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.

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.

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.)