About me:
Over the past twenty five years, Lawrence E. Joseph has written on science, nature, politics and business on four continents for publications including Audubon, Salon.Com, and The New York Times (Magazine, Op-Ed). In 1990, Joseph published Gaia: The Growth of an Idea (St. Martin’s Press) exploring the Gaia Hypothesis that the global ecosystem adjusts and regulates itself more like a living organism than a geological machine, as traditional Earth science holds, and has ramifications for fields ranging from biogeochemistry to goddess worship. In 1994, Common Sense: Why It’s No Longer Common (Addison-Wesley), examined the psychology, philosophy and folk wisdom of common sense, with lots of satire on the lack thereof.. His current book, Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization’s End (Morgan Road/Random House, 2007, plus nine other editions/translations), a personal inquiry into the confluence of ancient Mayan prophecy and contemporary solar physics projections indicating that the year 2012 will be pivotal, perhaps catastrophic. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of Aerospace Consulting Corporation (AC2), an Albuquerque, New Mexico firm developing ultra-high temperature plasma furnaces designed to completely disintegrate highly toxic biological, chemical and medical wastes.
CASSINI FLYBY SHOWS ENCELADUS VENTING What's happening on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus? Enormous ice jets are erupting. Giant plumes of ice have been photographed in dramatic fashion by the robotic Cassini spacecraft during this past weekend's flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Pictured above, numerous plumes are seen rising from long tiger-stripe canyons across Enceladus' craggy surface. Several ice jets are even visible in the shadowed region of crescent Enceladus as they reach high enough to scatter sunlight. Other plumes, near the top of the above image, appear visible just over the moon's sunlit edge. That Enceladus vents fountains of ice was first discovered on Cassini images in 2005, and has been under close study ever since. Continued study of the ice plumes may yield further clues as to whether underground oceans, candidates for containing life, exist on this distant ice world.
NGC 253: DUSTY ISLAND UNIVERSE Shiny NGC 253 Galaxy, is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Dollar Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. First swept up in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away. About 70 thousand light-years across, NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest to our own Local Group of Galaxies. In addition to its spiral dust lanes, striking tendrils of dust seem to be rising from a galactic disk laced with young star clusters and star forming regions in this processed color image. The high dust content accompanies frantic star formation, giving NGC 253 the designation of a starburst galaxy.
IN WISHING YOU A FANTASTIC WEEK, MAY MY UNIVERSE GIVE YOU MANY LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR HEART AND LIFE MY DEAR FRIEND. ★GALACTIC KISSES★ Sam
DIA SUNRISE What's 93 million miles away and still hurts your eyes when you look at it? The answer is not the Denver International Airport, known to some travelers as DIA. But DIA does appear in dramatic silhouette in the foreground of this telephoto image. The view looks east toward the airport terminal's characteristic multi-peaked roof and the rising October Sun. The roof's appearance suggests the snow-capped peaks of the region's Rocky Mountains to the west. As winter approaches for denizens of Denver and the northern hemisphere in general, the rising Sun will continue to move south (image right) in the coming days. Of course, the Sun is 93 million miles away ...
Have a Relaxing Sunday My Dearly Friend ~GALACTIC LOVE~ ★Sam★
SATURN AFTER EQUINOX The other side of Saturn's ring plane is now directly illuminated by the Sun. For the previous 15 years, the southern side of Saturn and its rings were directly illuminated, but since Saturn's equinox in August, the orientation has reversed. Pictured above last month, the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has captured the giant planet and its majestic rings soon after equinox. Imaged from nearly behind, Saturn and its moon Tethys each show a crescent phase to Cassini that is not visible from Earth. As the rings continue to point nearly toward the Sun, only a thin shadow of Saturn's rings is visible across the center of the planet. Close inspection of Saturn's rings, however, shows superposed bright features identified as spokes that are thought to be groups of very small electrically charged ice particles. Understanding the nature and dynamics of spokes is not fully understood and remains a topic of research.
I Wish you a Fabulous WeekEnd My Dear new Friend. kisses from France. ★~GALACTIC LOVE & BLESS~★ Sam
ottawa highway 417 parkdale @ Qreensway but that time we in year decmber 21 2012 11:11 am or pm of the milkey way but that was night sky with no cars highway tell was peace ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------- the dream an theme of song Narnia
Just finished your book! Loved it (even though it kept me up tossing and turning some nights) LOL! Great writing! Loved your humor about it all as well! Like you said, if we cant laugh about it, then the other option would be too much to take.. Take care friend! Love and light, Misty
MR. JOSEPH I'M JUST CHECKIN BACK IN WITH YOU BECAUSE I STILL NEVER HEARD ANY REPLY ABOUT MY PAPER... DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK IT OUT LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD? HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOING OKEY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, THANKS FOR THE AD!
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Over the past twenty five years, Lawrence E. Joseph has written on science, nature, politics and business on four continents for publications including Audubon, Salon.Com, and The New York Times (Magazine, Op-Ed). In 1990, Joseph published Gaia: The Growth of an Idea (St. Martin’s Press) exploring the Gaia Hypothesis that the global ecosystem adjusts and regulates itself more like a living organism than a geological machine, as traditional Earth science holds, and has ramifications for fields ranging from biogeochemistry to goddess worship. In 1994, Common Sense: Why It’s No Longer Common (Addison-Wesley), examined the psychology, philosophy and folk wisdom of common sense, with lots of satire on the lack thereof.. His current book, Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization’s End (Morgan Road/Random House, 2007, plus nine other editions/translations), a personal inquiry into the confluence of ancient Mayan prophecy and contemporary solar physics projections indicating that the year 2012 will be pivotal, perhaps catastrophic. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of Aerospace Consulting Corporation (AC2), an Albuquerque, New Mexico firm developing ultra-high temperature plasma furnaces designed to completely disintegrate highly toxic biological, chemical and medical wastes.
