On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated.
I'm Gherald L. and this is a place to journal and rant inexpertly about whatever interests me.
At present this includes humor, freethought, liberty, laissez-faire economics, pragmatic politics, and foreign policy of the realism school.
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JOURNALISTS IN CROSSHAIRS
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Press freedom is an issue close to my heart. Here in America, Journalists
have never had to worry so much for their physical safety….There are other
plac...
A Glimpse of Hell
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Via Religion News: HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) — For years, liberals — even
liberal people of faith — have been wary of fusions of faith and politics,
careful ...
Move to the Reason site
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(Eugene Volokh)
We’ve moved to the *Reason* site — at http://reason.com/volokh — as part of
a new joint venture with *Reason*; if you aren’t redirected au...
Adjust contrast of a pdf free
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Closer to the eye of the shooter, this is because Preview is quite
literally applying a filter to each individual page of the PDF you are
saving. the proce...
Cellular Phone Plans for Teens
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Look around the mall and you will notice teen after teen either talking or
texting on a cell phone. With such a large consumer base, you would think
that t...
The Years Of Writing Dangerously
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Thirteen years ago, as I was starting to experiment with this blogging
thing, I wrote the following: [T]he speed with which an idea in your head
reaches th...
Cantor 'stunned' by Virginia Tech shootings
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that he was
“saddened and stunned” at the news that two people, including a poli
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