Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.
— Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) (via kari-shma)
Leonids, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Photo - Wally Pacholka & Tony Hallas / NASA
Leonid Meteor Display – November 16/17th, 2009 -
In 2009, the Leonid meteor showers will occur on November 16th and 17th. A spectacular display is expected because the Earth will cross the 1466 and 1533 dust trails of Comet 55P/Temple-Tuttle. There will be a narrow one-hour peak on November 17th at 21:43UT -1:43AM – (1466 dust trail) and 21:50UT – 1:50AM – (1533 dust trail), or alternatively perhaps 0.5 to 1.0 hour later (based on mismatch with 2008 data). It is also not clear if the 1466 and 1533 trails will arrive together in November 2009, or will be separated by one hour or more. Peak meteorite density is predicted to be 115 -190/hr (scaled to 2008 data), or 150 – 300/hr when activity from both dust trails is combined. There also might be a slight enhancement from the 1567 trail. Highest meteorite rates occur when the Earth passes through the thickest parts of the comet’s dust trails.
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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
— Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)
happy, happy birthday palza! this mix is for you, birthday girl. hope you’re making some sweet, sweet music (ahem, at karaoke) tonight!
holy shit we’re almost 30.
feel like makin’ love - lauryn hill & d’angelo
like a ball and chain - jackie greene
i am your tambourine - tift merritt
kiss with a fist - florence and the machine
use somebody - kings of leon
leave your boyfriends behind - leona naess featuring ryan adams
mil besos - patty griffin
a mighty leviathan of old - vandaveer
slow show - the national
40 day dream - edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros
start + stop - jenny owen youngs
make you crazy - brett dennen
nothing compares 2 u - sinead o’connor
photo by noah
Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash - Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patch, an area of widely dispersed trash that doubles in size every decade and is now believed to be roughly twice the size of Texas. (via nytimes.com)
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