Off to Space!

Just got my boarding pass for the first Orion Space flight

VongFong

Probably the most unique typhoon name I've ever heard, but it's an impressive storm. Here is a satellite image and a photo from the Space Station. This makes me want to go to space. For more, click here.

Photo by Reid Wiseman (NASA Astronaut) 

Source: NOAA/NASA

Funny Statistics

Thought is was a funny article about statistics...
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/these-are-the-most-hilarious-statistics-ive-ever-seen-1644570783/+caseychan

Lunar Eclipse and Beautiful Morning

In case you missed it, there was a lunar eclipse this morning. This occurs when the earth casts a shadow on the moon. If you starred at the moon long enough you would notice the shadow changing as the moon rotated around the earth. This is often called a blood moon because sometimes it appears red. The red color comes from the same effect that gives us red sunsets--that is, light scattered by the atmosphere.

My pictures were horrible, so here's one I found online:

When the sun came up there were these pretty stratocumulus clouds to the east:

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