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Category Archives: Earth
40th Anniversary Earth Day
Earth Day reaches it’s 40th anniversary. The annual celebration of our environment began in 1970. Here’s the top green stories and stunning images of earth from space…
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with photographs of planet Earth in an amazing slide show.
50 Green Tips for Earth Day on climate.weather.com
See human footprint from space on earthsky.org
40 years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity; an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for [...]
Posted in Earth, NASA
Tagged Earth Day, Earth Observatory, Geostationary Satellites, GOES East Satellite, Green Tips
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International Year of Astronomy ends January 10
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) officially ends on January 10th.
The closing ceremony will be held in the Aula Magna of the University of Padova, where Galileo taught astronomy and physics, in Padova, Italy. It’s the final event of a year long global celebration of astronomy and its contribution to society and culture.
Official Website: www.astronomy2009.org/
IYA YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/astronomy2009
Follow Live Streaming Video on www.beyond2009.org
Daylight Savings Time
Daylight savings time ends on November 2nd, so it’s time to “fall back.” Set your clocks back one hour Saturday night (November first) so you’re synchronized with the time change. The official time shift occurs at 2:00 am Sunday morning.
Reference Links:
www.WorldTimeZone.com
U.S. Naval Observatory Time
Time Keeping in Astronomy