• Lava effusion continues at Plosky Tolbachik, Kamchatka

    Russian volcano Plosky Tolbachik in Kamchatka peninsula continues to erupt with strong seismicity as of January 28, 2013. Lava flow is ongoing through southern fissure on Tolbachinsky Dol. Also, satellite images suggest big thermal anomaly i northern portion

  • New ISS timelapse: From night to day to night again

    The latest video from the International Space Station (courtesy of the crew of Expedition 34) shows the view from ISS when crossing from night into day, and then slips back into night again. ISS cross the terminator and experience this day-night cycle 16 times a day.

  • Sizes of planets and stars

    This few animations show the relative sizes of some planets and stars in our known Universe with VY Canis Majoris as the biggest known

  • Planetary alignment / Earthquake watch for the year 2013

    In video below the author is using heliocentric imagery, geocentric portrait and harmonic translations to predict possible effects of planetary alignments on Earth. He is also using astrological aspects in this forecast in-conjunction with lunar modulations. The

  • Geomagnetic storm / Solar Watch – January 18, 2013

    Two Coronal Mass Ejections (CME’s) are expected to impact the earth in the next 24 hours and a G1-Class Geomagnetic storm will be possible shortly after. Solar activity is expected to go quiet again after these active regions rotate off the earth-facing disk over the

  • A disturbance in the forest from Landsat perspective

    This is a sequence of Landsat-based data in the Pacific Northwest. There is one data set for each year representing an aggregate of the approximate peak of the growing season (around August). The data was created using a sophisticated algorithm called LandTrendr.The

  • Bocca Nuova’s eruption at Etna volcano on January 13, 2013

    During the night of  January 9-10, 2013, vigorous Strombolian activity started within the Bocca Nuova, Etna’s largest summit crater. The source vent is the same that was the site of several episodes of similar activity between July and October

  • Catching Sunlight: Alan Friedman at TEDxBuffalo

    Amateur astro-photographer Alan Friedman captures the sun and other stars with humble equipment, in an unlikely place, in a highly developed field. He discusses why he does it, and why it’s important for everyone to be a bit of a DIY upstart. In the spirit of ideas