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Asteroid Can Narrowly Miss Earth In February 2013
Astronomers at the LaSagra Observatory in Spain have disclosed that a newly discovered 150-foot-wide asteroid may come so close to the Earth in February that it might hit satellites.
Unseen TiTanic
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with her 1,500 souls. One hundred years later, new technologies have revealed the most complete—and most intimate—images of the famous wreck.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is one of the famous national park of the world and a beautiful sight of Sierra Nevada located in the east-central part of California, USA.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Lions Lounging In the Trees
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LIONS LOUNGING IN THE TREES
Photographer’s Description:
Taken in June this year during a game drive at Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Rounding a bend on the track I came upon not one but seven of these magnificent young lions draped across the branches of an acacia tree. Some are dozing and some are looking disdainfully at me. I was transfixed by these superb, regal creatures. What a privilege for me to have witnessed this amazing moment. :) :)
Watch rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on 21/5/2012
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Watch rare 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse on Monday !!
Washington: A partial solar eclipse, which will see the moon completely block out the sun except for a ‘ring of fire’ around the moon’s edge, is set to offer a spectacular site for observers on May 21.
The eclipse will occur in the late afternoon or early evening of May 20 throughout the continent of North America while in Asia the date gets switched to May 21.
However, the other parts of the United States and Canada will be able to see only a partial solar eclipse, without being treated to the ring of fire effect.
The East Coast will miss the event since the sun will have set before the eclipse begins.
The event known as an annular solar eclipse originating from the Latin "annulus," meaning "little ring” should be visible in its full glory from much of Asia, the Pacific region and some of western North America, provided the weather stays clear.
The eclipse will occur in the late afternoon or early evening of May 20 throughout the continent of North America while in Asia the date gets switched to May 21.
However, the other parts of the United States and Canada will be able to see only a partial solar eclipse, without being treated to the ring of fire effect.
The East Coast will miss the event since the sun will have set before the eclipse begins.
The event known as an annular solar eclipse originating from the Latin "annulus," meaning "little ring” should be visible in its full glory from much of Asia, the Pacific region and some of western North America, provided the weather stays clear.
At its peak, the eclipse will block out about 94 percent of the sun's light.
Solar eclipses occur when the moon comes in between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on our planet. When the moon lines up perfectly with the sun and blots out all of its light it results into a total eclipse.
Annular eclipses are similar to total eclipses in that the moon lines up with the sun.
Like other types of solar eclipses, annular eclipses are spectacular but a potentially hazardous sky watching events.
Care must be taken while observing them otherwise it can cause serious and permanent eye damage including blindness.
To safely observe the May 21 annular eclipse, special solar filters can be bought to fit over the equipment or No. 14 welder's glass to wear over the eyes.
However the safest and simplest technique is perhaps to watch the eclipse indirectly with the solar projection method.
This technique uses projects a magnified image of the sun's disk onto a shaded white piece of cardboard.
The image on the cardboard will be thus is safe to view and photograph.
Mark Zuckerberg marries long time girlfriend !!
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Mark Zuckerberg marries long time girlfriend Priscilla Chan
Facebook's billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg updated his relationship status on his social networking site to 'married' - he has tied the knot with his long time girlfriend 27 year old Priscilla Chan in a private ceremony at his California home.
Facebook's billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg updated his relationship status on his social networking site to 'married' - he has tied the knot with his long time girlfriend 27 year old Priscilla Chan in a private ceremony at his California home.
The surprising move came just a day after Facebook went public through one of the largest initial public offerings and its shares began trading on the Nasdaq.
Zuckerberg wrote about the big event in his life on his Facebook timeline, with a status update that read, "Married Priscilla Chan" on May 19.
The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard at his Palo Alto home in California before fewer than 100 guests yesterday. An accompanying picture shows a smiling Zuckerberg dressed in a simple dark blue suit, white shirt and wearing a tie. Chan is in an elegant sleeveless laced white wedding gown with a veil falling over her shoulders. A string of bulbs are hung in the background which is Zuckerberg's backyard.
The picture got over 131,000 likes within the first 30 minutes of Zuckerberg posting the status update.
The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years. Chan's Facebook page also had the updated relationship status with the message "married to Mark Zuckerberg."
The marriage capped an extremely eventful week for the couple. Zuckerberg celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday, May 14. Days later Facebook, which was founded by Zuckerberg in 2004 in his Harvard dorm, became went public through an IPO that pegged the value of the world's most popular social network site at 104 billion dollars.
The same week Chan graduated from the University of California, San Francisco. Chan studied medicine and is now a doctor of pediatrician. On her graduation day, Zuckerberg had written on his Facebook page, "I am so proud of you Dr Chan."
Zuckerberg wrote about the big event in his life on his Facebook timeline, with a status update that read, "Married Priscilla Chan" on May 19.
The ceremony took place in Zuckerberg's backyard at his Palo Alto home in California before fewer than 100 guests yesterday. An accompanying picture shows a smiling Zuckerberg dressed in a simple dark blue suit, white shirt and wearing a tie. Chan is in an elegant sleeveless laced white wedding gown with a veil falling over her shoulders. A string of bulbs are hung in the background which is Zuckerberg's backyard.
The picture got over 131,000 likes within the first 30 minutes of Zuckerberg posting the status update.
The couple met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years. Chan's Facebook page also had the updated relationship status with the message "married to Mark Zuckerberg."
The marriage capped an extremely eventful week for the couple. Zuckerberg celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday, May 14. Days later Facebook, which was founded by Zuckerberg in 2004 in his Harvard dorm, became went public through an IPO that pegged the value of the world's most popular social network site at 104 billion dollars.
The same week Chan graduated from the University of California, San Francisco. Chan studied medicine and is now a doctor of pediatrician. On her graduation day, Zuckerberg had written on his Facebook page, "I am so proud of you Dr Chan."
Asteroid can narrowly miss Earth in February 2013
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Asteroid can narrowly miss Earth in February 2013, but may destroy satellites
Madrid, May 20: Astronomers at the LaSagra Observatory in Spain have disclosed that a newly discovered 150-foot-wide asteroid may come so close to the Earth in February that it might hit satellites, Daily Mail reported.
The asteroid named 2012 DA14 can come close enough to Earth to potentially disrupt geosynchronous satellites on February 15, 2013.
However, NASA says the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth is 0.031 percent.
But if it did, it would hit with the force of a 2.4 megaton explosion, similar to the mysterious Tunguska event of 1908 which leveled hundreds of square miles of Siberian forest.
The path of 2012 DA14 as projected through February 15, 2013 shows the asteroid falling inside the orbit of geosynchronous satellites
It is not expected that the path of 2012 DA14 will come anywhere near to hitting Earth in 2013, but scientists have added it to the list of near-Earth objects to examine for its flypast in 2020
At the moment, the exact orbital path of the asteroid is being determined by NASA and astronomers are erring on the side of caution in case it does come in contact with a satellite.
'That's very unlikely, but we can't rule it out,' said Paul Chodas, a planetary astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena California.
While the the asteroid is currently a 'fuzzy little blob', as seen through telescopes, 2012 DA14 may eventually come to pass 21,000 miles away from the Earth putting synchronous satellites in the firing line.
'The orbit for 2012 DA14 is currently very Earth-like, which means it will be very close to Earth on a regular basis,' said Chodas.
2012 DA14 will pass so close that astronomers will be able to observe it with a telescope, but even though satellites might be in danger, the International Space Station is not.
In the preceding months to February, NASA will try to form a fuller picture of where and how close the satellite will get.
'We don't know exactly where it is, and that uncertainty maps through to an uncertainty in the orbit and predictions,' said Steven Chesley, who also works at JPL.
But for now, no one at NASA is worried that the asteroid will hit but say that 2012 DA14 might be visible from Earth as it flies past.
'It might be visible to people with good binoculars or a small telescope,' said Chodas.
Even if 2012 DA14 did hit Earth it would not cause any long term damage to civilization but would cause massive loss of life if it hit a populated centre
'For such a small object, that's really unusual.'
While astronomers examine their initial estimate of a 0.031 percent chance of 2012 DA14 hitting earth, they cannot rule out the possibility of it hitting in 2020 on its next fly-pass.
That is because they will have to see how close 2012 DA14 gets to Earth in February and how much our gravitational pull affects its course for its next fly by in 2020.
If it does hit, scientist believe that its south-bound approach mean that it will hit Antarctica or the Southern Ocean.
In 1908 an unkown object from space caused hundreds of square miles of forest to flatten in Tunguska in Siberia and it is thought that similar damage would be wreaked by 2012 DA14 if it did hit in 2020
The detonation of the 140,000 ton rock would not end civilization but would potentially cause massive loss of life if it hit a populated centre.
In 1908 it is believed that a comet of an asteroid exploded in the skies above Tunguska in Siberia, causing trees for hundreds of square miles to flatten horizontally.
Regardless of any future dangers, NASA agree that it is good to locate these potential dangers, so that we can add 2012 DA14 to the list of near-Earth asteroids.
'We're now on top of it,' said Chelsey.
