In Japanese, kibo means hope. After a picture perfect blast-off last Saturday, the space shuttle Discovery is set to deliver the Japanese contribution to the International Space Station. The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) will be used for its research capabilities in space. (Photos courtesy of NASA)
We just came back from a short visit to Legazpi City in Albay province. That is where Mayon volcano is situated, rising majestically at 2,460 meters. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, yet arguably the most beautiful with its symmetrical cone. In a word, breathless.
Anyway, we had a great opportunity to minister to some church members from UECL: Friday BS and the English Worship Service.
Catch a glimpse of Fu Long (Lucky Dragon), a five-month old panda in Vienna, Austria. He’s a cutie, isn’t he?
HT: FOXNews: “Panda Cub Makes Long-Awaited Debut at Vienna Zoo.”
More pictures of the “clumsy panda cub” at stuff.co.nz.
“Servants of God whom we think God has raised up to faithfully proclaim the gospel in our time, and whom the Lord is now using to preserve that silver thread of orthodoxy that has existed through the ages.”
Here are a few illustrations from Steve Hesselman: Can you guess who they are?
HT: monergism.com
We visited the San Diego Zoo last October with a friend who graciously drove us to SD from Temecula in California. Although the time spent inside the zoo was short, the tour and walk around the zoo was very educational. One of the highlights of our visit was the Giant Panda Research Station. It was exciting to be up close with the pandas–although they were sleeping at that time. Signs around the station warned us to keep silent and not to disturb them. We didn’t see the four-month old Zhen Zhen since she was two-months old then. At that time a contest was going on for naming her then. Now she is the zoo’s “show-stopper.”
Courtesy of L.A. Times:
And from the San Diego Union-Tribune:
More from the Union-Tribune gallery.
The Hubble telescope has been taking pictures of the planet Mars when it is exactly opposite the sun in our night time skies. This “opposition” occurs every 26 months, and so far the telescope has snapped pictures of it seven times now. Mars’ closest approach to our planet was in 2003 when it was only 35 million miles away. This year, Mars is about 55 million miles away but is still a sight during the night. There are more photos at the HubbleSite.
Where is Mars tonight? Visit skyandtelescope.
Watching Saturn from a land-based telescope has mesmerized me for quite a time now. However, with the Cassini probe now in its fourth year of orbiting Saturn, I’ve had opportunity to wonder more of Saturn’s beauty (added to it are the more than thirty moons or satellites orbiting the great planet). I just submitted my vote for the most beautiful picture of Saturn courtesy of the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) in the “Cassini Favorite Image Contest for 2007.”
These are my favorites:
“The Face of Beauty”
JFK Memorial, Dallas
Austin, Capitol Building
Houston, we have a problem…
Self-explanatory
Dr. Pentecost
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