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An incredible 3D image captured by an astronaut in the International Space Station as it passed over the Sarychev Peak volcanic eruption on June 12, 2009. [Video] Astronaut photograph ISS020-E-9048 was acquired on June 12, 2009, with a Nikon D2XS digital camera fitted with a 400 mm lens, and ...
Volcano Monitoring, Volcanic Eruption, Space, International Space Station, ISS, Photography
When Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took a cheap shot at the volcano monitoring program, I winced. Just what we need, another ignorant anti-science comment from a Republican spokesperson—and on top of it, this came from a spokesperson who promoted and signed a stealth creationism bill. Less than a month later ...
An interview with Richard Wunderman, volcanologist and museum specialist for the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History: Science Club: Rick Wunderman. DCist: As I’m sure you’ve heard, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, in his response to President Barack Obama’s congressional address, singled out a $140 million appropriation for the ...
Barack Obama, SOTU, Speech, Economy, Bobby Jindal, Volcano Monitoring
At The Volcanism Blog (you knew there had to be one!), they’re not too happy about Governor Bobby Jindal’s “volcano monitoring” slam: Something called ‘volcano monitoring’. The Volcanism Blog does not do politics, any more than it does sport, religion or cookery. In particular, as a blog born and ...
Barack Obama, SOTU, Speech, Economy, Bobby Jindal, Volcano Monitoring