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I went to Bintan for a short getaway, and on 5/11/07, the sky cleared up and i managed to catch comet Holmes.... Too bad i couldn't get my camera to take any decent shots.... was too tired by the evening anyway... but i'm glad i caught the comet... FYI, bintan has lagoons/ beaches that faces north, ...

I went to iceland for my honeymoon earlier this year, hoping to catch this northern lights. Out of the 6 nights i went there, 4 nights were cloudy, the other 2 nights was really clear, took some photos with my DSLR, but the aurora didn't appear on those 2 nights.... Hope to go back there sometime la...

Tachyon wrote:How ironic! And I always thought of the black hole as a giant vacuum cleaner, sucking everything in. Now it's actually spewing out dust? Urgh!

I bet you never used a vacuum cleaner. After some time, it starts to spew out dust from the other end.

Not sure if this has been posted before.

Take a look at this clip.

Made my jaws drop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qysS9xThKXc

Google Sky is pretty good too!

Erm... honestly speaking, if i am in the audience and someone actually waste his lifeline on such a simple question, i would have "sabo"ed him and tell him "oh yeah it has to be the sun".... Don't waste the million dollars on him. In fact, don't even waste any airtime on him. He ...

heh. This is an invitation to more "uranus" jokes.

But hey. Jupiter has two red spots now. Probably should put two yolks in.
And make it 10" in diameter. Yum yum.

Doesn't sound like a biological agent at work. They usually require an incubation period of at least a few hours before symptoms appear. This one sounds more like a chemical agent at work. Which brings to the possibility of what chemicals might be in the meteorite when it stuck the ground. The meteo...

Not that i am promoting light pollution, but having a well lit city will sort of promote that crime rate be low, city is safe, drivers can see the road... etc. Basically good things we are enjoying right now. Although having the lights point UPWARDS does not make any sense. but talking about light p...

my othe hobby?

XBox 360!

currently playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

If i can find time off work.

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