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carolynporco

  1. A special look at ystrday's solar eclipse that shows details in sun's surface& its lower atmosphere (v @sciam) blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2…
  2. @nchazarra Just grab them from our site. No need for FTP
  3. Hey..Don't miss today's Image of the Week from our cameras on Cassini: Tethys floating above a serene Saturn. A beaut! bit.ly/KXiPNg
  4. Today's v close flyby Cassini of tiny, amazingly smooth Methone& flyby of Tethys yield new images from the frontier! bit.ly/K5tNjJ
  5. @SpeedyMick Looks to be the same here in Boulder so far :-(
  6. @AteosMexicanos Email is better. Find mine on home page of ciclops.org
  7. Damn! Did I miss Mick Jagger last night on SNL? Was it good?
  8. @AteosMexicanos How late can I let you know if I can make it? A month out? Two months out?
  9. Remember NOT to look directly @ Sun. Cut small hole in opaque cardboard, project light passing thru onto flat ground 4 a pin-hole camera!
  10. @plevine1 Hmmmm....which gender?
  11. @EvilEyeMonster No, only in the west.
  12. This evening is the big eclipse. Do watch it if you can. You'll become an eclipse junkie, like me!
  13. @20tauri Nice! //'Wishing I was here....'
  14. @AteosMexicanos Thank u v much. But right now I'm staying close to home to take care of some v impt obligations. Maybe some other time.
  15. @suthers I take it you're not a soccer fan? Is that even possible?
  16. READ THIS: RT @nickkristof Don't read my column while sitting on a couch. It might poison you as Washington sickens you nyti.ms/K1mt8H
  17. @cosmos4u @mars_stu Both appeal to diff't parts of the brain. What else can I say?! ;-)
  18. @plevine1 Point is to make a joke about a funny aspect of the sport.