Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2007

Manhattanhenge: A New York Sunset

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) shows the sun setting straight down the middle of 34th Street, as it does twice a year.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070713.html

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

As we walked through fields of prayer

Just west of Aberdeen, a forgotten megalithic landscape could contain written evidence of an ancient Mediterranean connection. But it definitely contains memories of a once sacred landscape, which became the Pictish heartland. ARTICLE

Philip Coppens explores the Scottish megalithic features which hang onto their integrity precariously, as civilization spreads over the ancient lands of the River Don.

Thanks to The Daily Grail