We walked up Ben Loyal, near Tongue in the north of Scotland, last weekend. It was another great walk, although the visibility was not great, and it was very windy! We were expecting to be blown off the summit tor, instead of which we found it to be a sheltered zone with the wind whipping [...]
Posted on Wednesday 6th June 2007 in Outdoors tagged landscapes, mountains, Photos, Scotland, video, walking, with no comments.
A sharp silhouette of spaceship Atlantis and the International Space Station, a mere spot against the mottled yellow mass of the Sun. NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for 21 Sept. is somewhat surreal, and difficult to believe that it is a real photograph.
I’m not sure whether I am most amazed by the fact we [...]
Posted on Sunday 24th September 2006 in Science tagged ISS, Links, Photos, Science, shuttle, Sol, space, with no comments.
Posted on Saturday 24th June 2006 in Blog, Photos tagged landscapes, Photos, roots, trees, with no comments.
NASA’s picture of the day from yesterday hammers home the fact that we are very small—and living in a very big universe.
The photo, is of a small (10° × 7°) section of the night sky, looking at the crowded star fields toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. APOD: 2006 June 23 – [...]
Posted on Saturday 24th June 2006 in Blog, Science tagged Links, Photos, space, universe, with no comments.
Some photos from my walk yesterday from Loch Arkaig, up Druim a Chuirn/Sgurr Càs na Breach-laoidh, then over An Eag, and Sgurr Beag, before going up Sgurr Mór. (Map)
It was pretty tricky going, with few paths, but the scenery was magnificent, and the weather pretty much ideal, if a little windy.
Looking west of south-west from [...]
Posted on Sunday 7th May 2006 in Blog tagged books, landscapes, mountains, Photos, with no comments.
