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Page last updated on 22 January 2018

That little white pixel on the lower left? That's a meteor hitting
the moon in the middle of that lunar eclipse on 1/21/2019!
Going in Astronomy

Float Like a Dragontail Butterfly..
The green dragon tail butterfly (Lamproptera meges) is one of the smallest species of
swallowtail butterfly and one of the very few species with wing transparency.
This footage is by Kazuo Unno, insect aficionado extraordinaire and wildlife photographer.
Green Drangontails are found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, south China, Indonesia,
Malaysia, and the Philippines. Going in Animal Cams

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Feeling fidgety in class? Go stomp, jump or hop down this school's sensory hallway
Getting kids moving is a very good idea! Prevents acting out in class by providing exercise!
Credit = Karen Pauls · CBC News and the staff and kids at Roland School in Manitoba, Canada!
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The Last Few Polio Survivors – Last of the Iron Lungs
This is why we vaccinate! Going in Health

Full circle rainbow Not just the arc! 30 second video shows the compelte circle
plus an amazing view!
credits:Régia Seabra via Geology Love FB page. Going in Weather

pilgrimage center for both Egyptians and the Nubians. The later Egyptians,
Greeks (Ptolemaic dynasty) and even Romans furnished their fair share of
architectural features – which became the magnificent ancient Egyptian
island temple complex of Philae.
Read the article, if you can stand the ads! At the end there's a 13 minute
video, a guided tour of Philae, "courtesy of traveler Igor Tochilnikov."
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Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93

Lego honored Astronomer Nancy Grace Roman by including her figurine, shown next to the Hubble Space Telescope, in a set of groundbreaking NASA women.
This is an NPR article and obituary. "Roman was one of the first female executives at NASA,
where she served as the agency's first chief of astronomy. Known as the "Mother of Hubble,"
for her role in making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality, Roman worked at NASA for nearly
two decades." She convinced NASA that a telescope out in space would be a great advance.
"In the Lego set, her figurine stands next to a miniature Hubble Space Telescope — the instrument
that brought the world dazzling images of the stars she had loved so well as a child."
credit = "NPR's Amanda Morris produced this story"
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How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis by Alexander Belcredi
Viruses have a bad reputation -- but some of them could one day save your life, says
biotech entrepreneur Alexander Belcredi. In this fascinating talk, he introduces us to phages,
naturally-occurring viruses that hunt and kill harmful bacteria with deadly precision, and shows
how these once-forgotten organisms could provide new hope against the growing threat of
antibiotic-resistant superbugs. from TED-ED
Going in Health

From Kurzgesagt Going in Health, too

AMERICAN LEGACY IN WWI and THE U.S. IN WORLD WAR I: AN OVERVIEW Two good
places to go find out more about the US in WWI. Going in WWI

Native American warriors served in the US Army during
WWI. Native Americans didn't become citizens and voters
until 1924. Probably because of the service of warriors
like these guys. Going in History > WWI

Aspinwall Fuller, age 13, served as a Powder Monkey
on board USS New Hampshire during the Civil War.
Here he is posing in front of a 100-pound Parrot gun.
These guns were muzzle-loaders that shot 100 pound
(45 kilogram) shells. Powder monkeys hauled powder
and shells up from magazines belowdecks to feed
the guns. Gunpowder and some kinds of ammunition
were stored in magazines deep in the ship. These
were fireproof sealed chambers to keep powder safe.
New Hampshire was a blockade ship sent to rebel ports
like Charleston, Wilmington, Savannah, Mobile, and
Galveston to stop smugglers, AKA blockade runners,
from sneaking into rebel ports. New Hampshire had
four 100 pound guns and plenty of smaller guns to
scare or sink blockade runners.
One ship that got caught had 10,000 rifles on board.
If a blockade runner made it, he could sell his cargo
for a great profit (profit = your pay - expenses).
Blockade runners carried anything and eveything,
guns and ammo, cannon, fancy dresses, perfume,
jewelry, morphine and other meds for hospitals.
On the way back they took out shiploads of cotton
or tobacco. One or two trips and the ship's master
was very rich. Or else very dead, or rotting in a
Yankee prison.

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WATCH: Deadly Blue-Ringed Octopus Protects Eggs in Rare Footage

This Blue-Ringed Octopus is guarding her eggs. She's putting on a threat display
to warn off anything that wants to eat her babies! Blue-Rings have deadly poison
in their bites. They will kill you or anything else that annoys them.
Sea creatures see those blue rings and take off fast.
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Painted on a coffin lid when Rome ruled Egypt

Exploring the Dolomites from an Eagle's Point of View in 360 (4K)
5:15 YouTube video. ON-screen contoller lets viewers move the camera
around. At about 1:10 to 1:15 there is a white cross on top of a
peak at the upper right. Nice music, too. Going in Animal Cams

Out of Sight

"This cute little student film, a graduation project by Ya-ting Yu with classmates Yeh Ya-hsuan and
Chung Ling from the National Taiwan University of Arts, owes a lot to Miyazaki. But they’ve picked
up the right ideas from the Master and the finished film, Out Of Sight, is loaded with imagination and heart."
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The Steppe Bison (Bison priscus) lived throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.