Eclipses have always fascinated me. My first recollection of a solar eclipse doesn’t come from witnessing one, but rather from a movie. As a child Saturdays meant watching cartoons in the morning then running around outside until dinner, except when it rained. On rainy days my siblings and I would… Read more“Map Monday, Where’s the closest solar eclipse in the next 25 years?”
Category: Science
Map Monday, the power of lake-effect snow events
It’s gotten off to a later start this season, but for those of us in Western New York, the lake-effect snow season has kicked into gear. Lake-effect snow is produced when cold air moves over warmer (at least relatively) water. Heat transfer occurs at the boundary between air and water,… Read more“Map Monday, the power of lake-effect snow events”
Map Monday, Planets and the Enormity of Space
Virtually every map or picture you’ve ever seen of the planets in our solar system has had one glaring flaw – it hasn’t been to scale. It’s not because we don’t know the proper scale. Rather the interesting bits, the planets, moons, comets, and even the sun, are insignificantly small… Read more“Map Monday, Planets and the Enormity of Space”