This isolated volcano (Klyuchevskoy) on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia looks like it is blowing a smoke ring! Here's a few more images of the eruption: More great images of the eruption can be found here. I got the link from Geology.com News. Grace and Peace
Shrinking Dead Sea
Fresh water is a limited resource. It is constantly renewed, but it is not unlimited. This is especially an issue in arid and semiarid areas, such as in the area of Israel and its neighbors. One of the concerns that triggered the 1967 Six Day War, in which Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria, …
Knowing God — Chapter 6 Quotes
Chapter 6 of Knowing God by J.I. Packer is called "He Shall Testify", and is about the Holy Spirit. It is the sovereign prerogative of Christ's Spirit to convince men's consciences of the truth of Christ's gospel; and Christ's human witnesses must learn to ground their hopes of success, not on clever presentation of the …
Boys and the Army
Albert Mohler has written an article called "The Army We Have" -- Young Men, Responsibility, and Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. He writes about the difficulty of recruiting soldiers for today's volunteer army. It seems the problem isn't just that the Iraq war is scaring off recruits, but that it is awfully difficult to find …
Atoms in motion
Here's a nice, simple graphic showing the motion of particles in a gas. Some are moving faster, some slower; the average velocity is a function of the temperature. Here's the caption from the Wikipedia article on temperature: The temperature of a gas is a measure of the average kinetic energy of its atoms or molecules …
Good Days/Bad Days
This item was originally posted in May 2006. It is one of the best quotes I have come across in my reading, and is certainly worth repeating Here's a quote from The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges: Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And …
Mississippi Meanderings
A skilled artist or craftsman creates things that are not only functional, but beautiful. Here is a geologic map of the lower Mississippi River published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1944, and it is a work of art. The map depicts changes in the meandering course of the Mississippi River over time. …
Monuments to God and Man
This image is from the 1896 edition of the Rand McNally Universal Atlas of the World, and shows the 50 tallest manmade structures of that time: From the University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, click here for a larger (613 kb) version. It is interesting that in 1896, many of the world's tallest structures …
Anti-smoking videos on YouTube
In Biology (9th/10th grades) we just finished the unit on the circulatory and respiratory systems. Here are a couple of short anti-smoking videos from YouTube: Smoking Through a Hole in Her Throat Cigarettes and Arteries Grace and Peace
NOVA and Frontline programs online
PBS has made some of its NOVA and Frontline programs available online: NOVA Online Frontline Online I watched "Life's Greatest Miracle" last night, which is about human sexual reproduction (It is a remake of the older "Miracle of Life" video). It was excellent; though I wouldn't want to show the extended bikini-babes-on-the-beach scene in class. …
Is anybody out there?
No, this is not a post about SETI (the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence). A few months ago, someone emailed me asking for links to blogs that are similar to mine. I said that I didn't know of any. The only other science-related blog by a Christian that I regularly read is The Evangelical Ecologist, but …
Hubble Art
New Hubble Space Telescope pictures were released today, in honor of the 17th anniversary of deployment of the orbiting observatory by the space shuttle Discovery. Absolutely astounding, as always. The image here fails to do justice to the detail that can be seen in these images. Check it out in more detail at: Astronomy Picture …
Life on Gliese 581c?
The headlines: Science Daily: New Planet Could Have Life Yahoo News: Potentially Habitable Planet Found Scientists have discovered more than 200 extrasolar planets (planets orbiting stars other than our sun) since the mid-1990s, and the numbers will certainly continue to increase as instruments improve. In regards to suitability for life, a vast majority of these …
Carbon Credit Craziness
One of the methods that has been put in place to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide is the idea of carbon credits. If your factory produces too much CO2, then you can compensate by purchasing a "carbon credit," which is a promise made by some other entity that they will somehow make up for …
Will the T.P. police knock on your (stall) door?
From BBC News: Crow calls for limit on loo paper Singer Sheryl Crow has said a ban on using too much toilet paper should be introduced to help the environment. Crow has suggested using "only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required". Hmmmm. …
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Image Quiz
What is this a picture of? A. Scanning electron microscope image of a cockroach dropping? B. Fossilized owl pellet? C. Image of underwater landslide debris following the recent earthquake in the Solomon Islands? D. A loosely consolidated asteroid? To find out, keep on reading... The answer is D. This image is of the 500-meter long …
Earth Day 2007 — Stewardship of the Environment
This item was originally posted in December 2006 which wasn't all that long ago. In honor of Earth Day, it is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have more people reading The Earth is Not Flat! now than I did a year ago, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of …
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Earth Day 2007 — Christian Environmentalism
This item was originally posted for Earth Day, 2006 (Earth Day is held on April 22nd). It is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have more people reading The Earth is Not Flat! now than I did a year ago, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my best blog …
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Driving directions: New York to London
The folks at Google are not only creative, they have fun. Take for instance the "Get Directions" option at maps.google.com. If you type in your address and your destination address, it will give you both a map highlighting the route from point A to point B, and driving directions: Turn left on Elm Street, drive …
Lost in space
Gene Edward Veith had the following post on his Cranach blog today: Jesus as space traveller Our guest pastor, Charles St.-Onge, must have left a strong impression, since he brought up so many things that are still on my mind. He told about astrophysicist Carl Sagen trying to shoot down the Ascension of Christ. He …
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