Explosions in the Sky

i have pretty much given up hope on the bear this season. i dont think i have been so disappointed in a bear season as i have been thus far this year. not gonna name any names, but i think he knows he's on my shit list. so, with that being the case lets go saints!!!! here is explosions in the sky @ the chapel at warren wilson college in asheville, nc on 4.14.08. much love to brad b. the original taper. Read More

On Aug. 17, 1988, a Hercules C130 - a sturdy, American-made military aircraft - unexpectedly crashed, killing then Pakistan dictator General Zia ul Haq, several of his top army generals and an American ambassador, effectively cutting short the dictator's 11-year reign. Read More

Hugh Pickens writes "Increasingly, the military is deploying unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, as eyes in the sky to scan the ground for targets and threats, especially for missions that are too dangerous for manned aircraft. Now Live Science reports that a new robotic spy plane called 'Ion Tiger' will harness alternative energy to make it more covert and longer lasting than battery-powered or engine powered UAVs. A 550-watt, 0.75 horsepower hydrogen fuel cell will power the Ion Tiger with four times the efficiency of a comparable internal combustion engine and seven times the energy of the equivalent weight of batteries. When Ion Tiger took flight on October, it exceeded any demonstration of electrically powered flight so far , flying 23 hours and 17 minutes. 'And it carried a 5 lbs. payload to boot — enough to carry, say, a day-and-night camera,' says researcher Karen Swider-Lyons, head of the alternative energy section at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. 'No one has come close to flying 24 hours with a significant payload before.' Another big advantage is the Ion Tiger's reduced noise, heat and emissions. 'Think about lawnmowers or chainsaws — they're really loud,' says Swider-Lyons. ' It's hard to spy on people when they know you're there , so you had to fly them at high altitudes to keep them from being heard.'" Read More

A fire burning less than two hours away from the New South Wales Hunter Valley town of Laguna has prompted another emergency fire warning. Read More

In the world of hybrids, there has always been one clear winner in terms of public perception, mileage and car sales: the Toyota Prius. Read More

A feathery blur of blue and bleach fluttering through the orange drapery of cypress foliage drew my gaze from the river bank below. Read More

Windy today across the United Kingdom and France with heavy rain and heavy showers accompanied by gales. Read More