Starry nights…

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Philipp Klinger's photostream: Gotham City http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/]

[Creative Commons photo from Flickr; Paulo Brandao's photostream: frozen light in a snow weekend, Manzaneda http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrandao/]

One of the students I’ve been tutoring has agreed to let me share one of her essays. Please read and enjoy:

Starry Night… [by [...]

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Light pollution

Monday, December 15th, 2008

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/11/light-pollution/richardson-photography

The link above is to a very interesting visual display by National Geographic.

Have you ever considered how different the skies are now from when you were a child?

When I looked at these photos, I was ‘transported’ to vivid memories from childhood — hours spent staring at the milkyway, looking for patterns in the sky, watching [...]

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