasting the bite of Bill... Portland, Maine -- A
large wave fueled by Hurricane Bill swept a group of
surf-watchers into the sea at a Maine park Sunday, including
a 7-year-old girl who died after the Coast Guard pulled her
from the churning waters.
RIGHT: A
US Coast Guard boat recovers a man from the waters of the
coast of Maine near Acadia National Park.
The girl, her father and a
12-year-old girl who were all visiting Acadia National Park
were plucked from the water by rescuers. The man and the
12-year-old were hospitalized.
The three were part
of an early afternoon crowd of thousands who lined the
national park's rocky shoreline to watch the high surf and
crashing waves, which were "absolutely the effects of
Hurricane Bill" coupled with the effect of high tide, park
ranger Sonya Berger said.
The center of the
hurricane was about 115 miles west-northwest of Newfoundland
late Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane
Center. The storm is expected to continue to lose strength
as it moves over cooler waters.
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NASA clears shuttle for launch... NASA's mission
management team has given the "go" to continue the launch
countdown. They determined there are no issues that would
prevent an on-time launch of space shuttle Discovery's
STS-128 mission to the International Space Station on
Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.
RIGHT: STS-128 Mission Specialist José
Hernández checks the helmet to his launch and entry suit for
a final fitting before space shuttle Discovery’s launch on
Tuesday
NASA's Management
Team Chair, Mike Moses gave an update of the maintenance and
repair projects performed preparing the shuttle for launch
and said the only concern at this point was the possible
inclement weather just before the external tank is fueled.
"I'm really pleased to report that launch countdown
activities are proceeding nominally and we working no
issues," said Launch Director Pete Nickolenko.
Nickolenko reported that there are four launch attempts
available within five days from Aug. 25 through Aug. 30 and
he was "96 percent certain" of being able to launch in this
time frame.
The forecast for launch has improved to
80 percent for favorable weather at time of liftoff
according to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. There is
a possibility that storms could form within 5 miles of
Launch Pad 39A just before fueling of the external tank
violating constraints but the sea breezes could move them
out of the area in time.
Rollback of the rotating
service structure that protects the shuttle before launch is
planned for 5 a.m. Monday and fueling of the external tank
is scheduled to begin at 4:11 p.m.
From NASA
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