

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Monday (July 23) marked the 40th anniversary of NASA's Landsat satellites, a series of earth observation satellites intended to inform scientists about land use and natural resources. They also capture some impressive images, made even more eye-popping when enhanced with color. For the anniversary, folks at the U.S. Geological Service took 120 images from 40 years of satellite fly-bys, applied a "digital palette" and asked the public to pick their favorites. Below are the top 5, with ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on July 25, 2012 2:09 PM & Tagged Landsat, NASA, earth as art and satellites | permalink | Comments
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