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Fernbank Observatory, 2007 August 16
Fernbank Observatory, 2007 August 16 Lightbox enlargement
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Fernbank Observatory, 2007 Aug 16
Fernbank Observatory, 2007 Aug 16 Lightbox enlargement
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In the Name of Research I Visit the International UFO Museum, Part 1
[highlight highlight_type=”italic” color=”yellow”]Part One in a series of posts on subjects found in the book Thunderbird and the Ball of Twine. In Which I Explore the International UFO Museum and Research Center at Roswell, New Mexico To where would Odile McDonald have made a point of making a pilgrimage after having seen a UFO? Okay,…
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MAN IN THE METEORITE
Man in the Meteorite, Fernbank Science Center, 2007 Light box enlargement H.o.p. and I spent the past several days reviewing our knowledge on comets in preparation for a planned Friday night excursion to the Fernbank Science Center observatory to see Comet Holmes. As it turned out, they were having troubles with the telescope and the…
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Window on Antares
Fernbank Observatory, 2007 Aug 16 Lightbox enlargement At left is the astronomer who gave the presentation at the planetarium and then was the sky guide at the observatory. H.o.p. loves the atmosphere. So do I. Perhaps because astronomers are going to like what they’re doing (or they seem to), and perhaps because the people who…
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When Worlds Collide (a plodding movie deserves a plodding blog, I guess)
The credits to “When Worlds Collide” are backed by flames, lots of flames, then smoke, blue streams of it against black, looking suspiciously like lurking under the bottom of the screen are positioned a number of special effects techs puffing away on packs of Camels. And for some reason, don’t ask me why, I wonder…