Category: Science

Colors Of Salt I

Sinkholes in the Dead Sea. They’re rapidly increasing in number due to accelerated evaporation. Nestled between Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Jordan to the east, the Dead Sea is famous for is extreme salinity (34 percent salt, almost 10 times as salty as the ocean), and for having the lowest elevation… Continue reading Colors Of Salt I

Some Say

Actually most people say that it is the most beautiful aircraft ever to be constructed. I concur and the noise its engine makes is… nothing but magical. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants… Continue reading Some Say

Merlin

A magnificent machine – powering the equally magnificent Supermarine Spitfire. The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litres (1,650 cu in) capacity. Rolls-Royce designed the engine and first ran it in 1933 as a private venture. Initially known as the PV-12, it was later called Merlin following the company convention… Continue reading Merlin

Repairs/Upgrade

The machines… I found three identical laptops (actually five but the other two were a different model) in various conditions. I’m assembling them into two working ones: WIN10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Yes, it is a lot of fun!

NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars

Honestly? I’m lost for words… two CubeSats (briefcase sized satellites) riding alongside the InSight Mars lander? In space, taking pictures and they´re nicknamed EVE and WALL-E? Come on (give me a break)! MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took this image of Mars from about 4,700 miles (7,600 kilometers) away during… Continue reading NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud And Clear from Mars

A Thing Of Beauty III

In combination with gold eye-shadow and thick black lashes? Now, that would be simply rockin´! The Wmns Air Max 97 Special Edition They´re to be found here… as you would suspect.

Self-portrait II

The satellite named Hayabusa 2 is taking a picture of the Ryugu asteroid, which orbits the sun between Earth and Mars. In the same moment its own shadow is captured – moving at great speed, in the middle of space and that is nowhere. The contrast in this image is nothing but spectacular and anyone… Continue reading Self-portrait II

Helios Is Ours I

It is the closest one we have, but there are many, many more (almost countless) out there. The sun’s closest stellar neighbors are three stars in the Alpha Centauri system. The two main stars are Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, which form a binary pair. They are an average of 4.3 light-years from… Continue reading Helios Is Ours I

More Words

Somliga saker kan vi bestämma över, andra inte. Vi bestämmer över våra åsikter och vår inställning, vårt begär och vår motvilja – med andra ord allt sådant som vi gör själva. Men kroppen bestämmer vi inte över, inte våra ägodelar heller, vårt anseende och vår ställning – kort sagt sådant som vi inte gör själva.… Continue reading More Words