NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman just posted a short clip in Vine of a lightning storm over Houston from the ISS point of view.
This reminded me of a small project run by a group in Germany called Blitzortung.
http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en
The project monitors all lightning strikes all around the world in real-time using a network of sensors in different locations in the globe.
You can see the lightning strikes as dots on the global map. Places with a lot dots would mean ther is most probably lightning storms occuring in the area.
Another project simply named Earth, shows a real-time visualisation of the global wind map.
http://earth.nullschool.net/
Here you can see the winds flowing, circling, spiraling probably following some unknown patterns or maybe just going on chaotic paths to noone knows where.
One would think some higher beings up above is really monitoring these things using far more advanced technology than ours. Or perhaps these beings are controling the flows, the strikes using their high-tech or magical powers to maintain some balance or to achieve some unfathomable goal.
To them everything looks deterministic, even calm. To us below everything looks far chaotic and destructive.
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Pinoy Pangkalawakan: Philippines Joining the Space Race
Apparently, there were some proposals for the creation of a Philippine Space Agency, our Pinoy counterpart of NASA. I have many things to say about this. But I'm in no mood for a a long write-up, so just refer to my previous post for some insights.
Going Up!: Farewell to a Space-faring Legacy
And here are some news clips about this topic.
Bill eyes space agency for Philippines
Campaign for creation of Phl Space Agency launched today
Galactic Pinoy? Scientists push for PHL space agency
Gov’t space agency pushed
Pinoy astronomers, scientists to launch Phl Space Agency
Also check their fan page for more info.
I Support the Philippine Space Agency Bill
Some more references, including the actual bill.
A Fight for Philippine Space Agency
HB 6725 Philippine Space Act of 2012
Actually, we're quite close to having our first Filipino astronaut. If you can just ignore the blatant commercialism and advertisement, this is a sort of a good campaign.
Philippines to launch the first Filipino into space
http://www.axeapollo.com/
Here's what made me research all these things.
I was making a paper plane trying to model it from a US Space Shuttle with some customizations to make it Pinoy.
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