Tag: stars
Viewing the Eclipse from Salem, Oregon
The rabbi’s wife took the best photo of the morning that I saw, with an iPhone, using two pairs of eclipse glasses as her filter.
Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Biogeographical Distribution
When the biogeographical data does not fit with the predictions and expectations of common descent, one always has “oceanic dispersal” at the ready to serve as an ad hoc fudge factor — including the rather remarkable claim that monkeys made it across the Atlantic from Africa to South America!
Butterflies in Space
There are at least four objects in the heavens that have been named after butterflies: Three planetary nebulae and a loose cluster of stars.