(from SkyandTelescope.com : http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/111588359.html) Mention “meteors,” and casual skywatchers usually think of the annual Perseid shower on display every August. But the Geminid meteor shower of mid-December ties or even surpasses the Perseids as the year’s richest and most reliable meteor display. Geminid meteors come from 3200 Phaethon, an asteroid discovered in 1983. This year [...]
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The Geminid Meteor Shower Is Back!
Posted in Astronomy, News, Phenomenon, Science, tagged 3200 Phaethon, Castor and Pollux, Geminids, International Meteor Organization, Kuala Lumpur, Meteor shower, Perseids on 11/12/2010 | 2 Comments »
Photos: A Glorious Rainbow Enlightening Kuala Lumpur
Posted in Nature, Phenomenon, Uncategorized, tagged Camera, Photod, Photography, Rainbow on 16/07/2010 | 1 Comment »
These are the photos of the beautiful rainbow that I snapped the other day… enjoy (please click on the photos for a larger view at them). Do you remember when I told you that the second rainbow was no longer visible when I took out the camera? I was actually wrong! Observe the photo below. [...]
A Glorious Rainbow Enlightening Kuala Lumpur
Posted in Family, Phenomenon, tagged Brother, Camera, Father, Olympus FE4030, Photo, Rainbow, Sisters, Sony Handycam on 12/07/2010 | Leave a Comment »
My sisters came running from upstairs yelling, “Rainbow! Rainbow!“. My brother and I excitedly rushed with them out of the front door searching for a rainbow but we found nothing. Actually our father just called to tell us about the rainbow. Thinking that we might get a better view from our bedroom windows, we climbed [...]
It’s official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
Posted in Animal, Nature, News, Phenomenon on 05/03/2010 | 2 Comments »
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland, Health And Science Correspondent – Thu Mar 4, 2:07 pm ET LONDON (Reuters) – A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a row that has divided experts for decades. A [...]
Aurora Mystery Solved?
Posted in Astronomy, Phenomenon, Photography, tagged Andenes, Astronomy, Aurora, Daniel Fischer, Discovery News, Iridium flares, Northern Lights Gallery, Norway, Norwegian Space Centre, Pal Brekke, Per-Arne Mikalsen, Photography, Russion Military, Satellite, Spaceweather.com, Truls Lynne Hansen, Twitter on 28/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I found this article linked from Yahoo.com and thought of sharing it with all of you. The article was taken from news.discovery.com. To see it in its original web page, click here. The mystery shape in the aurora over Andenes, Norway (photograph by Per-Arne Mikalsen) On Jan. 20, 2010, Per-Arne Mikalsen was photographing a vast [...]
