Archive for October, 2007

Sky at Night: October 2007 – Jodrell Bank

October 2007 – Jodrell Bank: Sir Patrick Moore celebrates the 50th birthday of the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, created just in time to pick up the radar signal from the satellite Sputnik. It has been at the centre of radio astronomy ever since and has been responsible …

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Giant Atmospheric Waves Over Iowa

Pop quiz: define undular bore.

If your answer included words such as dull or tiresome, i.e., boring, think again. Or better yet, click on the image below to see an undular bore in action:

Above: Undular bore waves over Iowa, Oct. 3, 2007.
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