I used to go to Topozone when I wanted to just browse around an area with topographic maps. It is no longer free. Here's a free alternative: digital-topo-maps.com: If you want the complete topo map as a PDF, you can still get those from the USGS Map Locator. Grace and Peace
Nuclear challenges
Here are two challenges for using nuclear energy as part of our world's energy future: Uranium, like fossil fuels, is a limited, non-renewable resource. It is mined from the Earth, and consumed by nuclear fission. Breeder reactors can make some additional fuel, but that too is of a limited quantity. In Arizona, uranium could be …
Geoblogosphere News
How does one keep up with over 100 active blogs in the geoblogosphere, including The GeoChristian? By keeping an eye on Geoblogosphere News from Stratigraphy.net. If I subscribed to all of these in Google Reader, I would soon be overwhelmed. I have 384 unread items in Google Reader right now the way it is. But …
Atoll image
From yesterday's NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day: Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia. The formation of atolls was first properly described by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, one of his contributions to the science of geology (Time magazine 1947). Grace and Peace
Presidents Day and Republican environmentalism
For Presidents Day, The Evangelical Ecologist points to the environmental legacy of Republican Presidents, even George W. Bush. See also the Republicans for Environmental Protection web site. Grace and Peace
Frozen waterfall
The Billings Gazette has a great picture of a frozen waterfall in northwest Wyoming: Waterfalls draw many to winter festival. Go to the article for a larger picture. I love winter! Grace and Peace
Australia fire images
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Brushfires in Southeast Australia: Grace and Peace
Amazing Grace
I don't watch very many movies, but I watched a great one with my family tonight: Amazing Grace. This is the story of William Wilberforce, the English Member of Parliament who fought for years to outlaw the slave trade in the British Empire. Here's what I thought about as I reflected on the movie: The …
Living the Cross Centered Life
I recently finished reading Living the Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney. Here are some quotes: In the midst of our various responsibilities and many possible areas of service in the kingdom of God, one overarching truth should motivate all our work and effect every part of who we are: Christ died for our sins. …
Landslide videos
Dave's Landslide Blog has videos, like this one: and this one: There are more at the blog. HT: Geology.com News Grace and Peace
Satellite cloud
On Tuesday two satellites, one Russian and one American, collided by accident at about 10 km/s over Siberia (CNN story). The US Space Surveillance Network uses radar and optical sensors to track all of the satellites and thousands of pieces of "space junk" that orbit the Earth. From the SSN space surveillance description page: The …
Finally, an e-card for geo people
I don't think I've ever sent an e-card to anyone. That might now change, thanks to geogreeting.com. With this e-card service, you can send a message where the letters are created from GoogleEarth images: The motto on the GeoGreeting page is "how geeks show they care." Click here to see my message assembled building by …
Vatican to sort of include discussion of ID in evolution conference
From AP/FoxNews: Vatican to Discuss, but Not Endorse, Intelligent Design VATICAN CITY — The Vatican will include discussion of intelligent design in a conference marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," officials said Tuesday. "The committee agreed to consider ID as a phenomenon of an ideological and cultural nature, thus …
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine's Day from the heart-shaped giant star forming region W5 in Cassiopeia: Credit: Lori Allen, Xavier Koenig (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., JPL-Caltech, NASA (Astronomy Picture of the Day August 29, 2008) Grace and Peace P.S. My Valentine's Day entry last year was Mars and Valentine's Day.
Darwin on the wall
A spoof from The Onion: Evolutionists Flock to Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain. I think it looks more like Chewbacca myself. Grace and Peace
Darwin’s birthday #2
What drives more scientists away from Christianity, evolution, or young-Earth creationism? I don't know the answer, but I suspect that both have significant roles. Some forms of evolutionary philosophy drive scientists (and others) away from Christianity. The New Atheists, such as Richard Dawkins, claim that evolution makes it intellectually feasible to be an atheist. To …
A sad story
I came across this sad, but very believable, comment on The Internet Monk today: When I was a kid I spent part of my time in a Christian private school. I remember they used to send my home with “archaeological evidence” of the ark being discovered in various places and I would spend hours at …
Darwin’s Birthday
Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809; two hundred years ago today. Darwin's theory of evolution, obviously, has been an extremely divisive topic. Has Darwinism made the world safe for atheism, as the "New Atheists" would claim? Is Darwinian evolution really EVILution; a doctrine of the devil? Or are evolution and Christianity perfectly compatible? …
Screwtape addresses the New Atheists
In the tradition of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters: My dear fellow Brights, Beamers, Blazers, Brilliants, Gleamers, Incandescents, Resplendents, Radiants, Shimmerers, and Sparklers: Thank you all for being here tonight, and a special thanks to the Dixie Chicks for that heartwarming cover of “Imagine.” I choke up every time I hear those immortal words—“Imagine there’s …
Charles Lyell: geologist, Christian believer
Here's the frontispiece from Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology. The book was first published in three volumes in 1830 to 1833, but this is from an 1857 edition. This cross-section shows an amazing understanding of the basic geologic processes that form the Earth's crust: plutonism, volcanism, metamorphism, sedimentation, and folding. Like most geologists (at least …
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