Lightning in Atlas Mountains
Just happy snapping some lightning in the Atlas Mountains this evening!
What does Pluto look like?
The text comes from a 1965 printing of a book called 1001 Questions About Astronomy.
The pictures come from the recent New Horizons fly-by of Pluto.
The surface of Pluto
More of Pluto's surafce
Pluto and Charon
Pluto's moon Charon
More at Sixty Symbols, including some good old-fashioned pot stirring!
Tim Peake Interview
Great pleasure to meet and interview astronaut Tim Peake at the Johnson Space Center, in Houston.
Interview part one:
British Tim is due to fly to the International Space Station in December, on his Principia Mission.
Pics from the interview by Destin Sandlin.
Pluto Encounter
Two videos to mark the New Horizons probe passing (and snapping) Pluto.
From Periodic Videos, a look at the role of Plutonium.
And some fun chat from the crew at Sixty Symbols (grain of salt recommended).
And here are some other related videos from the archive.
Flying the Flag
Recently I heard from a video viewer and podcast listener called Valia.
In part, her email said:
"A year and a half ago, when you first talked about your visit to the Royal Society in one of the early podcasts, I was in my home country unsure of what I wanted to do and a little bit confused about my future plans. Listening to you talk with such enthusiasm about the Royal Society made me research their history and policy and become inspired by their vision. Fast forward to today, I have moved to the UK and will be volunteering at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition this coming week."
A week or two later, Valia email again with pictures from the exhibition.
I can't help noting she also was flying a flag.
Valia concluded:
"Thank you again for being the catalyst for this incredible experience. In the future, every time I watch the Objectivity videos, I will do so with a huge smile on my face."
Here's an example of Objectivity, filmed at the Royal Society:
And here's Grey and I doing Hello Internet at The Royal Society:
Keith Portrait
Superb portrait of Keith Moore (Royal Society library boss and star of Objectivity) by Chris Stern.
Keith by Chris
Keith in action on Objectivity
Fitting for a man who spends a lot of time around portraits.