tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86215058012154561582012-02-16T16:51:44.501-08:00Andrew Mortlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020543646453105277noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621505801215456158.post-13755915324717226882009-05-21T02:23:00.000-07:002009-12-05T22:40:28.131-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUepeFkusI/AAAAAAAAARU/c31jbV8ZsJY/s1600-h/atlantis_hst_2009may13_crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUepeFkusI/AAAAAAAAARU/c31jbV8ZsJY/s400/atlantis_hst_2009may13_crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338206631117503170" /></a> Space Shuttle "Atlantis" and The Hubble Telescope silhouetted against The Sun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUeo6U8vWI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/GmTALbAqkSw/s1600-h/atlantis_2009may12_25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUeo6U8vWI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/GmTALbAqkSw/s400/atlantis_2009may12_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338206621518314850" /></a> The sun look like a model floating or whatever it's doing there in space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUepBei6UI/AAAAAAAAARE/VhuBOypYLf0/s1600-h/atlantis_2009may12_crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/ShUepBei6UI/AAAAAAAAARE/VhuBOypYLf0/s400/atlantis_2009may12_crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338206623437613378" /></a> It all looks like a space movie.<br /><br />More info <a href="http://www.astrophoto.fr/">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8621505801215456158-1375591532471722688?l=andrewmortlock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Mortlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020543646453105277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621505801215456158.post-87947602937676623922009-05-16T05:36:00.000-07:002009-12-05T22:45:43.219-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63aQqdzqI/AAAAAAAAAOk/pve3l8azpbI/s1600-h/Cockatoo_sulphur_crested_3_op_525x600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63aQqdzqI/AAAAAAAAAOk/pve3l8azpbI/s400/Cockatoo_sulphur_crested_3_op_525x600.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336404270258179746" /></a> I was on the beach after a surf and it occurred to me a big kerfuffle was taking place on the sand. A cockatoo taunting and swooping on the seagulls. Dangling upside down on the fir tree above my head I noticed the yellow crest on his head and thought YES! <br />DINOSAURS!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63aq_NEVI/AAAAAAAAAOs/HecjHziI8U8/s1600-h/Parasaurolophus019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63aq_NEVI/AAAAAAAAAOs/HecjHziI8U8/s400/Parasaurolophus019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336404277324484946" /></a>Remember this guy from Jurassic park 2? No?<br />Well I did. What's on his head? A big penis, just like some birds. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63alLPFvI/AAAAAAAAAO8/FuguKye9uGc/s1600-h/2061416857_8dcd4e349f.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63alLPFvI/AAAAAAAAAO8/FuguKye9uGc/s400/2061416857_8dcd4e349f.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336404275764336370" /></a> Everybody has heard the dinosaur/bird story but after reading the recent research apparently it's a pretty darn well accepted theory among evolutionary and biology scientists. Almost to the point that it is spoken of in terms of fact. <br /><br />Compare these FEET!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63asiGghI/AAAAAAAAAO0/BHHskCRFST8/s1600-h/feet_before.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg63asiGghI/AAAAAAAAAO0/BHHskCRFST8/s400/feet_before.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336404277739291154" /></a> <br />Dinosaurs also evolved into sloths.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg7E33qY0DI/AAAAAAAAAPM/2mML3D1x2PM/s1600-h/Nothronychus_BW2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg7E33qY0DI/AAAAAAAAAPM/2mML3D1x2PM/s400/Nothronychus_BW2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336419072594202674" /></a> <br />Did the dinosaurs win the earth evolution game after all? They can FLY and don't need to be pointless insects to do it. <br />Who in the animal kingdom doesn't want to fly?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg7E38xR3AI/AAAAAAAAAPU/oPSBdkqPrVE/s1600-h/microraptor_3_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sg7E38xR3AI/AAAAAAAAAPU/oPSBdkqPrVE/s400/microraptor_3_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336419073965284354" /></a> The Dinosaurs are way ahead in the race to win Evolution, and be brought before the Evolution King living inside the sun, to there be crowned king after engaging in the every 1 billion millennia battle for Evolutionary Overlord Spokes-Being of our humble Solar System.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8621505801215456158-8794760293767662392?l=andrewmortlock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Mortlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020543646453105277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621505801215456158.post-33616620890826173242009-05-11T10:03:00.000-07:002009-12-05T22:43:28.901-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsdaThhI/AAAAAAAAAOU/qXQvQA-9qcI/s1600-h/ss-090326-astrotopten-06.ss_full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsdaThhI/AAAAAAAAAOU/qXQvQA-9qcI/s400/ss-090326-astrotopten-06.ss_full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334614577987683858" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sghbss5jW_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/kTJU33Dv1dE/s1600-h/ss-090326-astrotopten-09.ss_full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sghbss5jW_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/kTJU33Dv1dE/s400/ss-090326-astrotopten-09.ss_full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334614582145276914" /></a> Imagine approaching this setting, being a part of it, it'd be incredible.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsP-douI/AAAAAAAAAOE/qJdEmZF7Tbc/s1600-h/ss-090426-misp-21.ss_full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsP-douI/AAAAAAAAAOE/qJdEmZF7Tbc/s400/ss-090426-misp-21.ss_full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334614574381245154" /></a> Our comprehension of scale transforms the more we try to grasp a bigger perspective. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsY4IG9I/AAAAAAAAAOM/p-KyycE6rKw/s1600-h/hs-2007-17-a-print.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/SghbsY4IG9I/AAAAAAAAAOM/p-KyycE6rKw/s400/hs-2007-17-a-print.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334614576770587602" /></a> You might imagine how far you could zoom out from earth? Where is the limit, could the universe be viewed entirely within a field of vision?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sghbr-yKgFI/AAAAAAAAAN8/kmDS1c7eJE0/s1600-h/ss-090326-astrotopten-01.ss_full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLq4wa8F-6U/Sghbr-yKgFI/AAAAAAAAAN8/kmDS1c7eJE0/s400/ss-090326-astrotopten-01.ss_full.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334614569766256722" /></a> Or how far could you zoom in on this place here, or anywhere, is there a limit to size from it's largest to it's smallest?<br /><br />We can only know up to our own sensory limits, but it isn't pointless attempting to comprehend what might be outside our sensory boundaries, I assume that's how we could discover the boundaries.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8621505801215456158-3361662089082617324?l=andrewmortlock.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Mortlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020543646453105277noreply@blogger.com0