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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shutIt suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - Neil Armstrong

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nasa:

Glowing in mostly purple and green colors, a newly discovered celestial phenomenon is sparking the interest of scientists, photographers and astronauts. The display was initially discovered by a group of citizen scientists who took pictures of the unusual lights and playfully named them “Steve.”

When scientists got involved and learned more about these purples and greens, they wanted to keep the name as an homage to its initial name and citizen science discoverers. Now it is STEVE, short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement.

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STEVE occurs closer to the equator than where most aurora appear – for example, Southern Canada – in areas known as the sub-auroral zone. Because auroral activity in this zone is not well researched, studying STEVE will help scientists learn about the chemical and physical processes going on there. This helps us paint a better picture of how Earth’s magnetic fields function and interact with charged particles in space. Ultimately, scientists can use this information to better understand the space weather near Earth, which can interfere with satellites and communications signals.

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Want to become a citizen scientist and help us learn more about STEVE? You can submit your photos to a citizen science project called Aurorasaurus, funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation. Aurorasaurus tracks appearances of auroras – and now STEVE – around the world through reports and photographs submitted via a mobile app and on aurorasaurus.org.

Here are six tips from what we have learned so far to help you spot STEVE:

1. STEVE is a very narrow arc, aligned East-West, and extends for hundreds or thousands of miles.

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2. STEVE mostly emits light in purple hues. Sometimes the phenomenon is accompanied by a short-lived, rapidly evolving green picket fence structure (example below).

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3.STEVE can last 20 minutes to an hour.

4.STEVE appears closer to the equator than where normal – often green – auroras appear. It appears approximately 5-10° further south in the Northern hemisphere. This means it could appear overhead at latitudes similar to Calgary, Canada. The phenomenon has been reported from the United Kingdom, Canada, Alaska, northern US states, and New Zealand.

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5. STEVE has only been spotted so far in the presence of an aurora (but auroras often occur without STEVE). Scientists are investigating to learn more about how the two phenomena are connected. 

6. STEVE may only appear in certain seasons. It was not observed from October 2016 to February 2017. It also was not seen from October 2017 to February 2018.

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STEVE (and aurora) sightings can be reported at www.aurorasaurus.org or with the Aurorasaurus free mobile apps on Android and iOS. Anyone can sign up, receive alerts, and submit reports for free.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

Colourful auroras erupted unexpectedly a few years ago, with green aurora appearing near the horizon and brilliant bands of red aurora high overhead. The Moon lit the foreground of this scene, while familiar stars could be seen in the distance. The astrophotographer shot this image mosaic in the field of White Dome Geyser in Yellowstone National Park in the western USA. Sure enough, just after midnight, the geyser erupted – spraying a stream of water and vapor many meters into the air. Geyser water is heated to steam by scalding magma several kilometers below, and rises through rock cracks to the surface. About half of all known geysers occur in Yellowstone National Park.

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Howell

Circle of Bun Dreamcatcher:  Sunrise Aurora RhapsodyBallpoint pens, 5x7 smooth bristolThe one who&rs

Circle of Bun Dreamcatcher:  Sunrise Aurora Rhapsody

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The one who’s receiving this used to be a coworker of mine; she’s a piano teacher, and studying to get her degree in physics (I believe??) and, well,…

….I still work at Starbucks.

I have a very soft spot in my heart for this person: she always, always extends an invitation to me to hang out–whether a small get together, or going to a movie….even though I always decline said invitations, for multiple personal reasons.

No matter how many times I say no, she always invites me.

My relationships weren’t always that way.  In high school, people stopped asking.  My reason for saying “no” is… the reason why you’re here looking at this.

I was always trying to improve.  I didn’t have time to socialize.  I put all of my time into art, writing–creating, in general–when homework was done.  

Not much has changed in the past ….what, 16 years?  I’m having doubts that anything ever will, despite my efforts.  I suppose I can dream about “earning my right” to go to that small get-together, or seeing that movie.  I can fool myself into thinking that, with enough of hard work, I can finally earn my keep with art alone, and earn my right to socialize.  Or even relax for a change.

I took that to a much more personal place than intended.  I’m sorry.

Thanks for looking.


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earthvideos:

Oh, to be in Finland and under the northern lights

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I drew Cinderella, then decided to take requests for other princesses. Here’s the end result! I should do more simple fun like this more often


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artsy-arrowl:

artsy-arrowl:

Cinderella marries the Prince, part ½

Part 2/2

This was a short story originally written by @batneko ! You can read the original post here: https://batneko.tumblr.com/post/171036276147/cinderella-marries-the-prince-and-its-fine-the

Thank you for reading ☺️

oscardna:

Here at Oscar we use Apache MesosandAurora for managing the fault tolerant deployment, scheduling, and resource management of our services and jobs. Apache Aurora is a great framework for scheduling jobs on top of Apache Mesos and Mesos abstracts CPU, memory, and disk resources away from machines, allowing easy deployments. However, as we’ve grown we’ve found the need for multiple jobs, with possible dependencies between them, to be scheduled as one logical unit, i.e., we needed job pipelines.

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Great write-up on job pipelining with Mesos and Aurora, can’t wait for it to be open sourced

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