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Pretty Damn Neato: Mexican Team Invents “Topos Good-Luck Charm” for Earthquake Survival
As the 23 Apr. Newsweek article, “Elite Mexican Earthquake Rescue Team Develops Survival Device,” by Karla Zabludovsky notes, the “Topos Good-Luck Charm” (or amulet) provides portable technology to increase the survival chances for earthquake victims. I’m thinking this could also work … Continue reading
Neato Image in Bad Astronomy Blog Post
Posted in beautiful, blog pick of the day, brilliant, Nature, Photography, science, Technology
Tagged Bad Astronomy, geoscience, islands, NASA, photography, volcanoes
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No, That’s Not Smoke – It’s a Superneato LiDAR Image
This is a screenshot from a 15 April 2013 The Oregonian article, which notes that “This imagery was featured in the North American Cartographic Information Society’s first Atlas of Design.” This superneato LiDAR (see caption for more information) image shows … Continue reading
Posted in beautiful, brilliant, fascinating, Nature, Photography, science, Technology, water-as-art
Tagged geology, geomorphology, LiDAR, nature, Oregon, photography, river, science, water
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Evolving Earth – Great Animated GIF
Posted in brilliant, educational, science, Technology
Tagged animation, Earth, geology, science
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