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Post by Yoda on Sept 17, 2021 15:38:43 GMT -8
A start trail over Mullinger Swamp.
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Post by Yoda on Sept 17, 2021 15:40:26 GMT -8
John Carter uses a free photo stacking program to edit photos like this
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Post by Yoda on Sept 17, 2021 15:41:33 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Sept 17, 2021 15:41:57 GMT -8
My personal favourite.
John Carter says most of the time his focus is drawn to the Milky Way.
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Post by linen on Sept 18, 2021 6:02:33 GMT -8
Nice pictures Yoda. Wow Scientists created the world's whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a paint so white that it could eventually reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning, scientists say. The paint has now made it into the Guinness World Records book as the whitest ever made. So why did the scientists create such a paint? It turns out that breaking a world record wasn't the goal of the researchers: Curbing global warming was. “When we started this project about seven years ago, we had saving energy and fighting climate change in mind,” said Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, in a statement. The idea was to make a paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building, researchers said. Making this paint really reflective, however, also made it really white, according to Purdue University. The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. Because the paint absorbs less heat from the sun than it emits, a surface coated with this paint is cooled below the surrounding temperature without consuming power. Using this new paint to cover a roof area of about 1,000 square feet could result in a cooling power of 10 kilowatts. “That’s more powerful than the air conditioners used by most houses,” Ruan said. Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their surroundings. Two features make this paint ultra-white: a very high concentration of a chemical compound called barium sulfate – also used in photo paper and cosmetics – and different particle sizes of barium sulfate in the paint, scientists at Purdue said. Researchers at Purdue have partnered with a company to put this ultra-white paint on the market, according to a news release. link
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Post by Yoda on Sept 18, 2021 10:45:41 GMT -8
Nice pictures Yoda. Wow ... They are, aren't they.Scientists created the world's whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.Got any whiter?
Incredible.
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Post by linen on Sept 18, 2021 15:10:33 GMT -8
Kind of cool, actually.
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Post by linen on Oct 11, 2021 5:46:10 GMT -8
European glaciers covered with blankets to slow melting from climate change
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Post by Yoda on Oct 11, 2021 12:59:44 GMT -8
I take it they are insulated blankets.
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Post by linen on Oct 19, 2021 7:59:21 GMT -8
Company Scraps Plan to Punish Unvaccinated EmployeesOn Friday, Southwest’s senior vice president of operations and hospitality, Steve Goldberg and vice president and chief people officer, Julie Weber, notified the company that unvaccinated employees would still be able to work past the originally planned December 8th deadline. The decision by Southwest comes after the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association fought the company’s vaccine mandate in court. “The new vaccine mandate unlawfully imposes new conditions of employment and the new policy threatens termination of any pilot not fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021,” the legal filing said. “Southwest Airlines’ additional new and unilateral modification of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is in clear violation of the RLA.” Full article
It might be noted that this decision is only a delay. They say, "until the request has been reviewed."
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