Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, enhanced form a 1979 Voyager image // via APOD.
Found
Groundbreaking
April 7, 2011 was the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Seattle’s iconic Space needle. Happy birthday!
The April 8, 1962 special section of the Seattle Times was devoted to the World’s Fair and its new Space Needle.
The Space Needle became the 1962 World’s Fair’s emblem of a “sky’s-the-limit” future. At home, Seattleites build all sorts of replicas, including Otto Horschuch’s aluminum bird feeder.
Sol
Solar flare on March 7, 2011
From NASA/Goddard’s Solar Dynamics Library.
Persistent Active Region, Jan. 29-31, 2011
From NASA Goddard’s Flickr stream.
Sea
The Unseen Sea by Simon Christen // via Allan.
Lunch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlj2sdEelak
Brilliant animated preview of Sarah Vowell’s new book, Unfamiliar Fishes.
Curvirostra 