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Life and culture on Pacific islands. My personal experiences and thoughts from living in Hawaii, Japan, Fiji, and other islands. I look at how the ocean shapes these cultures and gives them many traits in common. I share art, food, music, philosophy, h

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  • The Earth Also Rises

    Posted on Friday November 16th, 2007 at 18:59 in moon, selene, kaguya, earthrise

    More pictures from "Kaguya" (Selene) in polar lunar orbit -This time, JAXA released HDTV pictures of the Earth appearing to rise over the Moon's north pole. Click the pics below to see the full sized versions:In this series of pictures one sees the E...

  • Top Of The Moon

    Posted on Wednesday November 7th, 2007 at 21:22 in moon, selene, kaguya

    JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has taken the first ever High Definition Television pictures of the moon. The images were taken by the Kaguya (aka SELENE) satellite (which I reported about earlier) from an altitude of just 100 kilometers (...