Saturday, December 03, 2005

Ice Volcanoes and Other Updates

cassini image of enceladus from NASAThe Cassini spacecraft lately captured photographic evidence that there are indeed ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Sky and Telescope and NASA both give the image, and explanations.
       It does not appear that there are results yet in the study of Kennewick man, just the occasional stray news story.
       The archaeologists are still at work in the parking lot behind the present Sweeney Convention Center (and possible future Civic Center). If you search in the newspaper database (call the library for username and password) for 'tesuque pueblo and mitchell', you will find a number of recent news articles, including Tesuque Pueblo Governor Mark Mitchell's November 20th editorial explaining the Pueblo's opposition to the relocation of human remains the archaeologists have found.solar image from the NASA SOHO page
       SpaceWeather.com has a rapidly growing sunspot for us to admire.
       The youngest cohort of birds in the eastern whooping crane flock, being led on their first migration by ultralight vehicles, flew 100 miles in 2 hours on Thursday! They seem to be getting stronger and flying further as the journey progresses. There's a good clear map in each entry, updated each time they move.

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