Embedded video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology
We should be getting some interesting video of Mars this summer. According to Wikipedia, filmmaker and inventor of 3D camera technology, James Cameron participated in early design work on the camera for the Curiosity Rover now rocketing in space to its destination. Here is a trailer from a wonderful movie made about the Mars mission.
Mar 2, 2012
Destination Mars
Feb 24, 2012
Lightning strikes, the Lovejoy Comet and the Milky Way
In addition to a myriad of lightning strikes, the Lovejoy Comet and the Milky Way, you will also see the Russian Soyuz spacecraft providing transportation to the Space Station. The stirring music I'm using is by Sergei Rachmaninoff, famous Russian composer, pianist and conductor who became a U.S. citizen.
Feb 17, 2012
Janesville helps light up the night for the International Space Station
……while Mother Nature fires up her exquisite aurora borealis
How to find a vacuum that really sucks up dirt and pet hair
Consumer Reports
I use Consumer Reports a lot at the library, and now my Madison library tells me I can access CR on line from my home computer via its subscripton. Works great. Check it out with your local library.
Feb 11, 2012
Rock River air show
Why do starlings mass together in the winter? Protection in numbers, some say. They are on the lookout for predators such as hawks. (Note: A viewer tells me that the birds in this video may be pigeons. Wikipedia says the starling is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.)
Feb 3, 2012
Jan 28, 2012
I can't imagine my life without him
I have been telling the Big Brothers Big Sisters story for more than 40 years. And I have met a lot of those volunteers. I never met one I didn't like...like a lot. Here's why in Janesville, WI.
Jan 20, 2012
Sunset birds (click title below to see video properly)
Specks in the sky enliven a beautiful winter sunset in Janesville, WI
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