Helping to make the world a little smaller, one blue marble at a time.
Antarctica Day is an international holiday recognizing the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. It is celebrated on December 1 each year. As an annual event, Antarctica Day encourages participation from around the world. Antarctica Day on December 1st as a globally-accessible platform to share, interpret and cherish the values associated … Read More “December 1 is Antarctica Day” »
Bluemind view (from Embarcadero & Brannan Street), San Francisco, photo by Genny Lim. On this World Ocean Day 2024, enjoy a poetic quote by Rumi, and two photographs shared by poet/playwright/performer Genny Lim. You are nota drop in oceanyou are the entire oceanin a drop. — Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī تو قطره ای در اقیانوس … Read More “Happy World Ocean Day 2024” »
NASA’s High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) Experiment, mounted on the ISS External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module, was activated April 30, 2014 and after 5 years and 79 days was viewed by more than 318 million viewers across the globe on USTREAM alone. This high definition video opens with a text … Read More “HDEV Livestream (2014-2019): The Pale Blue Dot” »
