Yesterday a 日食 (solar eclipse) could be seen over Tokyo and a few other parts of the world. Did you watch the eclipse? To look at it, you needed to wear special glasses otherwise you could risk serious eye damage.
I got a (cheap) pair of the glasses and watched the eclipse. It was visible in Tokyo at 7:30AM.
I took a few photos of it with my cell-phone camera.
A camera trap in Potomac Overlook Regional Park caught a coyote earlier this year. I saw a coyote crossing Washington Boulevard in Westover this winter.
The UCLA geologist and Guns, Germs, and Steel author provides his take on Japan’s daunting structural economic problems.
On CNet, Joshua Goldman compares the new Sony HX30V with the HX9V, which came out last year. I’ve had my HX9V for almost a year, and really like it.
The New York Times reports on New Delhi’s rhesus monkeys, which have overrun many areas of the city.
An article in Wired Science describes recent research on the Antarctic Dry Valleys, where the microbial life is surprisingly plentiful and diverse. (Image: Polygon-shaped features in the Dry Valleys. Credit: David Marchant / National Science Foundation)
Cool video of peak cherry blossoms on Kyoto’s Tetsugaku no Michi (Path of Philosophy). Where I’d like to live in Kyoto if I ever move there.
