http://paxblog.vox.com/library/posts/tags/astronomy/page/1/ When the destination is a mystery, the journey is everything. en Vox Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:34:50 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss astronomy http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/sailing-through-the-googleverse.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/sailing-through-the-googleverse.html?_c=feed-rss http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/sailing-through-the-googleverse.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:34:50 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf8e6e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf8e6e0001-50si" alt="Young Star" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfabaf0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfabaf0003-50si" alt="Eye-Shaped Nebula" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf926c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf926c0002-50si" alt="Cat&#39;s Eye Nebula" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfa6ca0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfa6ca0005-50si" alt="Globular Cluster M15" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf8ed10001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cf8ed10001-50si" alt="Cigar Galaxy" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfa1a30004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfa1a30004-50si" alt="Egg Nebula" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I finally got around to downloading the latest version of Google Earth today, and I was amazed to find that it now has an astronomy feature. With the click of a button, you switch from viewing the surface of Earth from space to viewing space fro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/sailing-through-the-googleverse.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398cfa1ce0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> google earth astronomy http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/our-place.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/our-place.html?_c=feed-rss http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/our-place.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:29:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e3a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e3a0005-50si" alt="Going to Work 100 ft" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e540005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e540005-50si" alt="2 - Parking Lot at Work 600 ft" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e680005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e680005-50si" alt="3 - Pentagon 4000 ft" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c88c260002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c88c260002-50si" alt="4 Washington DC 22 mi" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e8e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89e8e0005-50si" alt="5 - NE US 565 mi" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8a8350003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8a8350003-50si" alt="6 - Eastern US 6400 mi" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89ac00004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c89ac00004-50si" alt="7 - Earth 6600 mi" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c87e640001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c87e640001-50si" alt="Inner Solar System" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c895410004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c895410004-50si" alt="Solar System" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8999c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8999c0005-50si" alt="Solar System w Sun" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8957c0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8957c0004-50si" alt="Arcturus" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8958b0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8958b0004-50si" alt="Antares" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8876d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c8876d0002-50si" alt="Spiral Arm Galaxy" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c895bf0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c895bf0004-50si" alt="Galaxies" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c896230004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c896230004-50si" alt="Dark Galaxies" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Someone sent me these pics in an email, so many of you have probably already seen them, but I liked them enough that I decided to put them up here. Others I added to complete the chain. I have no idea what the origin of some these images is, so... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/our-place.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398c88bdf0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> perspective astronomy http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/shadows-of-chaco-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/shadows-of-chaco-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/shadows-of-chaco-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:01:22 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4141b78d66a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4141b78d66a47-50si" alt="Fajada Butte" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5225dcbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5225dcbe2b-50si" alt="Pueblo Bonito" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Strix and I went to a presentation tonight at the Salmon Ruins (named after the family that owned the site before it was made into a city park), by the author of a fictional novel set in Chaco Canyon during the height of the Anasazi population of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/shadows-of-chaco-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142a11bf685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction astronomy archaeology petroglyphs native americans http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/solar-observatory.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/solar-observatory.html?_c=feed-rss http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/solar-observatory.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:09:49 -0600 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e886cbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e886cbe2b-50si" alt="Mexico Canyon Trestle" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243cb4685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243cb4685e-50si" alt="Mexico Canyon Trestle Sign" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142857646a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142857646a47-50si" alt="White Sands View" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e889bbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e889bbe2b-50si" alt="Stina" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243cfc685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243cfc685e-50si" alt="SO Sundial" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7644cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7644cd5-50si" alt="SO Sundial 2" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7733c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7733c7f-50si" alt="SO Antarctic Sunscope" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7884cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7884cd5-50si" alt="SO Big Dome" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142857ea6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142857ea6a47-50si" alt="SO Big Dome Scope" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7923c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7923c7f-50si" alt="SO Tower Observatory" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7983c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7983c7f-50si" alt="SO Tower Observatory Sun" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7aa4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7aa4cd5-50si" alt="SO View" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7ae4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7ae4cd5-50si" alt="SO View 2" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7b43c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab7b43c7f-50si" alt="SO Stina" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d41428581b6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d41428581b6a47-50si" alt="SO Hilltop Dome" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e8940be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e8940be2b-50si" alt="SO Crossroads" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7e74cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca7e74cd5-50si" alt="Hostel" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243da7685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243da7685e-50si" alt="Hostel Sign" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e8960be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d09e5e8960be2b-50si" alt="Hostel Car" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab8043c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab8043c7f-50si" alt="Karr Canyon" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243dce685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243dce685e-50si" alt="Karr Canyon 2" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab80d3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142ab80d3c7f-50si" alt="Karr Canyon 3" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243de1685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243de1685e-50si" alt="Karr Canyon Stina" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142858886a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142858886a47-50si" alt="Karr Canyon 4" /></a> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca8354cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd971ca8354cd5-50si" alt="View" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Originally posted on my old blog on February 24th, 2006: After breakfast, we headed toward Cloudcroft and up an extremely curvey set of roads to the solar observatory at Sunspot, New Mexico. We were disappointed to see that the museum at the obs... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/solar-observatory.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d414243dfe685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science travel astronomy adventure http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/lunar-eclipse.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paxton) http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/lunar-eclipse.html?_c=feed-rss http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/lunar-eclipse.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:15:19 -0700 Tomorrow night the moon will turn red as blood. It's a good time to enact any ancient prophecies you've been meaning to fulfill. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paxblog.vox.com/library/post/lunar-eclipse.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142313106a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> astronomy