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Black Carbon Not A Girls Best Friend
LifeAlternate | 15 hours ago by James Westwood
Diamonds, according to the song, are a girls best friend are made from Carbon. The ingredients of those sparkling gems have a darker side too. While commonly in environmental circles carbon is the C in CO2 there is another combination of this element read more
Nepal - vintage layout
Pixel Scrapbooking | December 22nd 2009 by Rosemarie
Back in 2003 I did a trek in Nepal; one of the most amazing place on earth. For a few days I was walking into another world. Often times we could walk all alone along the single path leading to Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas. And we came across this read more
Manas National Park Wildlife Tour
Business Tourism and Trading World | December 22nd 2009 by gansh katuwal
Manas National Park Wildlife TourRanging from adventure sports, hill-stations, mountains and forest lands, the North Eastern part of India is treasured with all such beauties, that a travelers looks for. Of the many tourist attractions in the region, read more
The Known Universe by AMNH
American Buddhist Net | December 21st 2009
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional read more
Journey around the observable universe
Weird Science | December 21st 2009 by Daniel Smith
This video by the American Museum of Natural History takes us from the Himalayas to the cold silent reaches of space and back again. read more
Well this puts it all in perspective
Epic Laughs - Daily Humor Website | December 21st 2009 by DJ
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimen read more
New Pepsi Azuki — taste of the Himalayas
Mega Tokyo | December 21st 2009 by Tako
The Japanese unit of company Pepsi announced the release of the next drink planned for October, 20th with specific "Asian" taste.It will be the red aerated water Pepsi Azuki made of grains of small fruits grown up in the east of Asia (including in th read more
Long-tailed Field Mouse - Common Rodent
Animal of the day | December 20th 2009
The long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus), also called the wood mouse belongs to the Muridae, a family of rodents and is commonly found in almost all parts of the world. They are similar to the yellow-necked mouse but with the difference that read more
Pieces of December: The Winter Solstice Edition
In My Mind's Zen Garden | December 20th 2009 by Carlos Rull
I’ve been intrigued by the following video, by the American Museum of Natural History, and put together by a group of astro-physicists. It depicts as accurate a picture as possible of our known universe from Earth to the distant quasars and th read more
The Known Universe
A Cape Town blog by Chris M | December 19th 2009 by Christopher M
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimen read more
Tree of the Week: Ubiquitous oleander seems to thrive on neglect
How to Invest Today | December 19th 2009 by Sara - World Zoo Today
Oleander – Nerium oleander The Spaniards brought the oleander to Florida in 1565. It had been popular in its native Mediterranean, Middle East, Himalayas and China for at least 4,000 years, in both its scented and odorless flower forms. Thi read more
Black Carbon and Himalayan Warming
Rashid's Blog | December 19th 2009 by Rashid Aziz Faridi
Tiny air pollution particles commonly called soot, but also known as black carbon, are in the air and on the move throughout our planet. The Indo-Gangetic plain, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas on Earth, has become a hotspot for e read more
Tara Reid naked in Playboy pushed Photoshop to the breaking point
OveMedia | December 18th 2009 by Dan
Wow, never suspicion there would be a day where we’d see a Photoshop pursuit which belongs in the Smithsonian. Just demeanour at Tara Reid’s physique in her no so prolonged awaited Playboy spread. Not usually doesn’t it demeanour s read more
"The Known Universe"
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly | December 18th 2009 by Gerry
"The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensiona read more
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PS3 Slim | December 18th 2009
Product DescriptionNathan Drake returns in the sequel to one of the PS3's most successful exclusive games. This time, Nate teams up with new and old friends in a quest to find the mythical Cintamani Stone that Marco Polo had secretly gone looking for read more
Himalayan villagers and snow leopards won’t find too much to li…
Saving Snow Leopards | December 18th 2009
Failure or the beginning of something better? Only time will tell. But the deal struck by world leaders at the end of the talks will not halt global warming and President Obama admits it just doesn’t go far enough. Not enough money committed to it read more
Religion: The Ta Er Temple - A Visit to a Tibetan Buddhist Temple
NTU The Foreign Exchange | December 18th 2009 by The Forex
The Ta Er Temple - A Visit to a Tibetan Buddhist Temple By Reddy Ting HoTibetan Buddhism is a division of Buddhism quite different from Chinese Buddhism. Nowadays Tibetan Buddhism is practiced mostly by Tibetans living in Tibet, Mongolia, mountain ar read more
Limes
Marshall Jones Jr. | WP Blog | December 18th 2009 by Marshall Jones Jr.
Limes are amazing. Limes are surprisingly good. Limes are green. Squeeze them onto food, and the food usually tastes better… even if it’s really good food (an exception might be cereal). Squeeze them into water, and you’ve made my read more
From Tibet to Infinity and back again
Bad Astronomy Blog | December 18th 2009
A bunch of folks have let me know about a new video that starts in the Himalayas and accelerates you out to the edge of the Universe, and then back again. It’s done by the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, and was directed by data visu read more
The Known Universe
David Airey :: Graphic designer | December 18th 2009 by David Airey
Press play, then HD, go full-screen, and marvel at the wonders of The Known Universe. For those reading via email subscription, watch in HD here. Developed by the American Museum of Natural History, this six minute video zooms out from the Himalayas read more
Thailand offers 'a completely different experience'
Southall News and offers on flighs from UK airports | December 18th 2009 by Ricky
People booking holidays to Thailand can expect much more than a traditional 'drop and flop' break, it has been claimed."[Thailand] is about culture, nature and heritage," Chris Lee, marketing advisor for the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), comme read more
VIDEO: THE KNOWN UNIVERSE - American Museum of Natural History
ALIEN CASEBOOK FRONTIER | December 18th 2009 by Atrueoriginall
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional read more
We are all Maldivians
Safari Notes | December 18th 2009 by Omar
"We are all Maldivians", so said the forty-two year old President of the Maldives: Mohammed Nashid. How right he is. Indeed we are all Maldivians; and we are all Bangladeshis. Maldives is sinking. If sea levels continue to rise, the Ma read more
Panasonic Lumix GF1 Field Test & Travelogue
Memoirs on a Rainy Day | December 18th 2009 by range
Himalayas photographed by Craig Mod with a GF1 This is an awesome review, makes me want to get a GF1 and use it as an everyday point-and-shoot. The photos it takes are also pretty darn good. It’s a 12.1 MP micro 4/3 camera. It also shoots HD vi read more
The Known Universe
nevertheless | December 18th 2009 by pcd2k
This cool animation, begins from the roof top of the Himalayas, zooms out to our globe, shows the orbital traces of the artificial satellites then begins the pan zoom out to mapped star systems and graphically illustrates the as yet unmapped region read more
Take A Journey Through The Digital Universe Atlas
Digital Cortex | December 18th 2009 by Tom Saunter
This beautifying, stupifying and climactic video goes a long way to demonstrate Man’s understanding of the Universe, and our place in it. Utterly incredible work from the American Museum of Natural History, who had this to say: The Known Univer read more
NASA’s GRACE Satellites and the Loss of California’s Water Su…
Articles on environment and ecology | December 18th 2009
California is melting!—or at least rapidly drying out. We all know of the melting problems in Greenland, Antarctica, the Swiss Alps and Himalayas. We also know that sea levels are rising and places like Africa and India are facing some heavy water read more
History of Nilgiris/Origin of NWEA
Media and Environment | December 18th 2009 by Jayaprakash
THE VIOLATION OF THE VIRGIN HILLS An extract from H. L. TOWNSEND in the Centenary Year Souvenir of NWEA in 1977. The Nilgiri Hills, more correctly blue mountains consists of a plateau roughly 35 miles long, 20 miles in width and 6,500 ft. above sea read more
Remembrance of Things Vast…
(Roughly) Daily | December 18th 2009 by Lawrence Wilkinson
From the Himalayas, through our atmosphere, then dark space all the way out– that’s to say, back– to the afterglow of the Big Bang:Â the American Museum of Natural History presents The Known Universe. Every star, planet, and quasa read more
The Nilgiri complex as a refugium for Himalayan Fauna
Media and Environment | December 18th 2009 by Jayaprakash
THE NILGIRI COMPLEX AS A REFUGIUM FOR HIMALAYAN FAUNA AND FLORA Extract from Dr. S’alim Ali’s article in the souvenir of NWEA’s centennary celebrations in 1977. Nilgris Hills, an important component of the Southern Sahyadri (Western Gh read more
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