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Of course, it also shows you how much light pollution is being released. {cough*} It's slightly depressing at times, looking at how much electricity is put out. But mostly it's fun being able to see it. Here's a snapshot of the United States at night {or at least most of it... I couldn't fit Alaska. Sorry}.
Amazing, huh? Google is like super awesome. They have a new fan now. :D Well, actually 2. Ralph agrees with me also. :D
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Google Earth
Uhhuh, I'm back, with more useless info on the stuff I've been doing recently. It took me a while to find this feature in Google Earth {yea, I'm not a good instructions follower} but I finally did. Earth's City Lights, under NASA, under Gallery. It's really cool actually, because it lets you see how the big cities look like at night {through satellite}.
Of course, it also shows you how much light pollution is being released. {cough*} It's slightly depressing at times, looking at how much electricity is put out. But mostly it's fun being able to see it. Here's a snapshot of the United States at night {or at least most of it... I couldn't fit Alaska. Sorry}.
Amazing, huh? Google is like super awesome. They have a new fan now. :D Well, actually 2. Ralph agrees with me also. :D
Of course, it also shows you how much light pollution is being released. {cough*} It's slightly depressing at times, looking at how much electricity is put out. But mostly it's fun being able to see it. Here's a snapshot of the United States at night {or at least most of it... I couldn't fit Alaska. Sorry}.
Amazing, huh? Google is like super awesome. They have a new fan now. :D Well, actually 2. Ralph agrees with me also. :D
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Another Somewhat Entertaining Dinner
Today we had dinner again {of course! i eat every meal :]} and I definitely proved my intelligence {yea, right}. Sometimes I seriously think we're being video-taped for a TV show or something when we're eating dinner. Everything feels so scripted. It went something like this {i'm paraphrasing, of course}:
Dad looks at shrimp in bowl from take-out. He comments of how bad it is because of the black spine thingy.
Dad: Those vines from the shrip aren't supposed to be there. It means that its bad quality.
He scowls at the shrimp.
Mom: Well they can't possibly remove it for you, it takes too long...
Dad: Still. It's really unhealthy to be eating that.
Me: Really? Why?
Dad: Well, the shrimp's diet mostly consists of small oceanic creatures, and those creatures live off of miniscule pieces of dissolved trash. Therefore, the vine is the waste of the shrimp, and is often contaminated.
Me: But what if there is no artificial trash?
Dad: Then, they eat other stuff...like waste from other fish.
Me: Wait, so feces is considered trash?
Dad: Uh-huh.
That last thing I said kind of made me feel like I was being obnoxious on purpose. It was funny though. Of course, you weren't there. They haven't really made teleportation machines yet, so it's not your fault.
I think the shrimp's feces of the pollution is getting to my head. Ralph, go get me a pack of ice... O_o
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