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Science StuffTrivia
Pogonomyrmex maricopa, Arizona — Copyright © 2009 Alex Wild, All Rights Reserved. Mr. Wild is a biologist and photographer. Go to http://www.flickr.com/people/alex_wild for more of his incredible photographs. What place on earth is the farthest from land? Like many escapists before you, the locale you seek is Point Nemo, a watery coordinate in the South Pacific so dubbed by Hrvoje Lukatela, of the Calgary, Alberta, software company Geodyssey Limited. To pinpoint Nemo (named for the headstrong captain in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Lukatela input some ten million map points into the company's Hipparchus program and "found the one whose distance to the closest point on land is the maximum." That spot turns out to be 48"52'32" south, 123"23'33" west—or exactly 1,670 miles from each of three landfalls: Maher Island, off the coast of Antarctica; Ducie Island, 325 miles east of Pitcairn Island; and Motu Nui, right next door to Chile's Easter Island. Hibernation
SunspotsNever Look At The Sun Without Proper Protection. For information on how to safely observe the sun, visit www.spaceweather.com/sunspots/doityourself.html. 'nuff said. Friday, July 23, 2004Naked Eye Sunspot
Sunspot 720 and a passing airplane. Photo credit: Jan Koeman of Kloetinge, the Netherlands. Monday, January 17, 2005, 1:51:15 AM January 16, 2005, Sunspot 10720 began as a speck that was barely visible in a telescope. The spot has grown so dramatically in the recent days that it's now visible to the naked eye using the proper protection. Although condition were marginal due to the blurring effects of atmospheric turbulence, the editor took several experimental photos of the spot today. The best image is posted online at www.spacearchive.info/temp.htm. Brian Webb
This un-enhanced solar image taken on 2005 January 16 22:26 UTC with an 8-inch SCT and Nikon D70 digital SLR. Copyright © 2005, Brian Webb. All rights reserved. More Information
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