Mary O'Brien returns to recap Caprica

Met|Hodder ain't cheap. Kudos to SyFy for promoting Caprica with elite advertising.

Ever heard the one about the angry teen who brought about the end of the world? Well, hang onto your holobands and let's re-cap...rica.




-ThP

Dirty Water

Another MODIS image from last Saturday, this time from NASA's Terra satellite.

The Gulf's loop current is due east of the destroyed well. The complicated eddies and whorls in the image are the result of those counterclockwise ocean currents grabbing the leading edges of the oil slicks, endlessly folding oil in with seawater. If it looks complicated from space, imagine what the maze must be like on the surface, alternating bands of oil slicks and seemingly unpolluted seawater for hundreds of miles without end. Reminds me of adding chocolate syrup to a milkshake in a blender.




More information and image archives at NASA: Earth Observatory: Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico

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Obama to address nation on oil spill

Obama Returning to Gulf Coast, Will Address Nation on Oil Spill | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

On Tuesday, the president will return to Washington to make his first national address on the disaster, which will also be the first time he will speak to the nation from the Oval Office.

Here is what the "oil spill" looked like on Saturday from space. Petroleum infused areas of the ocean's surface are smoother and less diffuse, making those areas appear shinier when the angle of reflected sunlight is just so.

Aqua satellite image from NASA's MODIS Rapid Response System: Oil in the Gulf of Mexico Project Page Updated daily.