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NASA Image of the Day
(click to view the full-size image) This oblique view of the lower mound in Gale Crater shows layers of rock that preserve a record of environments on Mars. Here, orbiting instruments have detected signatures of both clay minerals and sulfate salts, with more clay minerals apparent in the foreground of this image and fewer in higher layers. This change in mineralogy may reflect a change in the ancient environment in Gale Crater. Mars scientists have several important hypotheses about how these minerals may reflect changes in the amount of water on the surface of Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will use its full suite of instruments to study these minerals to provide insights into these ancient Martian environments...
Leonard Nimoy was in a Bangles video?!
I would've lost this bet if somebody said that Leonard Nimoy was in a Bangles video in the early 80'! :LOL: Apparently back, way back, in 1984 Nimoy's son, Adam, was college friends with Susanna Hoffs who would go on to become lead singer of the band The Bangles. The Bangles did a cover version of Going Down to Liverpool which was originally done by Katrina and the Waves. One thing leads to another and, there ya' go, Nimoy himself does a cameo in a car driving the band around.
Calibre eBook Management Software (free, open-source, cross platform)
Calibre is a FREE & open-source suite of e-book software for multiple platforms (Windows, Mac/macOS, Linux). Calibre supports organizing existing e-books into virtual libraries, displaying, editing, creating and conversion of e-books, as well as syncing e-books with a variety of e-readers. Editing books is supported for EPUB and AZW3 formats. Books in other formats like MOBI must first be converted to those formats, if they are to be edited. Calibre is a vibrant open-source community with half a dozen developers and many, many testers and bug reporters. It is used in over 200 countries and has been translated into a dozen different languages by volunteers. Calibre has become a comprehensive tool for the management of digital texts...
Ghost Planet (2024)
Title: Ghost Planet Tagline: At the edge of the universe lies mystery and adventure. Genre: Science Fiction Director: Philip J. Cook Cast: Joe Mayes,Mark Hyde,Claudia Troy,Claudia Amacher,Georgia Anastasia,Julie Kashmanian,Tennyson Harris,Ulysses E. Campbell,Jolene Mafnas,Maxwell Heaton,Keith Crosby,Christopher Winter,Chris Konke Status: Released Release: May 31, 2024 Runtime: 85 Plot: A group of astronauts venture to a mysterious planet to claim the find of the century.
The Beyond (2018)
Title: The Beyond Tagline: To find out place in the universe, we must venture beyond our boundaries. Genre: Science Fiction Director: Hasraf Dulull Cast: David Bailie, Jane Perry, Kosha Engler, Brian Deacon, Noeleen Comiskey, Amy Argyle, Melissa Graham, Bruce Chong, Nigel Barber, Tom Christian, Julian Graham, Georgina Blackledge, Nick Kokotakis, Alissa Juvan, Jessica Blake, Zack Schor, Louisa Hollway, Ezra Khan, Neil Percival, Wes Nike, Stuart Ashton, Karen Brace, Fiona McGee, Harriet Leah Preston, Alexander Clay, Alex Duong, Adam K. Batchelor, Aleksandr Uusmees, Zoe Cookie Levere, Peter McAllister, Jaedon Tan Yung-Ming, Alek Usemee, Roger Harding, Imran Yusuf, Cheah Wen Jin, Dare Emmanuel, Fahimah Hedar, Anderson Augustine...

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