Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"
Monday, November 21, 2011
Stop Motion
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a video that has been passed around a few times now. However, it never ceases to amaze: Around the world on the ISS. Thunderstorms, aurora, city lights, oceans, forests...
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