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Nick Schneider: Notes on an earthquake
Posted by Nick Schneider on 2011/03/16 10:39 CDT
I was heading south to Tokyo with Seiko and Ishi, two students from the conference. We were planning a dinner together, maybe catching the nighttime skyline from the top of Tokyo Tower. I dozed off as the train flew silently through the countryside. Next thing I knew, Seiko was shaking me awake saying "Earthquake! Earthquake."
The curse of living on a geologically active planet
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/03/14 02:07 CDT
As the disaster of the magnitude 8.9 Sendai quake of Friday, March 11, at 05:46:23 UTC continues to unfold in Japan, I have been unable to tear my attention away.
The Solar System from the Inside Out - and the Outside In
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/02/18 02:27 CST
Space probes grant us perspective, the ability to see our place within the vastness of the solar system. But opportunities to see all of the solar system's planets in one observation are rare. In fact, there's only been one opportunity on one mission to see the whole solar system at once, until now.
Posted by Rosaly Lopes on 2010/10/07 05:22 CDT
Rosaly Lopes relates her time at a workshop in Piton.
First view of Piton volcano, Reunion Island
Posted by Rosaly Lopes on 2010/10/03 05:40 CDT
There are about 60 volcanologists here at the meeting and we are wondering if the volcano is going to erupt and, if it does, what we will be able to see.
Expedition to Piton volcano, Reunion Island
Posted by Rosaly Lopes on 2010/10/02 11:05 CDT
It so happens that there is a Calderas Workshop going on the same week as DPS and I was invited to talk about planetary calderas. I chose several on Venus, Mars and Io to focus on.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2010/01/21 04:00 CST
Moonbows represent the same phenomenon as rainbows, it's just that the light from the Sun has reflected off of the Moon first before it's separated into its colors by the myriad tiny water droplets in the cloud.
Dunes in the Outback Red Center
Posted by Jani Radebaugh on 2009/07/29 12:12 CDT
Jani talks about the importance of understanding analogs we can easily visit on Earth to processes happening across the solar system.
Europa on Earth: The Sulfur Springs of Borup Fiord Pass, Ellesmere Island
Posted by Stephen Grasby on 2006/07/19 04:00 CDT
From June 21 to July 6, 2006, a four-person team traveled to Borup Fiord Pass to perform geological field studies to compare with satellite images.
5...4...3...2...1...1...Happy New Year!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/12/31 01:29 CST
Read that title aloud. Yes, the last minute of 2005 is actually 61 seconds long.
A fun picture for holiday travel
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/11/22 02:37 CST
A fun NASA explainer just crossed my email inbox and I thought I'd share it.
Another day, another natural disaster on Earth seen from space...
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/09/29 08:14 CDT
...but this one is much closer to home than Katrina and Rita were.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2005/09/21 08:21 CDT
I received a press release in my inbox this morning that made me think. It came from the Royal Astronomical Society, and was titled "RAS Statement on Proposed Abolition of Leap Seconds."
Posted by Charlene Anderson on 2002/08/01 12:00 CDT
Home. Family. This will be Voyager's enduring legacy: It has changed forever the feelings raised by those words. Through its robotic eyes we have learned to see the solar system as our home. Through its portraits of the planets we know that they are part of our family. Apollo astronauts showed us a tiny Earth alone in the blackness of space. Now, with these images, Voyager has shown us that Earth is not really alone. Around our parent Sun orbit sibling worlds, companions as we travel through the Galaxy.
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