Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
The Naval Observatory photo gallery has been updated with a new responsive design. The old design was “responsive,” but the images were too small, and the JavaScript was awkward. In July 2007, as part of a science partnership with the Continue reading US Naval Observatory
Checklist of World Heritage Sites visited in the United States. This is a dynamic list, with plans for checking off more sites in the future. ✔︎ means “visited,” and ✖︎ means “need to visit.” Mesa Verde National Park – ✖︎ Continue reading World Heritage Sites, United States
Last week, a penguin completed an epic migration that lasted a couple years and thousands of miles. When measured in penguin distances, it encompassed more miles than Neil Armstrong traveled going to the moon and back in his celebrated “one Continue reading Epic penguin migration
Just because. Delta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGnrEacX2Rc British Airways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RedV-KyXWO4 British Airways revised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ9Xpzi4qkU Turkish Airlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2hCN6cVuqM Qantas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2btt98pKlA Middle Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOw44VFNk8Y
Perched at the end of two piers in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium opened in 1981 as part of the city’s massive downtown redevelopment. At one time, the National Aquarium in Baltimore was associated with the older National Aquarium Continue reading National Aquarium in Baltimore
Narwal evolution: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=478826628826445&set=a.430872626955179.92765.193162710726173 Mars, just add water: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/a-martian-dream-heres-what-the-red-planet-would-look-like-with-earth-like-oceans-and-life/266791/ Explaining economics: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2845 If you need content, but are bored with Lorum ipsum: http://www.rikeripsum.com/#/ipsum Speculations on storm trooper armor: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/282221985453445120 Colder than absolute zero: http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-gas-goes-below-absolute-zero-1.12146 The form of damnation: https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/286877379886977025 Grammar matters: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=531524520199876&set=a.158139670871698.33824.139729956046003&type=1&ref=nf Tolkien at 125: favorite quotes — http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/jrr-tolkien-quotes-our-fa_n_2398210.html Outstanding Continue reading Internet roadkill
Humans can not only put people on the moon, we can also send poems to space. On Thursday, September 20, 2012, a large helium-filled balloon was launched from Weston Park, west of the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. Equipped Continue reading Send your poem to space
Washington Apple Pi was faced with the choice of moving its office or paying higher rent. Eventually, the Pi negotiated with the landlord for a smaller space and lower rent. I took these photos along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Continue reading What do these have in common?
Cover of an educational comic devoted to a (now retired) NOAA research vessel used to both map Chesapeake Bay and explore new technologies for underwater mapping. Revenge of the Bay Hydrographer cover (full size), page 1 (full size), page 2 (full size), page 3 (full size), page 4 (full size), page Continue reading Revenge of the Bay Hydrographer