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Something old something new something really old Buildings and ArchitectureCaliforniaPhotosSpace and ScienceUncategorized

Something old something new something really old

Picture(s): Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil skeleton in front foyer of the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California Over the Thanksgiving Holiday week, I got my first chance, along with my family, to see the new home of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Golden Gate Park.…
Gary Crabbe
November 30, 2009
Remembering Apollo 11 PhotosSpace and Science

Remembering Apollo 11

Picture: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, photographed by Neil Armstrong (visible in reflection) - Courtesy: NASA This month, the Boston Globe's Big Picture marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first mission to land a man on the moon. In a way, this is a happy anniversary because it allows us…
Gary Crabbe
July 17, 2009
Touching History NewsworthySpace and ScienceUncategorized

Touching History

Picture: Touching fossilized dinosaur tracks, near Moab, Utah. Back when I was acting in college, one of my all-time favorite scenes was performing the closing act of Inherit the Wind, the dramatized tale of the famous Scope's Monkey Trial that pit the Evolutionists against the Creationists. Yesterday it was announced…
Gary Crabbe
May 20, 2009
Where in the world PhotosSpace and Science

Where in the world

Once again the Boston Globe's BIG PICTURE has scored an impressive collection of images I felt compelled to pass along. This time, it's a collection of photos taken from NASA's Earth Observatory. These are remarkably crisp, detailed portraits of our planet, and well worth a look. The image above is…
Gary Crabbe
January 15, 2009
Out of this World Space and Science

Out of this World

Picture: Shadow of space shuttle exhaust plume pointing to a rising full moon at sunset. People who have followed this blog, or seen my email signature know that I have a fascination with space sciences. One place that I feed my fascination is that APOD; Astronomy Picture of the Day.…
Gary Crabbe
June 6, 2007
That far, huh? Space and Science

That far, huh?

Check me on this distance thing: The oldest stars in the universe are some 14 Billion Light years away. That's 186,000 miles per second, times however many seconds there are in a year, times 14,000,000,000. And yet, some scientests calculate the nearest parallel universe is only 1/10,000,000,000,000 of a millimeter…
Gary Crabbe
November 13, 2006
APOD’s PhotosSpace and Science

APOD’s

Maybe you've realized from browsing through this weblog that I'm a bit of a Space & Science fan. One place I love to visit is APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). I've selected out a few really cool images that are worth seeing. 1.) Saturn Eclipses the Sun - taken…
Gary Crabbe
October 18, 2006