Podcasts about Percival Lowell

While you can't talk about Percival Lowell without mentioning his views on Mars, you also have to discuss his other great obsession - finding the hypothetical ninth planet hiding on the fringes of the solar system.

Conoce la historia de como un astrónomo observó en Marte durante años, canales de agua que realmente no existen. Escucha además la anécdota de los primeros candidatos astronautas, la cultura espacial de las rocas de dibujos animados, y el desafío de este episodio. Escríbeme a: juanma.parrondo@baselaika.com Sígueme en instagram: @laika.podcast

Franklyn Mars bails his son Forrest out of jail. Then Forrest decides to build a bigger company. Mars is an absolute empire. Dave Young: Welcome to The Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom-and-pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I'm Stephen's sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today's episode, a word from our sponsor, which is ... Well, it's us, but we're highlighting ads we've written and produced for our clients. So here's one of those. [Travis Crawford HVAC Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to The Empire Builders Podcast. Dave Young here talking to Stephen Semple, and we're going to talk about business empires that went from nothing and turned into, as we say, empires. Stephen Semple: Yes, sir. Dave Young: Right? That's the premise. Now people know the underlying premise of the podcast. Let's get on with it. You whispered in my ear, as you hit the countdown button, that today we're going to talk about the Mars Corporation. The Mars Corporation. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: But we're not talking about Percival Lowell and his telescope thinking that there were canals on Mars. Stephen Semple: No, no we're not. Dave Young: We're talking about candy bars. Is that right? Stephen Semple: Yeah, we're talking about a lot of candy bars. Dave Young: So I at least got that going for me. I figured out that this is not the Bugs Bunny villain. This is ... Stephen Semple: Dave, you're not feeling well, but you still bring it. I like it. Dave Young: Yeah. Just in this day and age, full transparency, I'm doing this with COVID. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Dave Young: But fortunately, we record over the internet. Stephen Semple: That's it. Got our virus protection on. Dave Young: I've got a mask sitting right next to my microphone. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Mars is massive. One half of the top candy bar names on the planet are part of Mars: Mars, Snickers, Skittles, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, and M&M's. Dave Young: All right, so how far back does this go? Stephen Semple: Well, we're actually going to do two sections of this. We're going to go right back to the beginning, and also we're going to do something around the time that they added some of these extra names that was really kind of interesting. Dave Young: So how many years back? Is there a Mr. Mars or a Mrs. Mars? Stephen Semple: Oh, yes. It was Franklin Mars. Dave Young: All right, all right. Stephen Semple: 1911, Franklin Mars. Dave Young: 1911. Stephen Semple: Yeah. Dave Young: Because what I picture the Mars Corporation full of now is a bunch of suits that are like Slugsworth in Willy Wonka. Stephen Semple: Well, they are $45 billion in revenues. Dave Young: Yeah. Yeah. Stephen Semple: They are 130,000 employees. Dave Young: Dang. Stephen Semple: And they're still owned by the Mars family. Dave Young: Oh. Well, that makes me feel good. Stephen Semple: There you go. Dave Young: That actually does because I just picture that big of a company, nobody in the boardroom actually cares about chocolate, but I'm glad to ... So let's dive in. I'm all ears now. Stephen Semple: And they're literally one of the top five privately-owned companies in the world. But yes ... Dave Young: Amazing. Stephen Semple: It's really remarkable that they're still family-owned. So as we were talking about earlier, founded in 1911 by Franklin Mars in Tacoma, Washington. And the reason why we're sort of taking two looks at this company, there's kind of what Franklin Mars did to start the company, but it was really his son, Forrest Mars, who made it huge. Dave Young: Okay. Stephen Semple:

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” - 1 Corinthians 13:12 Maybe you remember with me how that phrase in King James was, “through a glass darkly.”  As a child I always imagined myself peering into a glass orb at some magical world, (maybe even Heaven), but not quite making out the shapes. That held some real mystique for me. I had no idea nor care what this could have to do with love, which was still an icky concept to me anyway. Alas, that was when I was a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things and got back to fairy tales.  I have since learned that it was ‘glass,' as in Alice's ‘looking glass.' The mirror mix-up reminds me of the astronomer Percival Lowell, who was convinced that he was seeing spoke-like features on the surface of Venus, yet unable to replicate the findings for other observers. As it happens, the ambitious stargazer had unwittingly turned his telescope into an ophthalmoscope and was actually just seeing the blood vessels in his own eyeballs reflected back onto his vision. Alice, too, thought she was peering into an alien world, when it turns out she was only learning about herself.  But how does focusing on yourself help you love God and others? Isn't love about self-denial? Well, we often cause hurt to others merely by being ourselves around them. They need us to be better, and love demands we try. So, I'm starting with the man in the mirror, and I'm asking him to change his ways.  Squint with me this Sunday and we'll see what we can see about all that.  

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” - 1 Corinthians 13:12 Maybe you remember with me how that phrase in King James was, “through a glass darkly.”  As a child I always imagined myself peering into a glass orb at some magical world, (maybe even Heaven), but not quite making out the shapes. That held some real mystique for me. I had no idea nor care what this could have to do with love, which was still an icky concept to me anyway. Alas, that was when I was a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things and got back to fairy tales.  I have since learned that it was ‘glass,' as in Alice's ‘looking glass.' The mirror mix-up reminds me of the astronomer Percival Lowell, who was convinced that he was seeing spoke-like features on the surface of Venus, yet unable to replicate the findings for other observers. As it happens, the ambitious stargazer had unwittingly turned his telescope into an ophthalmoscope and was actually just seeing the blood vessels in his own eyeballs reflected back onto his vision. Alice, too, thought she was peering into an alien world, when it turns out she was only learning about herself.  But how does focusing on yourself help you love God and others? Isn't love about self-denial? Well, we often cause hurt to others merely by being ourselves around them. They need us to be better, and love demands we try. So, I'm starting with the man in the mirror, and I'm asking him to change his ways.  Squint with me this Sunday and we'll see what we can see about all that.  

In the early 20th century, much of the world had “Mars fever.” Percival Lowell had mapped what he called “canals” on Mars, built by a dying civilization. H.G. Wells published “War of the Worlds,” about a Martian invasion. Inventor Nicola Tesla reported hearing possible signals from Mars. So there was a lot of interest in the Red Planet. In 1901, Richard Taylor wrote this march to capture the enthusiasm – “A Signal From Mars.” People listened for signals 100 years ago this week. Mars was passing especially close to Earth. Astronomer David Todd thought Martians might try to contact us. So he organized a campaign to listen for radio transmissions. Among others, he worked with Charles F. Jenkins, who’d built a device that could transmit photographs via radio. Jenkins later developed early forms of television. Starting on August 21st, 1924, Jenkins recorded radio waves on a roll of photographic paper whenever Mars was in the sky – more than 20 hours in all. Todd said he saw faces in the squiggles on the paper. But Jenkins thought it was nothing but noise. Technicians at some radio stations reported hearing odd sounds during the hunt. Most of the sounds came from Earth, although some might have been natural radio waves from astronomical objects. But none of them came from the Red Planet. There were no signals from Mars. Script by Damond Benningfield

A century ago, most scientists thought Mars was devoid of animal life. Many thought it might contain plants, or at least primitive life such as lichens. But in popular culture, Mars was abuzz with life. That was thanks to Percival Lowell. He saw “canals” crisscrossing the planet – structures built to save a dying civilization. Lowell was born to a distinguished family in Boston. He worked in the family business, then traveled around Asia. But during that time he developed an interest in Mars. In the late 1800s, he built his own observatory to study Mars, in Flagstaff, Arizona. During an especially close passage of Mars, in 1877, an Italian astronomer had described some lines he saw on the planet as “channels” – natural features. But Lowell thought of them as “canals” – created by living beings. In Lowell’s reckoning, Mars was losing its atmosphere and getting colder. That turned it into a desert. Survivors built the canals to sustain their cities. Lowell’s books and lectures about Mars were popular, so the general public thought of Mars as inhabited. But by 1924, it was clear to most scientists that Mars was too cold and dry to support much life. But one thought a civilization could still exist – perhaps supported by Lowell’s canals. So during another close passage of Mars, a century ago this week, he launched a project to listen for Martian radio broadcasts. More about that tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Los primeros registros de la observación de Marte se remontan a la era de los antiguos astrónomos egipcios en el II milenio a. C. Más tarde, aparecieron los primeros registros chinos sobre los movimientos de Marte antes de la fundación de la dinastía Zhou (1045 a. C.). Los astrónomos babilónicos realizaron observaciones detalladas sobre la posición de Marte, que sirvieron para desarrollar técnicas aritméticas que predecían la posición futura del planeta. Los antiguos filósofos griegos y los astrónomos helenísticos desarrollaron un modelo geocéntrico para explicar los movimientos del planeta. Las mediciones del diámetro angular de Marte se pueden encontrar en antiguos textos griegos e indios. En el siglo XVI, Nicolás Copérnico propuso un modelo heliocéntrico para el sistema solar en el que los planetas siguen órbitas circulares alrededor del Sol. Esto fue revisado por Johannes Kepler, que pudo ajustar la órbita elíptica de Marte a los datos observacionales. La primera observación telescópica de Marte fue realizada por Galileo Galilei en 1610. Un siglo después, los astrónomos descubrieron distintas características del albedo del planeta. Fueron capaces de determinar su período de rotación y la inclinación axial. Estas observaciones se hicieron principalmente durante los intervalos de tiempo en el que el planeta estaba situado en oposición al Sol, en los cuales Marte se acercó más a la Tierra. A principios del siglo XIX las innovaciones en la fabricación de los telescopios permitieron empezar a mapear Marte. El primer mapa de Marte fue publicado en 1840, seguido por mapas más refinados a partir de 1877 en adelante. Cuando los astrónomos creyeron equivocadamente que habían detectado agua en la atmósfera marciana, la idea de la existencia de vida en Marte se popularizó entre el público. Percival Lowell creía que se podía ver una red de canales artificiales en la superficie de Marte.​ Estas características lineales demostraron posteriormente ser una ilusión óptica, y se demostró que la atmósfera era demasiado delgada para soportar un entorno parecido a la Tierra. Se han observado nubes amarillas en Marte desde la década de 1870. Eugène Antoniadi sugirió que se debían a arena o polvo que era soplado por el viento. Durante la década de 1920 se midió el rango de temperatura de la superficie marciana: de –85 a 7°C. Se encontró que la atmósfera planetaria era árida con indicios de oxígeno y agua. En 1947 Gerard Kuiper demostró que la fina atmósfera marciana contenía mucho dióxido de carbono; aproximadamente el doble de la existente en la atmósfera de la Tierra. Desde la década de 1960, múltiples ingenios espaciales robóticos han sido enviados para explorar Marte desde su órbita y su superficie. Antarctic Wastelands & Dear Gravity, God Body Disconnect, Helsinki Project, Spacecraft, Spectrum Vision, Ascendant, A.e.r.o. & Unusual Cosmic Process, Meg Bowles, Ben Frost, latome2, Reid Willis, Erez Yaary, Antarctic Wastelands & Ether Valley, Michael Neil, Nhung Nguyen, Neuromanter, Blue Is Nine. El playlist detallado: lostfrontier.org/space.html#1030.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de lostfrontier.org. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/26825

Hello, and welcome to another episode of "Science 360" the podcast where we explore the wonders of the universe, all aspects of science (360 degrees...full circle...get it?) and the brilliant minds that bring them to light. I'm your host, Tim Stephenson, and today I have a very special guest joining us from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Our guest today is Todd Gonzales, the Director of Education at the observatory. Todd is here to share with us the rich history and groundbreaking discoveries made at Lowell Observatory. We'll delve into the story of Percival Lowell, the visionary who founded the observatory, driven by his fascination with Mars and his desire to determine if there was any life there.We'll also discuss the construction and significance of the iconic Clarke Telescope, and the fascinating tales of how Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were discovered.Additionally, we'll touch on the incredible contributions of Vesto Slipher, whose work provided the first evidence that our universe is expanding.For any teachers tuning in, get ready for a wealth of information about our solar system that you can bring back to your classrooms. So, without further ado, let's welcome Todd Gonzales to the show. 

Let's return to this sleep-inducing exploration, and speculation, about the Red Planet. This time, we learn about seasonal fluctuations of the poles and how they do or don't mirror our own. Which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW   Read “Mars and Its Canals” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015   Music: "Dream Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com   If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, http://www.boringbookspod.com.

Science was forever changed, thanks to an observatory in Flagstaff named after Percival Lowell, one of the first minds to explore the potential of water on Mars and theorize about undiscovered planets. In 1930, the Lowell Observatory announced the discovery of a ninth planet at the end of the solar system: Pluto. Now, almost 100 years later, a state representative is proposing to make Pluto the official state planet. This week on Valley 101, a podcast about metro Phoenix and beyond, we dive into the history of Pluto, the scientific breakthrough in its findings and why an elected official wants it to represent Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In celebration of the book 'When The Stars Are Right, HP Lovecraft and Astronomy' by Edward Guimont and Horace A. Smith, Eddie returns to the cabin. We tackle the Old Gent Of Providence and his fascination with turn-of-the-century astronomy, as well as his various connections to the great and good of early planetary science fiction! Including, but not limited to: -Teenage Lovecraft meets Percival Lowell, and worries he's been too harsh on the latter's Martian canal theories -Lovecraft plays a skeptical Scully when the good people of Providence think they've seen a Christmas mystery airship! -Lovecraft writes amateur astronomical columns for various newspapers -Lovecraft writes a (rather fantastic) short story set on what we'd now call a charmingly old-fashioned Venus -How Lovecraft used elements of old Mars literature to plot At The Mountains Of Madness -And HPL's thoughts on Jules Verne, the War of the Worlds, Edison's Conquest Of Mars, and LOADS MORE. LINKS When The Stars Are Right by Edward Guimont and Horace A Smith Edward Guimont on Twitter Buy Me A Coffee

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In 1906, astronomer and businessman Percival Lowell launched a search for "Planet X," a hypothetical giant planet orbiting the sun beyond Neptune, based on a possible mysterious gravitation pull on the latter planet. His ambitions lead him to Pluto in 1930, and though it may have only been a rediscovery, Pluto is now no longer a planet. Yesterday an international team of researchers unveiled a new study suggesting that one or more planet-size bodies could indeed rest in the Oort cloud. In 2015 astronomers from Caltech reported the same, a study which is stored on NASA's website under the title ‘Hypothetical Planet X'. But more important in these discussions is the choice of words: X is both a Roman numeral for ten and a marker for the unknown. It is also a matter of deciding what model of the solar system one wants to use: the ancient one where the sun and moon are included or the modern one where up until recently Pluto was a planet. It makes a difference. With 9 planets, plus the sun and moon, and with what many call Nibiru, there would be 12 planets in total. If you subtract the sun and moon then Nibiru becomes the tenth planet. Subtract Pluto and Nibiru becomes the ninth planet. Rogue planets were also up until recently rejected as possible. Now they are reported yearly. However, a rogue planet like Nibiru probably isn't going to crash into earth, a theory likely proposed to mislead any research into the subject by association. Furthermore, Caltech says this planet has an orbit between 10-20,000 years. Overall it seems that the reduction of our solar system was meant to stifle research into the outer planet(s), even if it does exist. This gives the scientific establishment the power to determine what is truth and reality. Likewise, the flat earth theory promotes what institutional and corrupt religions have done by promoting an earth-centric model of the solar system and universe, i.e., restricting interest in the beyond and confining the imagination and spirit to a controllable environment.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5328407/advertisement

En la primera parte del programa, damos unas pinceladas, y pisamos terreno resbaladizo, adentrándonos en un controvertido debate que cuestiona la teoría de la evolución de Darwin, y que plantea la posibilidad de que los seres humanos no hayamos evolucionado de forma natural, sino que hayamos sido colocados deliberadamente en la Tierra de otra manera. La teoría de la evolución de Darwin, presentada por primera vez en su famoso libro "El origen de las especies", revolucionó nuestra comprensión de cómo las especies cambian y se adaptan a lo largo del tiempo. Según Darwin, todos los seres vivos, incluidos los humanos, han evolucionado a partir de un ancestro común a través de un proceso de selección natural y mutaciones aleatorias. Sin embargo, hay voces disidentes en la comunidad científica que cuestionan esta teoría y proponen una explicación alternativa, llevándonos a una profunda reflexión sobre la intersección entre la ciencia y las creencias personales… En la segunda y más extensa parte del programa, exploraremos las teorías y hallazgos relacionados con las presuntas ruinas encontradas en la superficie de nuestro vecino rojo. Durante siglos, los astrónomos han observado con asombro el planeta Marte, y entre ellos se destacan nombres como Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell y el visionario Nikola Tesla. Estos pioneros de la astronomía observaron y documentaron detalladamente las anomalías que adornaban la faz de Marte, desde los canales aparentemente construidos hasta las estructuras geológicas que sugieren la presencia de una civilización antigua y perdida. En particular, fue en el año 1877 cuando Schiaparelli, utilizando un telescopio refractor de 22 centímetros en el Observatorio Brera de Milán, realizó el descubrimiento más impactante. Afirmó haber observado una extraña formación en forma de cara en una región conocida como Cydonia, situada en el ecuador marciano. Esta revelación capturó la imaginación de la humanidad y desencadenó un fervor sin precedentes por desentrañar los secretos ocultos de Marte. Desde entonces, se han llevado a cabo numerosas misiones espaciales para estudiar de cerca la superficie de Marte. La famosa misión Viking en 1976 capturó imágenes detalladas de la misteriosa cara, que parecía estar rodeada de estructuras que se asemejan a complejos urbanos. Estas imágenes suscitaron aún más preguntas sobre la posibilidad de una antigua civilización marciana. A medida que avanzamos en el tiempo, las investigaciones y exploraciones en Marte han continuado. La NASA y otras agencias espaciales han enviado vehículos robóticos como los rovers Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity y el más reciente, Perseverance, para recopilar datos y realizar análisis científicos exhaustivos. A pesar de los debates en la comunidad científica, la cara de Marte, es un misterio no resuelto ¿Quizá un monumento arquitectónico construido por una civilización antigua? Estas ruinas despiertan nuestra imaginación y nos hacen cuestionar si alguna vez estuvimos solos en el universo. La misteriosa cara de Marte y sus ruinas nos sumergen en un enigma que nos conecta con los primeros astrónomos que vislumbraron las anomalías en el planeta rojo. Desde Giovanni Schiaparelli hasta los avances tecnológicos de hoy, estas estructuras continúan inspirando la exploración espacial y desafiando nuestra comprensión del cosmos. ¿Será que algún día descubriremos la verdad detrás de estas enigmáticas ruinas? Os recomiendo el libro/cuento titulado, "OVNI", de Mateu Simó Mesquida y Verónica Monterde García. En este cuento, se recopilan los casos más míticos del fenómeno OVNI, presentados de una manera amena y divertida que captura la imaginación de los niños. Además, la narrativa está muy bien cuidada y entretenida, lo que hace que la experiencia de lectura sea muy agradable. Aunque este cuento está dirigido a niños, también lo pueden disfrutar los adultos, recordando algunos de los casos más impactantes de la historia OVNI. Si estás interesado en adquirir este cuento, lo puedes encontrar tanto en Amazon.com como en la página web de universovni.com Contacto: Lucesenlanoche@outlook.com Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/LucesNoche Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALEXLUCESNOCHE Twitter: @LucesNoche Instagram: @LucesNoche Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En la primera parte del programa, damos unas pinceladas, y pisamos terreno resbaladizo, adentrándonos en un controvertido debate que cuestiona la teoría de la evolución de Darwin, y que plantea la posibilidad de que los seres humanos no hayamos evolucionado de forma natural, sino que hayamos sido colocados deliberadamente en la Tierra de otra manera. La teoría de la evolución de Darwin, presentada por primera vez en su famoso libro "El origen de las especies", revolucionó nuestra comprensión de cómo las especies cambian y se adaptan a lo largo del tiempo. Según Darwin, todos los seres vivos, incluidos los humanos, han evolucionado a partir de un ancestro común a través de un proceso de selección natural y mutaciones aleatorias. Sin embargo, hay voces disidentes en la comunidad científica que cuestionan esta teoría y proponen una explicación alternativa, llevándonos a una profunda reflexión sobre la intersección entre la ciencia y las creencias personales… En la segunda y más extensa parte del programa, exploraremos las teorías y hallazgos relacionados con las presuntas ruinas encontradas en la superficie de nuestro vecino rojo. Durante siglos, los astrónomos han observado con asombro el planeta Marte, y entre ellos se destacan nombres como Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell y el visionario Nikola Tesla. Estos pioneros de la astronomía observaron y documentaron detalladamente las anomalías que adornaban la faz de Marte, desde los canales aparentemente construidos hasta las estructuras geológicas que sugieren la presencia de una civilización antigua y perdida. En particular, fue en el año 1877 cuando Schiaparelli, utilizando un telescopio refractor de 22 centímetros en el Observatorio Brera de Milán, realizó el descubrimiento más impactante. Afirmó haber observado una extraña formación en forma de cara en una región conocida como Cydonia, situada en el ecuador marciano. Esta revelación capturó la imaginación de la humanidad y desencadenó un fervor sin precedentes por desentrañar los secretos ocultos de Marte. Desde entonces, se han llevado a cabo numerosas misiones espaciales para estudiar de cerca la superficie de Marte. La famosa misión Viking en 1976 capturó imágenes detalladas de la misteriosa cara, que parecía estar rodeada de estructuras que se asemejan a complejos urbanos. Estas imágenes suscitaron aún más preguntas sobre la posibilidad de una antigua civilización marciana. A medida que avanzamos en el tiempo, las investigaciones y exploraciones en Marte han continuado. La NASA y otras agencias espaciales han enviado vehículos robóticos como los rovers Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity y el más reciente, Perseverance, para recopilar datos y realizar análisis científicos exhaustivos. A pesar de los debates en la comunidad científica, la cara de Marte, es un misterio no resuelto ¿Quizá un monumento arquitectónico construido por una civilización antigua? Estas ruinas despiertan nuestra imaginación y nos hacen cuestionar si alguna vez estuvimos solos en el universo. La misteriosa cara de Marte y sus ruinas nos sumergen en un enigma que nos conecta con los primeros astrónomos que vislumbraron las anomalías en el planeta rojo. Desde Giovanni Schiaparelli hasta los avances tecnológicos de hoy, estas estructuras continúan inspirando la exploración espacial y desafiando nuestra comprensión del cosmos. ¿Será que algún día descubriremos la verdad detrás de estas enigmáticas ruinas? Os recomiendo el libro/cuento titulado, "OVNI", de Mateu Simó Mesquida y Verónica Monterde García. En este cuento, se recopilan los casos más míticos del fenómeno OVNI, presentados de una manera amena y divertida que captura la imaginación de los niños. Además, la narrativa está muy bien cuidada y entretenida, lo que hace que la experiencia de lectura sea muy agradable. Aunque este cuento está dirigido a niños, también lo pueden disfrutar los adultos, recordando algunos de los casos más impactantes de la historia OVNI. Si estás interesado en adquirir este cuento, lo puedes encontrar tanto en Amazon.com como en la página web de universovni.com Contacto: Lucesenlanoche@outlook.com Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/LucesNoche Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ALEXLUCESNOCHE Twitter: @LucesNoche Instagram: @LucesNoche Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

From Dante to Matt Damon, Percival Lowell to Perseverance, humans have long wondered about, studied, and eventually explored our closest planetary neighbor, Mars. In celebration of Matt's new book "For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet," we're taking you through how humans have shown Mars in stories, movies, and art through the centuries. Sign up here for the monthly AirSpace newsletter AirSpace is made possible by the generous support of Olay.

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the $787.5 million settlement of the Dominion Voting v. Fox News defamation lawsuit; the political game being played with raising the U.S. debt ceiling; and the Russian detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich.  Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Jim Rutenberg and Katie Robertson for the New York Times: “A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie” Matthew Iglesias for Slow Boring: “Medicaid work requirements are cruel and pointless” Paul Krugman for the New York Times: “A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess” Freedom House Report: “Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracy” John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “U.S. ambassador says she visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter” Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Brett Forrest for the Wall Street Journal: “'You Are Completely Alone': Inside the Infamous Russian Prison Holding Evan Gershkovich” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “What Everyone Should Know about the Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)” “Pelosi in the House” HBO documentary  Carrie Blazina and Drew Desilver for the Pew Research Center: “House gets younger, Senate gets older: A look at the age and generation of lawmakers in the 118th Congress”  Here are this week's chatters: Emily: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Jesse McKinley, and Jay Root for the New York Times: “Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns” and Timothy Bella for the Washington Post: “Cheerleaders leaving practice were shot after one got in wrong car, teen says” John: Ellie Zolfagharifard for the Daily Mail: “'Here there be robots': Artist draws stunning medieval map of Mars showing off its huge craters and vast canyons”; Mars and its Canals by Percival Lowell; and Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: “How Astronomer Percival Lowell Mistook His Own Eye For Spokes on Venus” David: City Cast DC podcast: “D.C.'s Rat-Hunting Dogs And Other Rat Solutions” (Host Bridget Todd, Producer Julia Karron)  Listener chatter from Nancy Hall: Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau for the Chicago Tribune: “Stalled Justice: Delays in the Cook County courts” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the dilemma posed by the months-long absence of Dianne Feinstein from the U.S. Senate. In the next Gabfest Reads, David talks with Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri about her latest book, Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up).  Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Jared Downing. Research by Julie Huygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the $787.5 million settlement of the Dominion Voting v. Fox News defamation lawsuit; the political game being played with raising the U.S. debt ceiling; and the Russian detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich.  Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Jim Rutenberg and Katie Robertson for the New York Times: “A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie” Matthew Iglesias for Slow Boring: “Medicaid work requirements are cruel and pointless” Paul Krugman for the New York Times: “A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess” Freedom House Report: “Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracy” John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “U.S. ambassador says she visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter” Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Brett Forrest for the Wall Street Journal: “'You Are Completely Alone': Inside the Infamous Russian Prison Holding Evan Gershkovich” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “What Everyone Should Know about the Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)” “Pelosi in the House” HBO documentary  Carrie Blazina and Drew Desilver for the Pew Research Center: “House gets younger, Senate gets older: A look at the age and generation of lawmakers in the 118th Congress”  Here are this week's chatters: Emily: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Jesse McKinley, and Jay Root for the New York Times: “Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns” and Timothy Bella for the Washington Post: “Cheerleaders leaving practice were shot after one got in wrong car, teen says” John: Ellie Zolfagharifard for the Daily Mail: “'Here there be robots': Artist draws stunning medieval map of Mars showing off its huge craters and vast canyons”; Mars and its Canals by Percival Lowell; and Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: “How Astronomer Percival Lowell Mistook His Own Eye For Spokes on Venus” David: City Cast DC podcast: “D.C.'s Rat-Hunting Dogs And Other Rat Solutions” (Host Bridget Todd, Producer Julia Karron)  Listener chatter from Nancy Hall: Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau for the Chicago Tribune: “Stalled Justice: Delays in the Cook County courts” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the dilemma posed by the months-long absence of Dianne Feinstein from the U.S. Senate. In the next Gabfest Reads, David talks with Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri about her latest book, Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up).  Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Jared Downing. Research by Julie Huygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the $787.5 million settlement of the Dominion Voting v. Fox News defamation lawsuit; the political game being played with raising the U.S. debt ceiling; and the Russian detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich.  Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Jim Rutenberg and Katie Robertson for the New York Times: “A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie” Matthew Iglesias for Slow Boring: “Medicaid work requirements are cruel and pointless” Paul Krugman for the New York Times: “A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess” Freedom House Report: “Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracy” John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “U.S. ambassador says she visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter” Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Brett Forrest for the Wall Street Journal: “'You Are Completely Alone': Inside the Infamous Russian Prison Holding Evan Gershkovich” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “What Everyone Should Know about the Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)” “Pelosi in the House” HBO documentary  Carrie Blazina and Drew Desilver for the Pew Research Center: “House gets younger, Senate gets older: A look at the age and generation of lawmakers in the 118th Congress”  Here are this week's chatters: Emily: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Jesse McKinley, and Jay Root for the New York Times: “Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns” and Timothy Bella for the Washington Post: “Cheerleaders leaving practice were shot after one got in wrong car, teen says” John: Ellie Zolfagharifard for the Daily Mail: “'Here there be robots': Artist draws stunning medieval map of Mars showing off its huge craters and vast canyons”; Mars and its Canals by Percival Lowell; and Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: “How Astronomer Percival Lowell Mistook His Own Eye For Spokes on Venus” David: City Cast DC podcast: “D.C.'s Rat-Hunting Dogs And Other Rat Solutions” (Host Bridget Todd, Producer Julia Karron)  Listener chatter from Nancy Hall: Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau for the Chicago Tribune: “Stalled Justice: Delays in the Cook County courts” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the dilemma posed by the months-long absence of Dianne Feinstein from the U.S. Senate. In the next Gabfest Reads, David talks with Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri about her latest book, Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up).  Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Jared Downing. Research by Julie Huygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon discuss the $787.5 million settlement of the Dominion Voting v. Fox News defamation lawsuit; the political game being played with raising the U.S. debt ceiling; and the Russian detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich.  Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Jim Rutenberg and Katie Robertson for the New York Times: “A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie” Matthew Iglesias for Slow Boring: “Medicaid work requirements are cruel and pointless” Paul Krugman for the New York Times: “A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess” Freedom House Report: “Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracy” John Dickerson for CBS News Prime Time: “U.S. ambassador says she visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter” Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Brett Forrest for the Wall Street Journal: “'You Are Completely Alone': Inside the Infamous Russian Prison Holding Evan Gershkovich” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “What Everyone Should Know about the Shingles Vaccine (Shingrix)” “Pelosi in the House” HBO documentary  Carrie Blazina and Drew Desilver for the Pew Research Center: “House gets younger, Senate gets older: A look at the age and generation of lawmakers in the 118th Congress”  Here are this week's chatters: Emily: Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith, Jesse McKinley, and Jay Root for the New York Times: “Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns” and Timothy Bella for the Washington Post: “Cheerleaders leaving practice were shot after one got in wrong car, teen says” John: Ellie Zolfagharifard for the Daily Mail: “'Here there be robots': Artist draws stunning medieval map of Mars showing off its huge craters and vast canyons”; Mars and its Canals by Percival Lowell; and Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: “How Astronomer Percival Lowell Mistook His Own Eye For Spokes on Venus” David: City Cast DC podcast: “D.C.'s Rat-Hunting Dogs And Other Rat Solutions” (Host Bridget Todd, Producer Julia Karron)  Listener chatter from Nancy Hall: Joe Mahr and Megan Crepeau for the Chicago Tribune: “Stalled Justice: Delays in the Cook County courts” For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David discuss the dilemma posed by the months-long absence of Dianne Feinstein from the U.S. Senate. In the next Gabfest Reads, David talks with Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri about her latest book, Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up).  Email your questions and chatters to gabfest@slate.com or tweet us @SlateGabfest. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Jared Downing. Research by Julie Huygen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El Hombre de Marte se publicó originalmente en la revista anual Paris-Noël de diciembre de 1887, y encontró su inspiración en el descubrimiento de los supuestos "canales de Marte" inspirados en las teorías de Giovanni Schiaparelli o Percival Lowell. Guy de Maupassant construyó está historia inspirado en estas y otras increíbles apreciaciones de los científicos de su tiempo. Este relato ha sido posible gracias al patrocinio de https://universovni.com/ y el apoyo de nuestros mecenas y de Igor y Maestro. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Les Martiens, ça n'existe que dans les films ou les livres… Bref, c'est une invention humaine ! Mais à une époque, on a cru dur comme fer à leur existence. Julien te raconte pourquoi… De l'eau sur Mars ? L'histoire commence en Italie, en 1850. À cette époque, l'être humain se passionne pour Mars, cette planète voisine de la Terre. Le religieux Angelo Secchi est passionné d'astronomie. En tant que responsable d'un des plus grands observatoires d'Italie, il dispose de télescopes très puissants pour l'époque. Grâce à eux, il repère de grandes traces sombres à la surface de Mars qui ressemblent à des rivières ou à des étendues d'eau.  Quelques années plus tard, un autre astronome italien, Giovanni Schiaparelli, s'intéresse à son tour à la planète rouge. Il étudie sa surface et observe lui aussi de grandes traces rectilignes. Elles lui font penser à des fleuves ou à des canaux…  Des canaux creusés par des Martiens !   En 1894, 17 ans après Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell, un riche Américain passionné d'astronomie, s'achète le meilleur matériel de l'époque et fonde un observatoire astronomique. Il réussit lui aussi à observer les mystérieuses traces à la surface de Mars. Il trouve les canaux trop rectilignes, trop parfaits pour être naturels : ils ont forcément été construits par quelqu'un !  Lowell, qui rêve de devenir célèbre, écrit un livre pour exposer sa théorie : l'eau est rare sur Mars, alors les Martiens ont construit ces immenses canaux pour l'amener vers les régions sèches. Pour lui, c'est sûr, ces canaux prouvent une chose : Mars est habitée ! Et les Martiens disposent d'une technologie bien plus avancée que la nôtre pour être capable de construire des canaux aussi gigantesques.  Très vite, les journaux s'emparent des théories de Lowell. L'idée qu'il existe des Martiens commence à se propager. Les gens en parlent de plus en plus. Les romanciers raffolent du sujet. En 1898, l'auteur H.G. Wells s'inspire des livres de Lowell pour écrire La guerre des Mondes, un des premiers et des plus grands romans de science-fiction.  Pas de preuves scientifiques  Les scientifiques sont beaucoup plus prudents que l'homme d'affaires américain, Percival Lowell, car sa théorie n'apporte aucune preuve scientifique. Il s'agit peut-être simplement du relief naturel de Mars…  Au tout début du 20e siècle, la technologie évolue. On parvient à construire des lunettes astronomiques bien plus grandes, et plus précises. D'un seul coup, les images deviennent plus nettes. Et là : aucune trace de canaux martiens ! On pense que ce que Lowell a vu était une illusion d'optique ou un défaut sur la lentille des télescopes du 19e siècle, car ces instruments manquaient de précision. L'image était un peu floue, elle pouvait prêter à confusion. Quelle que soit la cause exacte de l'erreur, on sait aujourd'hui que les Martiens existaient seulement dans la tête de Percival Lowell…  Un peu d'observation, beaucoup d'interprétation… Et hop, voilà comment naissent les créatures des mythes et des légendes ! Minotaure, sphinx, sirène… : si tu veux en apprendre plus sur ces créatures qui nous fascinent, ouvre le magazine Images Doc de mai 2023 !

The Soul of the Far East

Join us as we explore the intriguing history of Pluto, from its discovery in 1930 by astronomer Clyde W Tombaugh to its controversial classification as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. Learn about the theories and discoveries that led to Pluto's discovery, the public's excitement over its initial classification as the ninth planet of our solar system, and the scientific community's eventual reclassification of Pluto.

Orcus und Vanth sind zwei faszinierende Himmelskörper im äußersten Sonnensystem. Was es dort zu entdecken gibt und was die Totengötter damit zu tun haben erfahrt in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten. Wer den Podcast finanziell unterstützen möchte, kann das hier tun: Mit PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/florianfreistetter), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sternengeschichten) oder Steady (https://steadyhq.com/sternengeschichten)

Seriah welcomes Octavian, Red Pill Junkie, and Super Inframan for a listener stories episode. Topics include Cal Cooper, an apparition of a dead relative, solid apparitions, the Iliad and Odyssey and their esoteric aspects, spirits impersonating familiar people, MIB phenomena, temporary monsters, Grant Morrison, Superman, the Joker, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, Greg Little, flashes of light, an impossible moon observation, Fatima and the moving sun, Jacques Vallee, Joaquim Fernandes, Fina D'Armada, Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka, Professor Jeffrey Kripal, Mike Clelland, astronauts and cosmic rays, telescope hallucinations, Percival Lowell and canals on Mars, sleep paralysis, a strange dream experience, the goddess Hecate, synchronicities, an unusual shop in Roswell NM, a bizarre vision, Octavian's weird shared OBE “alien wedding”, numerous experiences in a haunted house, punk and metal music, confronting and engaging with paranormal phenomena, poltergeist activity as psychokinetic (pk) energy, ceremonial magick and poltergeist activity, a listener's life experience that parallels Seriah's, cassette tapes, VHS, tape vs digital, low-fi black metal, bone records from the USSR, a bizarre possible trance experience with a VHS tape, a strange psychedelic UFO experience of Adam Gorightly, the TV series “Midnight Club”, a strange experience with electronic video/audio and a fire alarm, John Keel, analog vs digital and the paranormal, music recording on VHS tape, content destruction for tax and PR purposes, and much more! This is riveting, fast-paced discussion!

Ruth Grützbauch ist Astronomin, betreibt in Wien ein Popup-Planetarium, und ich lasse mir von ihr arges Zeug aus dem Universum erzählen. Darin: Opposition! Am Morgen des 8. Dezember gegen 05:00 Uhr schiebt der Mond sich vor den Mars. Außerdem: das Marsgesicht, die Marstür (bei der NASA), die Mars-Ente, die Mars-Kanäle, Barnards Stern, Edward Barnard, Percival Lowell, Pluto, […]

Ruth Grützbauch ist Astronomin, betreibt in Wien ein Popup-Planetarium, und ich lasse mir von ihr arges Zeug aus dem Universum erzählen. Darin: Opposition! Am Morgen des 8. Dezember gegen 05:00 Uhr schiebt der Mond sich vor den Mars. Außerdem: das Marsgesicht, die Marstür (bei der NASA), die Mars-Ente, die Mars-Kanäle, Barnards Stern, Edward Barnard, Percival Lowell, Pluto, […]

Seriah welcomes Octavian, Red Pill Junkie, and Super Inframan for a listener stories episode. Topics include Cal Cooper, an apparition of a dead relative, solid apparitions, the Iliad and Odyssey and their esoteric aspects, spirits impersonating familiar people, MIB phenomena, temporary monsters, Grant Morrison, Superman, the Joker, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger, Greg Little, flashes of light, an impossible moon observation, Fatima and the moving sun, Jacques Vallee, Joaquim Fernandes, Fina D'Armada, Dr. Diana Walsh Pasulka, Professor Jeffrey Kripal, Mike Clelland, astronauts and cosmic rays, telescope hallucinations, Percival Lowell and canals on Mars, sleep paralysis, a strange dream experience, the goddess Hecate, synchronicities, an unusual shop in Roswell NM, a bizarre vision, Octavian's weird shared OBE “alien wedding”, numerous experiences in a haunted house, punk and metal music, confronting and engaging with paranormal phenomena, poltergeist activity as psychokinetic (pk) energy, ceremonial magick and poltergeist activity, a listener's life experience that parallels Seriah's, cassette tapes, VHS, tape vs digital, low-fi black metal, bone records from the USSR, a bizarre possible trance experience with a VHS tape, a strange psychedelic UFO experience of Adam Gorightly, the TV series “Midnight Club”, a strange experience with electronic video/audio and a fire alarm, John Keel, analog vs digital and the paranormal, music recording on VHS tape, content destruction for tax and PR purposes, and much more! This is riveting, fast-paced discussion! - Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast Outro Music is Trick Or Treatin' by Devo Spice Download

This is Renegade Files Episode 25, Mars Anomalies.Since the days of antiquity, Mars has captured the attention and imagination of all who have looked toward the heavens. We, as Earthlings, are inexplicably drawn to the surface of Mars. The red Planet has occupied a pole position in science and science fiction since 1894 when Percival Lowell saw what he believed to be intricate systems of canals on Mars.As soon as we developed the ability to see Mars, first with telescopes, then with orbiters, and currently with unmanned rovers, the images that have come back to us have caused controversy and curiosity.On this episode of Renegade files we travel across our Solar System to the planet named for the Roman God of War. We will explore what has come to be known as the Mars Anomalies: Images, Artifacts, Statues, Carvings, and even life forms that should not be there, but nevertheless, appear to be. Are there Pyramids on Mars? Is there plant life and liquid water on Mars? And why are the most recent orbiter photographs of objects on the surface more blurry than the ones from 1976?Are there things on Mars that NASA, for whatever reason, has an interest in hiding?Board the RFA Starship Cydonia, strap yourself in, and come with me as we travel 140 million miles through space to explore the red planet in search of the Mars Anomalies.Patreon https://www.patreon.com/renegadefilesHats (and more merch) https://www.bonfire.com/store/renegade-files/Website http://therenegadefiles.comThank you for helping the show grow by sharing it with other people like us, who are into crazy covert culture. They're our tribe so keep bringing them in. Just copy this link: http://therenegadefiles.com and post in on your social media pages or text it to those in your crew who would like the show. Cheers!--------------------------Photo of Percival Lowell at his telescope in 1914Photo devolution of Face Pics: Cydonia, Mars Wikipedia PageTCG: http://thoseconspiracyguys.com/--------------------------Music: Theme Song: “Steve's Djembe” by Vani, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 License.“Pyramids Under Glass” by Stone Calculus, DV8NOW Records, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

After turning themselves into cartoons last episode, Sean and Cody make a side trip to a mostly fictional version of the red planet on their way back to the real world. In the 1964 space adventure Robinson Crusoe on Mars, white bread astronaut Kit Draper (Paul Mantee) and the monkey he loves crash-land on the titular planet to find the basic tourist amenities such as oxygen, water and food haven't been restocked in several million years. With only a mid-60s tape deck, an Air Force surplus flight suit and a couple of tubes of turkey paste, can Draper find a way to survive long enough for Lyndon Johnson's NASA to come rescue him? The environmental issues covered in this episode center around humans' changing conceptions of conditions on Mars, with surprise cameos by our old friends settler colonialism and the white savior, who we can't seem to get rid of even 200 million miles from Earth. What did scientists know or think they knew about what Mars was really like at the time they made this film? Can liquid water exist there or can't it? What are Mars's polar ice caps made of? Why did some astronomers, including especially Percival Lowell, believe that the “canals” of Mars were works of engineering created by an alien species? How was the mission of the Mariner space probe in 1965 a huge bummer for filmmakers and conceptual artists who got paid for producing “Mars porn” for science magazines? What poor sap in the costume department on this film had to sew a fur loincloth for a monkey? Is Adam West the only true Batman? Who was that mid-1950s Disney narrator who sounded suspiciously like Orson Welles? Is there no escape from racist stereotyping anywhere in the universe? All these questions are sucking air out of the rocks in this, the first part of a double header on Green Screen centered around Mars, together with the next episode on The Martian. Where you can find Robinson Crusoe on Mars: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/robinson-crusoe-on-mars Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/ Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/robinson-crusoe-on-mars/ Next Movie Up: The Martian (2015) Additional Materials About This Episode

Percival Lowell se equivocó muchas veces. Este escritor de viajes y hombre de negocios del siglo XIX, famoso por su fortuna y su perenne bigote, al que se solía ver en impecables trajes de tres piezas, tenía un libro sobre Marte. Sobre esa base, decidió convertirse en un astrónomo. A lo largo de los años haría algunas afirmaciones entusiastas.

Aw man, oh geez guys. I don't want to panic everyone but Nibiru is coming and its flippin' huge y'all, it's gonna jack up the poles and everything. I blame Percival Lowell and his insatiable hunt for Planet X which surely angered Nibiru cause it didn't want to be bothered and now its gonna pass by us and mess up the mantle of the Earth's crust and kill us somehow. Man, am I TOed at astronomers for really goofing this one for us, man those stupid math people and their need to mess with planets. Got a question that needs answers? Email the boys at BoysOnTheCase@gmail.com Send us an audio message at: anchor.fm/boysonthecase Music: "These Boys are on the Case" by Jeremy K. Sources: What is a Dwarf Planet: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/what-is-a-dwarf-planet Dwarf Planet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet IAU Definition of a Planet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet Pluto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto William Pickering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Pickering Percival Lowell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell Uranus: The Ringed Planet That Sits on its Side: https://www.space.com/45-uranus-seventh-planet-in-earths-solar-system-was-first-discovered-planet.html Astronomical Plate Collection: https://www.mariamitchell.org/astronomical-plates-collection Planets Beyond Neptune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_beyond_Neptune Precovery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precovery Space Probe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_probe In Depth | Hypothetical Planet X: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/ Pole Shift in 2003 Date: http://www.zetatalk.com/index/psdate.htm White Lie, May 23, 2003: http://www.zetatalk.com/index/psdate2.htm ZetaTalk: https://www.zetatalk.com/index.htm Beyond Pluto: the Hunt for a Massive Planet X: https://carnegiescience.edu/news/multimedia/beyond-pluto-hunt-massive-planet-x

Let's relax and sleep with more studies of the beautiful red planet, including observations of its icy poles, which, unlike that whole “Mars has canals” thing, are actually correct. Everyone who helps us stay 100% listener supported will get a gift this month—the complete recording of "The Book of Tea"—in thanks. Patreon: www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Mars and Its Canals” at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015 Music: "Exit Exit" by PCIII, licensed under CC BY If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, boringbookspod.com.

Em 1906, Percival Lowell, o fundador do Observatório Lowell, iniciou um grande projeto de procurar um possível nono planeta. O que viria a ser Plutão hoje, foi no seu auge um planeta e depois reclassificado a planeta anão com características de cometa. Só no nosso sistema solar acredita-se que existam mais de 1000 corpos do tamanho de plutão. Nos acompanhe também nas redes sociais: Youtube: youtube.com/superfatocanal Instagram: instagram.com/eusuperfato Facebook: fb.com/eusuperfato Twitter: twitter.com/eusuperfato EMAIL PARA CONTATO: comercialsuperfato@gmail.com

Dimitri and Khalid search for predictive programming and blue beam themes in a troika of failed Y2K-era Mars blockbusters: Brian De Palma's “Mission To Mars”, John Carpenter's “Ghost of Mars”, and Antony Hoffman's “Red Planet”. Also discussed: HG Wells' dream of a liberal fascisti, Edgar Rice Burroughs' love of eugenics, Percival Lowell's popularization of canals on Mars, Bruce De Palma's zero point energy n-drive, Wehrner Von Braun's vision of an “Elon” governing Martian society, and the Boston Dynamics dog AMEE in “Red Planet” who goes haywire and slays every woketard astronaut in sight. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

A conversation with Dr. Jeff Hall, Director That Frequently Asked Question, ‘Where is God?', is one of many the staff hears at the Lowell Observatory, especially during astronomy nights.  In this wide-ranging conversation with Lowell's Director, Dr. Jeff Hall, we talk about everything from that to Venus and Mars, space debris, the connection between music and astronomy, and much, much more. The Lowell Observatory is a time machine, from its study of the origins of the universe, to a future of life on other planets, to the hurdles we may be putting up with so many spacecraft in the sky.  To learn more and support the observatory, go to Lowell.edu. And here's a story about the total solar eclipse discussed in this episode. Transcript Intro with music: Welcome to the StoriesHere Podcast Dr. Jeff Hall, Director, Lowell Observatory: I had several people come up to me literally in tears. They were so overwhelmed, particularly if they've never seen a total eclipse before. It's a pretty amazing experience. And I think it's that absolute wonder and awe of what we see when we look into the cosmos. Wayne Parker, Host, StoriesHere Podcast That's Dr. Jeff Hall, director of the Lowell Observatory, talking about the 2017 total solar eclipse which he hosted on a live program with the Science Channel that was viewed by 1.6 million people. That group was gathered in Madras, Oregon on a high school football field and it was reported that after the eclipse passed, they cheered, “Do it again.” Wayne Parker: This is Wayne Parker, host of the StoriesHere Podcast. And on that day, I was about 100 miles to the west in Corvallis, Oregon and experienced totality about three minutes before it reached to Jeff's Science Channel group. So at 10:18 that morning of August 21st, 2017, we stood in a public park and watched as the sun was totally blocked by the moon plunging our world into darkness. Streetlights came on, and it was truly one of those feelings were words can't do justice. In addition to things like explaining eclipses on television, as the director of Lowell Observatory, Jeff helps lead a center that Time magazine named one of the world's 100 most important places. Are you surprised that this place outside Flagstaff, Arizona, is on a list of the world's most important places along the Great Wall of China and the Roman Colosseum? There are many more surprises in today's StoriesHere episode. Thank you for joining us. I'm your host, Wayne Parker, our adviser is museum expert Alice Parman, and original music is by George Davidson. And did you know the Planet Pluto was discovered at Lowell? More on that to come. It's also a major education center and has been called America's observatory. So in their education role, I asked next about any visitor comments that Jeff particularly remembers. Jeff Hall: An email will land in my inbox from a mom somewhere and saying literally, you changed my kid's life because of the experience they had here and the high opening of views they got and the exposure they got to astronomy and science. And knowing that we have positively impacted a young life and maybe inspired a scientist of the next generation, that's amazingly satisfying and definitely part of why we do what we do. Wayne Parker: And how do you look at that bridge between the research and the outreach, because you have a big staff there, you have all these research going on and historically, Lowell is known for real breakthroughs, the discovery of Pluto, really crucial background in understanding the Big Bang. And yet, you do a great conjunction at Christmas last year. There were 75,000 people live paying attention to that and over two million views on YouTube. Jeff, what's the source of all that interest in astronomy and how do you capitalize on it in that way? Jeff Hall: Well, the connection goes all the way back to our founder, Percival Lowell, who believed very firmly that astronomical dis...

This week's Free story comes from the "Fifty Stories for Fifty States" Collection It's called "Arizona; Looking for Planet X" Wealthy businessman, mathematician, and author Percival Lowell, dedicated the last years of his life and most of his personal riches to one mission: to find the mysterious “Planet X” — the supposed ninth planet in the solar system. His singular focus created the facility and calculations that would accomplish this goal, but it was the diligence and can-do practicality of a Kansas farm boy who would actually make Lowell’s dream come true. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

This week's Free story comes from the "Fifty Stories for Fifty States" Collection It's called "Arizona; Looking for Planet X" Wealthy businessman, mathematician, and author Percival Lowell, dedicated the last years of his life and most of his personal riches to one mission: to find the mysterious “Planet X” — the supposed ninth planet in the solar system. His singular focus created the facility and calculations that would accomplish this goal, but it was the diligence and can-do practicality of a Kansas farm boy who would actually make Lowell’s dream come true. Each week on the Sparkle Stories Podcast, we share a free story from one of our original story series! For many many many more stories like this one, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! customerservice@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Amy Lawrence Lowell, A Dome of Many-Colored Glass, What's O'Clock. Percival Lowell, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Elizabeth Lowell PutnamEleonora DuseAda Dwyer RussellEzra PoundAtlantic MonthlyPulitzer Prize for Poetry Ushttp://www.thebibliophiledailypodcast.carrd.cohttps://twitter.com/thebibliodailythebibliophiledailypodcast@gmail.comRoxiehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAfdi8Qagiiu8uYaop7Qvwhttp://www.chaoticbibliophile.comhttp://instagram.com/chaoticbibliophilehttps://twitter.com/NewAllegroBeat

What ever happened to Pluto? Anna was missing Pluto so we decided to embark on a journey to learn all about the planet that once was... tune in to learn some cool Pluto-related facts, history, and engineering as well as the passionate debate that still exists over its classification! Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Anna's Sources: Cain, Fraser. “How Far Is Mercury from Earth?” Universe Today, 9 Aug. 2016, www.universetoday.com/14165/distance-from-earth-to-mercury/ Choi, Charles Q. “Dwarf Planet Pluto: Facts About the Icy Former Planet.” Space.com, Space, 14 Nov. 2017, www.space.com/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html. Choi, Charles Q. “Surprise! Pluto May Have Possessed a Subsurface Ocean at Birth.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 23 June 2020, www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprise-pluto-may-have-possessed-a-subsurface-ocean-at-birth. Greenfieldboyce, Nell. “Pluto Has White-Capped Mountains, But Not Because There's Snow.” NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2020, www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923209728/pluto-has-white-capped-mountains-but-not-because-theres-snow. “How Dry Ice Is Made.” CryoCarb, 8 Oct. 2020, cryocarb.com/how-dry-ice-is-made. Howell, Elizabeth. “Interesting Facts About Pluto.” Universe Today, 23 Dec. 2015, www.universetoday.com/13872/interesting-facts-about-pluto/. “In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/. “In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/. Redd, Nola Taylor. “How Far Away Is Pluto?” Space.com, Space, 20 Feb. 2016, www.space.com/18566-pluto-distance.html. Redd, Nola Taylor. “The Kuiper Belt: Objects at the Edge of the Solar System.” Space.com, Space, 30 Apr. 2019, www.space.com/16144-kuiper-belt-objects.html. Sharp, Tim. “How Big Is the Moon?” Space.com, Space, 28 Oct. 2017, www.space.com/18135-how-big-is-the-moon.html. Pluto with Heart Picture: www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-displays-pluto-s-big-heart-0. Pluto/Charon Tidal Lock Gif: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking#/media/File:Pluto-Charon_System.gif Henna's Sources: “1894.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894. “1906.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Mar. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906. “About the Festival.” I Heart Pluto Festival 2021, iheartpluto.org/about/#history. “Elizabeth Langdon Williams.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Langdon_Williams. “Percival Lowell.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell. “Pluto.” NASA, NASA, 15 Feb. 2021, solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/. Clearning the NEIGHBORHOOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbpEuWkEFI&ab_channel=ParallaxNick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbLNSKDQrM&ab_channel=LowellObservatory Library of Congress article on the IAU’s decision: https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/#:~:text=The%20International%20Astronomical%20Union%20(IAU,neighboring%20region%20of%20other%20objects.%E2%80%9D “Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/.

Episode 1 in the Other Worlds Series. We investigate humanities obsessive relationship with Mars, and subsequently, the idea of the martian. This tale follows how Mars played a role in the world's religions, the planet's involvement in the development of astronomy, and finally, the unfortunate tale of Percival Lowell and his "Martian Canals".

The beliefs we cling to most are the ones we convince ourselves of. Percival Lowell's conclusions about canals on Mars and Venus are examples. What did he really see?

A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 1 Title: A Princess of Mars Overview: A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine from February to July 1912. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th-century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western. The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Barsoom series inspired a number of well-known 20th-century science fiction writers, including Jack Vance, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, and John Norman. The series was also inspirational for many scientists in the fields of space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life, including Carl Sagan, who read A Princess of Mars when he was a child. Published: 1912 Series: Martian Series, Barsoom #1 Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fantasy, Sword and Planet Episode: A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Book 1 Part: 1 of 1 Length Part: 7:26:13 Book: 1 Length Book: 7:26:13 Episodes: 0 - 13 of 13 Successor: The Gods of Mars Narrator: Mark Nelson Language: English Rated: Guidance Suggested Edition: Unabridged Audiobook Keywords: adventure, hero, struggle, camaraderie, danger, morality, selflessness, moral integrity, character, love, forgiveness, authority, rules, freedom, romance, exploration Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free-audiobooks/support

Tonight we journey to our neighbor in the heavens, and begin a sleepy exploration of the "canals" of Mars, proving that even a great scientist can't be right about everything. Subscribe here: www.linktre.ee/boringbookspod Support here: Patreon: www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Pssst...Everyone who contributes in January 2021 will be entered into a raffle to win your very own, exclusive episode! Read "Mars and Its Canals" at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015 Music: “Dream Colours” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY-NC If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, boringbookspod.com.

Thanks for following us over to Spotify! We appreciate it. While we are with Spotify, Afterhours will be included with the regular Case Files In 1906 an American astronomer, by the name of Percival Lowell, began his search for a planet beyond Neptune. Based on calculations from the believed irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, Lowell and his team pursued the possible trans-Neptunian planet that he was convinced lurked on the edge of our solar system. Unfortunately, Lowell would die before he was able to discover the object of his search was the dwarf planet known as Pluto. In recent years the possibility of another orbiting body has been raised by groups of scientists around the world. Some astronomers believe this object, that could possibly be as large as Neptune, may be orbiting through the Kuiper Belt where the leftovers of our solar system's formation lay. The existence of this shadowy planet is not doubted by those who believe that we will be able to observe it moving through our sky as it will one day pass close enough to Earth to trigger a global cataclysm. This case file, join the Theorists as first they rock, then they roll, then they let it pop, and then they let it go in... Planet X --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alientheoriststheorizing/message

La ciencia no es un invento de extraterrestres ni nos apareció en una revelación divina. Es un proceso desarrollado de forma independiente por muchas civilizaciones…Seguir leyendoEpisodio 6: Ciencia y Pseudociencia: Un camino con dos destinos Origen

Today we celebrate the botanist who bred more than 40 types of pears - including our most popular varieties. We'll learn about the cultural meanings associated with the chrysanthemum and the Swedish botanist who posed as a Dutchman to botanize in Japan. We'll hear some thoughts on November from one of my favorite garden writers And, we Grow That Garden Library with one of the best books on Gardening for Butterflies I'll talk about straightening your ornamental trees, and then we'll wrap things up with the story of the woman who loved blueberries so much she shared them with the world.   But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.     Gardens, Paradise, & Kashmir| Searchkashmir.org | @SearchKashmir   It's no surprise that the word 'paradise' was first used to describe a garden.   This Farsi poem about Kashmir by Amir Khusrau does the same:   If ever there is Paradise on Earth, It is here! It is here! It is here!       How to grow orchids by Alys Fowler| @guardian @guardianweekend This is an excellent post about orchids, and I always love to hear how people approach caring for their orchids. Alys says: "An east-facing window... plus consistent watering (every week in the growing season, every other during winter) & Lou’s Poo, dried alpaca poo." Every gardener reading this now will search online for Lou's Poo... but just a heads up - they don't deliver to the US.       Vermont Garden Journal: Some New Ideas For Perennial Garden Care| @charlienardozzi @vprnet I couldn't agree more! Love this post from @charlienardozzi @vprnet The first thing I tell my student gardeners is that plant material doesn't leave the property. The second thing I teach them is Chop & Drop. https://buff.ly/32aL8TI     Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community.So there’s no need to take notes or track down links - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.     Brevities   #OTD  Today is the birthday of Jean-Baptiste Van Mons, who was born on this day in 1765. The name of the game for Van Mons was selective breeding for pears. Selective breeding happens when humans breed plants to develop particular characteristics by choosing the parent plants to make the offspring.   Check out the patience and endurance that was required as Van  Mon's described his work:   “I have found this art to consist in regenerating in a direct line of descent, and as rapidly as possible an improving variety, taking care that there be no interval between the generations. To sow, to re-sow, to sow again, to sow perpetually, in short, to do nothing but sow, is the practice to be pursued, and which cannot be departed from; and in short, this is the whole secret of the art I have employed.”   Jean-Baptiste Van Mons produced a tremendous amount of new pear cultivars in his breeding program - something north of forty incredible species throughout his lifetime. The Bosc and D'Anjou pears, we know today, are his legacy.          #OTD On this day in 1790, Chrysanthemums are introduced to England from China. Chrysanthemums are the November birth flower and the 13th wedding anniversary flower. The greens and blossoms of the chrysanthemum are edible, and they are particularly popular in Japan, China, and Vietnam. Generally, chrysanthemums symbolize optimism and joy - but they have some unique cultural meanings around the world. Back in the Victorian language of flowers, the red chrysanthemum meant "I Love," and the yellow chrysanthemum symbolized slighted love. In China, the chrysanthemum is a symbol of autumn and the flower of the ninth moon. During the Han dynasty, the Chinese drank chrysanthemum wine - they believed it made their lives longer and made them healthier. As a result, the chrysanthemum was often worn to funerals. On Mother's Day down under, Australians traditionally wear a white chrysanthemum to honor their moms, and Chrysanthemums are common Mother's Day presents. In Poland, chrysanthemums are the flower of choice to be placed on graves for All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Finally, in 1966, Mayor Richard Daley declared the chrysanthemum as the official flower of the city of Chicago.       #OTD  On this day in 1799, the Leonids meteor shower was seen from Europe and South America. The famous German explorer and botanist Alexander Humboldt had just arrived in South America to begin his great five-year exploration, and he wrote this in his journal from Chile as he saw the Leonids: The night between November 11 and 12 was calm and beautiful... During 4 hours, we observed thousands of huge fireballs, often with a brightness like Jupiter. Long smoke trails were left behind, lasting 7-8 seconds, often the meteors exploded, leaving trails too. It wasn't just Humboldt who witnessed this event. Andrew Ellicott Douglass, an early American astronomer who was born in Vermont, observed the Leonids from a ship off the Florida Keys. Douglass, who later became an assistant to the famous astronomer Percival Lowell, wrote the first- known record of a meteor shower in North America in his journal, saying that the, "whole heaven appeared as if illuminated with skyrockets, flying in an infinity of directions, and I was in constant expectation of some of them falling on the vessel. They continued until put out by the light of the sun after daybreak."        #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of the father of South African botany, the botanist Carl Peter Thunberg, who died on this day in 1828.   As fellow Swedes, Carl Linnaeus had taught Thunberg, and Linnaeus encouraged him to continue his work by visiting other parts of Europe.   Eventually, Thunberg joined the Dutch East India Company, and he botanized in South Africa for three years. After South Africa, he set his sights on Japan. But, before he went, Thunberg needed to become Dutch.    Averse to the influence of Christianity, the Japanese had closed their country off to all European nations except for Holland - because they valued the medicinal plant knowledge of the Dutch botanists.   So, when Thunberg went to Japan, he hid his Swedish heritage and posed as a Dutchman.   In fact, during the 18th century, Thunberg was Japan's only European visitor, and his Flora Japonica published in 1784 was a revelation to botanists around the world.    During his time in Japan, Thunberg discovered the Easter Lily growing near the city of Nagasaki. He also found Forsythia in Japan, and he named it to honor William Forsyth.   And, during his entire time in Japan, Thunberg was confined to a small artificial island in Nagasaki harbor. So how did he manage to learn so much about the country's flora?   Ever the clever end-rounder, Thunberg came up with a unique strategy to obtain botanical samples. Thunberg knew that goats are picky plant-eaters. So, while staying on the island, Thunberg asked to have some goats. Then, he asked his Japanese assistants to collect plants to feed the goats.   It was through the guise of feeding the goats that Thunberg was able to collect all kinds of plant specimens. The most impressive examples were a total of five different species of hydrangea that were previously unknown to the West. These hydrangeas included the lace caps – they're the ones that produce the beautiful UFO ring of blooms around the flowerhead of small florets -  Japan was very private about them. Can you imagine his excitement? The entire time Thunberg was away, which amounted to an incredible nine-year journey -  from his native Sweden to South Africa and then Japan - Thunberg sent plants and letters to his old teacher and friend, Linnaeus, who wrote that he had never received, "more delight and comfort from any other botanist [than Thunberg]."     Unearthed Words   "Most people, early in November, take last looks at their gardens, are then prepared to ignore them until the spring. I am quite sure that a garden doesn't like to be ignored like this. It doesn't like to be covered in dust sheets, as though it were an old room which you had shut up during the winter. Especially since a garden knows how gay and delightful it can be, even in the very frozen heart of the winter, if you only give it a chance." - Beverley Nichols, garden author   It's time to Grow That Garden Library with today's book recommendation: Gardening for Butterflies by The Xerces Society The subtitle for this book is How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects. In this 2016 book, gardeners get practical and expert advice from the Xerxes Society on all things butterflies. You will learn why butterflies matter, why they are in danger, and what simple steps we can take to make a difference.   Gardeners will appreciate learning about the best blooms for attracting the garden's prettiest winged visitors, like Penstemon, Pearly Everlasting, and Golden Alexanders. There are sections on designing a butterfly garden, creating shelter, observing and conserving, even tagging butterflies to help track migration. Gardening for Butterflies  provides home gardeners with everything they need to create a beautiful, beneficial, butterfly-loving gardens.      Today's Garden Chore It's the perfect time to stake your ornamental trees. While you are outside wrapping your boxwoods, arborvitaes, and shrubs in burlap, take the time to stake your trees - especially your smaller ornamentals like lilacs and hydrangea. It's something you can do now that can actually mean one less thing to do in the spring.      Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart Today is the anniversary of the death of the Queen of Blueberries, Elizabeth Coleman White, who died on this day in 1954. When Elizabeth was a little girl, growing up on her dad's Cranberry Farm in the Pine Barrens of Burlington County, New Jersey, she would take walks and gather blueberries - wild blueberries. There wasn't any other way to procure them.  Over time, Elizabeth began to wonder about creating a blueberry crop - something that would fit in nicely with the cranberry harvest, which happened at the end of the season. Cranberries grow in highly acidic soil, which is also perfect for growing blueberries. Elizabeth began by having the local blueberry pickers keep their eyes out for the plants with the biggest berries, and then she would have them transplanted to her father's field. She wrote: "I used to call them swamp huckleberries and thought an occasional one - half an inch in diameter - huge. They always grew luxuriantly about the margins of our cranberry bogs, and as a girl, I used to hunt the largest and best-flavored berries and dream of a field full of bushes as good. I knew it was a wild dream."   As fate would have it, in 1910, the chief botanist at the USDA, Frederick Colville, was also working on blueberries at his summer home in New Hampshire. When Elizabeth read about his efforts, she reached out, and the two worked out a deal where Elizabeth would use her land and labor. Colville would supply his technical expertise, especially when it came to propagation. Together, they crossbred the largest New Jersey blueberries with the largest New Hampshire blueberries, and the rest, as they say, is history. "Enough of the puzzle has been fitted together to show that my old dream was but a faint shadowing of the possibilities. Now I dream of cultivated blueberries shipped by the trainload, - blueberry specials - to every part of the country.    She continued:   The little berries of today's dreams are half an inch in diameter. And the big ones? - Well, it is hard to measure a dream accurately, but they are at least an inch across. And raising all these blueberries will give healthful remuneration and employment to lots of people. But you can dream for yourself - [but] only if you are to share my confidence that this dream is not wild. Some day it will come true."   It took Elizabeth five years to develop the first blueberry crop. The wastelands around the pines districts in New Jersey where  Elizabeth grew her blueberries increased in value from 50 cents an acre to $500 an acre after the blueberry was cultivated. That first harvest yielded 21 bushels of berries, and it sold for $114. By 1947, more than 8,000 bushels were harvested.  In 2016, a total of 690 million pounds of cultivated wild blueberries were harvested in the United States, and annual revenue was s around $80 million. In addition to cultivating the first blueberry in 1916, Elizabeth was the first person to use cellophane to protect and market blueberries. The Whitman chocolate company inspired her because that was how they packaged their chocolates. Whitman's also partnered with Elizabeth; they helped her source the cellophane from France so that people all around the country could see her blueberries - right through the packaging. And there's one more footnote to the Elizabeth Coleman White story. She was a champion of native plants. She fought to save the American holly, and in 1947, Elizabeth helped found the Holly Society of America.   Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

We wish to take a moment and offer our condolences and heart felt sympathies to all those injured and killed this week in Christchurch. Such senseless violence achieves nothing and is disgusting to us all. No words can express our sadness over this.WOW! Once again those Nerds have done it again. They have found some exciting news about entertainment with a movie being adapted to a television series. That’s right, another awesome movie, Time Bandits this time, is going to get a reboot into a TV series. Hopefully it will be great and actually follow the story of the movie. We would say we are not holding our breath, but we would never consider it anyway, after all the examples of this sort of thing going wrong we just hope it doesn’t drag us all into the sucking void of despair. Then for those who like Fallout, who also like RPGs (not the rocket propelled grenade kind for the NSA and CIA who are listening and spying) we have news for you. Fallout is now a pen and paper role playing game, that’s right, and we warn, if you had no one to play fallout 76 with you will still be singing that song ‘Lonely’ again. Further there are miniatures available for table top games similar to Warhammer. Which let’s face it is really cool. We just haven’t figured out the loot boxes that Bethesda has got to be trying to squeeze into the game. Now we suggest everyone run for cover as Buck is back and on the Rant path with news that work is happening to insert AI memory processors to improve music ability. Now we understand this has to be a good thing right? Well, the thing he hates is the imbecilic nature of mumble rappers and the moronic fashion styles they represent. Trust me he really takes issue with that kind of thing. After we get him to calm down we look at the games played this week, followed by the famous events, birthdays, remembrances, and shout outs. The biggest shout out was a moments pause to remember the late great Stephen Hawking who left us last year.EPISODE NOTES:Time Bandits - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/taika-waititi-writing-directing-time-bandits-tv-adaptation/Fallout Pen and Paper RPG- https://www.modiphius.com/fallout-roleplaying.html- https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/axz7yu/official_fallout_pen_and_paper_rpg_coming/ehx9hcz/Artificial Intelligence in the future of music - https://techxplore.com/news/2019-03-artificial-intelligence-future-music.htmlGames Currently playingProfessor– Wargroove - https://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/Wargroove/DJ– Mortal Kombat X - https://store.steampowered.com/app/307780/Mortal_Kombat_X/Buck- Bightfight - https://en.bitefight.gameforge.com/gameOther topics DiscussedTaika Waititi- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_WaititiApple TV media player- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TVApple TV (software)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV_(software)Amazon Prime vs Hulu : which is cheaper- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/amazon-prime-versus-netflix-versus-hulu-plus-2014-4?r=US&IR=TTabletop simulator- https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/Lord of the Rings MiniaturesThe Balrog - https://www.warandpeacegames.com.au/The_Balrog_p/gw-lotr-3026.htmWar Riders - https://www.warandpeacegames.com.au/Warg_Riders_p/gw-lotr-3037.htmEminem- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EminemIce Cube- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_CubeMortal Kombat X one button fatalities- https://gamerant.com/mortal-kombat-x-easy-fatalities/Law and DISORDER podcast – That’s Not Canon Productions- https://thatsnotcanon.com/law-disorder-1Stephen Hawking memorial 50 pence coin- https://www.dezeen.com/2019/03/13/stephen-hawking-50-pence-coin-design/- https://www.sciencealert.com/the-royal-mint-has-put-a-black-hole-onto-a-50p-coin-to-honour-stephen-hawking- https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/stephen-hawking/Real life Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind glider- https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nausicaa-valley-wind-real-world-gliderTerry Pratchett’s own sword- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/when-terry-pratchett-was-knighted-he-forged-his-own-sword-out-of-meteorite-10104321.htmlShoutouts3 Mar 1992 - Warren Beatty weds Annette Bening - https://www.onthisday.com/date/1992/march/1211 Mar 1984 – Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind came out 35 years ago - https://nerdist.com/article/nausicaa-miyazaki-35th-anniversary/11 Mar 1995 – Chrono Trigger was released 24 years ago- https://www.reddit.com/r/chronotrigger/comments/azwzlb/on_this_day_24_years_ago_chrono_trigger_was_first/12 Mar 1989 – 30th Birthday of the Internet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_WebRememberancesMar 1945 – Anne Frank, German-born Jewish diarist. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world's best-known books and has been the basis for several plays and films. She died from typhus fever at 15 in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp,Eastern Hanover - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank8 Mar 2019 – Jan Michael Vincent, American actor. He is best known for having played helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf (1984–1986) and the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film Big Wednesday. He also starred as Byron Henry in The Winds of War. He died on 10 Feb 2019, due to cardiac arrest at 73 in Asheville North Carolina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Michael_Vincent12 Mar 2015 - Sir Terry Pratchett English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Pratchett, with more than 85 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. He died of Alzheimer's disease at 66 in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_PratchettBirthdays12 Mar 1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor best known for his role as Fred Jones from the Scooby-Doo franchise since its inception in 1969 and as the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. He is also known as the voice of Megatron in the Transformers franchise and as the voice and vocal effects of Nibbler on Futurama. Born in Denver, Colorado - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Welker13 Mar 1855 - Percival Lowell, American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fuelled speculation that there were canals on Mars. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. Born in Boston,Massachusetts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell13 Mar 1908 - Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of metals. Born in Orange, Massachusetts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Bachelder13 Mar 1985 - Emile Hirsch, American actor. He starred in Into the Wild (2007) and the A&E network simulcast miniseries Bonnie & Clyde (2013).[2] His other film roles include Lords of Dogtown (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), Lone Survivor (2013), and Vincent N Roxxy (2016). Born in Los Angeles, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_HirschEvents of Interest13 Mar 1781 - William Herschel sees what he thinks is a "comet" but is actually the discovery of the planet Uranus - https://www.universetoday.com/18886/discovery-of-uranus/14 Mar 1663 – Otto von Guericke completes his book on Vacuum under the title “ Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio “— which as well as a detailed account of his experiments on the vacuum, contains his pioneering electrostatic experiments in which electrostatic repulsion was demonstrated for the first time and sets out his theologically based view of the nature of space - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Guericke14 Mar 1889 - German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"- https://www.onthisday.com/people/ferdinand-von-zeppelin- https://patents.google.com/patent/US809093A/en- https://patents.google.com/patent/US621195A/enIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. A large number of historians doubt the veracity of this story. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, at the age of 17, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore their son, Thomas Rolfe. In 1616, the Rolfes travelled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown causes, aged around 20-21. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.[1] Numerous places, landmarks, and products in the United States have been named after Pocahontas. Her story has been romanticized over the years, and she is a subject of art, literature, and film. Many famous people have claimed to be among her descendants through her son Thomas, including members of the First Families of Virginia, First Lady Edith Wilson, American Western actor Glenn Strange, Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton, and astronomer Percival Lowell.[7] Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/NodyHa54Xxs Public Access America 
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Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. A large number of historians doubt the veracity of this story. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, at the age of 17, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore their son, Thomas Rolfe. In 1616, the Rolfes travelled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown causes, aged around 20-21. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.[1] Numerous places, landmarks, and products in the United States have been named after Pocahontas. Her story has been romanticized over the years, and she is a subject of art, literature, and film. Many famous people have claimed to be among her descendants through her son Thomas, including members of the First Families of Virginia, First Lady Edith Wilson, American Western actor Glenn Strange, Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton, and astronomer Percival Lowell.[7] Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/NodyHa54Xxs Public Access America 
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Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. A large number of historians doubt the veracity of this story. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, at the age of 17, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore their son, Thomas Rolfe. In 1616, the Rolfes travelled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown causes, aged around 20-21. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.[1] Numerous places, landmarks, and products in the United States have been named after Pocahontas. Her story has been romanticized over the years, and she is a subject of art, literature, and film. Many famous people have claimed to be among her descendants through her son Thomas, including members of the First Families of Virginia, First Lady Edith Wilson, American Western actor Glenn Strange, Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton, and astronomer Percival Lowell.[7] Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/NodyHa54Xxs Public Access America 
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Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. A large number of historians doubt the veracity of this story. Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April 1614, at the age of 17, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore their son, Thomas Rolfe. In 1616, the Rolfes travelled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity, was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown causes, aged around 20-21. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.[1] Numerous places, landmarks, and products in the United States have been named after Pocahontas. Her story has been romanticized over the years, and she is a subject of art, literature, and film. Many famous people have claimed to be among her descendants through her son Thomas, including members of the First Families of Virginia, First Lady Edith Wilson, American Western actor Glenn Strange, Las Vegas performer Wayne Newton, and astronomer Percival Lowell.[7] Information Sourced From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Body Sourced From; https://youtu.be/NodyHa54Xxs Public Access America 
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Happy New Year from Niburu and the Mariana Trench! In place of our traditional "Fireside" with "The Nephilim Boys" to see in the New Year, we are joined by a subset of that august secret society—Frank Johnson (of Ancient Aliens Debunked) and Crusy (from Like Flint Radio)—for a conversation on the weird and wonderful subject of "Our Wacky Solar System : Planet X and the Theories that Love Him". Later in the evening, the party is gate-crashed by an underwater Mark Campbell—whose second cousin's daughter's former best friend's uncle, Campbell Adams, appeared on the show last year to speak about Yarndling—and we end 2017 with that no-expense-spared champagne toast to the New Year as the clock strikes twelve. (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Happy New Year from Niburu and the Mariana Trench! In place of our traditional "Fireside" with "The Nephilim Boys" to see in the New Year, we are joined by a subset of that august secret society—Frank Johnson (of Ancient Aliens Debunked) and Crusy (from Like Flint Radio)—for a conversation on the weird and wonderful subject of "Our Wacky Solar System : Planet X and the Theories that Love Him". Later in the evening, the party is gate-crashed by an underwater Mark Campbell—whose second cousin's daughter's former best friend's uncle, Campbell Adams, appeared on the show last year to speak about Yarndling—and we end 2017 with that no-expense-spared champagne toast to the New Year as the clock strikes twelve. (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Mars has long been the focus of our science fictional imagination. So what's the deal? How is setting a book or a colony on the red planet different from setting it elsewhere in our solar system? We get into the nitty gritty of Percival Lowell, Edgar Rice Burroughs, "The Expanse," Mariner 1, Mark Watney's potatoes, and much much more. While you're reading this, you should look up K. Maria D. Lane's "Geographies of Mars" and Carl Abbott's "Frontiers Past and Future: Science Fiction and the American West." We promise you won't regret it! You can find our back episodes on YouTube. Our Twitter handle is @imaginary_pod, our website www.imaginaries.net, and our email imaginarypod@gmail.com. If you would like to help support our work, you can do so at www.ko-fi.com/imaginaries. Thanks for listening!

Percival Lowell, Science Fiction, and the Canals on Mars   (c) ESO / M. Kornmesser Artist’s impression of Mars about four billion years ago. For as long as humans have been looking at the night sky, the planet Mars has fascinated us. But while astronomers had charted the movements of read more... The post Episode 5: Canals on Mars appeared first on Words To That Effect.

In this episode we examine the fates of Phaeton, Vulcan and Pluto as they were thought of by Olbers, Le Verrier and Clyde Tombaugh.  We also examine the observations of James Craig Watson, introduce William Henry Pickering and follow the work of Percival Lowell.

Francis Spufford begins his journey following H.G. Wells' Martian invaders at the Basingstoke Canal that runs through Woking. Here Wells canoed with his lover amidst the wild vegetation and dreamed about Mars, at the time widely believed to be criss-crossed by vast canals created by an ancient and dying race. Wells wrote his book at the height of Martian Fever when the work of astronomers Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell had created intense speculation about life on Mars. But Wells' Martians are evolution's nightmare. We end on Horsell Common, sight of the first crashed Martian cylinder. Joining Francis Spufford are the science writer Oliver Morton (Mapping Mars) and the Historical Geographer Maria Lane (Geographies of Mars). Producer: Mark Burman.

Ken Hollings continues the series that revels in the Mars of imagination, history and science. Feminists, Christians, peace loving druids, vegetarian fruitarian dwarves, Bolsheviks and big science terraformers have all offered up their versions of Martian utopia. Both the astronomer Flammarion and the Russian mystic and Cosmist Nikolai Fyodorov dreamed of the dead resurrected on Mars. At the height of the Cold War, mysterious messages from Mars turn out to come from God, as mankind is shocked into a new beginning in the loopy film Red Planet Mars. But the Bolsheviks had got to Mars long before that, before the revolution even in 1908 with Alexander Bogdanov's Red Star. A prophet of the Bolshevik Revolution, Bogdanov gives us a historically advanced socialist state visited by a veteran revolutionary. In fact this socialist utopia will drive him mad! Russia and then the Soviet Union ached for a future among the stars where apple blossom time would come to Mars. In Unveiling a Parallel, 1893, two Iowan women send a visitor by plane to see how women's lives could be just as equal as men's. Why they could propose marriage and have children out of wedlock! That great mapper of Mars canals, Percival Lowell, impressed on people the desperate tale of Martian co-operation as they raced to save their species. In America the story of terraforming emerged from science fiction to cast a powerful spell on scientists and writers. Jim lovelock, creator of the Gaia theory impishly suggesting we nuke Mars and cover it in hair spray to begin its rebirth. Then came Kim Stanley Robinson, whose vast Martian trilogy (Red, Green, Blue Mars) gives us a near utopia, won only after decades of political strife, terraforming and a final, irrevocable break with Earth. Producer: Mark Burman.

Sarah Dillon begins a series revelling in the Mars of imagination, science and history. We are the Martians, perhaps the only consciousness the Red Planet has ever had. The ancients wove their own mythological stories about Mars, its dim redness and uncertain path visible to the naked eye. In the 19th century new, powerful telescopes scrutinized the Red Planet and astronomers considered the possibilities of life on Mars. There was, in fact, a kind of mapping war to name and identify features on the planet. When the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli produced a series of maps in the 1870s featuring dark channels or "canali", a powerful story began to develop: Mars was a dying planet, older, perhaps inhabited . Then, from the 1890s, American amateur astronomer Percival Lowell, using his state of the art telescope in his brand new observatory high up in Flagstaff, Arizona, convinced millions that this "dying" planet was home to a doomed civilization struggling to maintain life through an elaborate system of canals. Lowell was a supreme popularizer of science, commanding huge audiences despite the severe doubts of many in the scientific community. Worldwide, Lowell's myth sparked volumes of popular fiction and when failed salesman Edgar Rice Burroughs penned the first of his Barsoom adventures in 1911, Martian fantasy truly took off. Its literary spell remains unbroken. Even after the Mariner probes and Viking Lander finally revealed Mars was red but dead, the Old Mars of our dreams would return. Sarah Dillon travels to Flagstaff and the analogue Martian landscape of ochre Arizonan desert and talks to a host of Red Planet writers. Producer: Mark Burman.

En este relato Ijon vuelve a hablarnos de su papel en la creación del cosmos en retrospectiva. Es una historia de misiones en el tiempo, subordinados insubordinados y tiros por la culata. Las malas gentes quieren culparle pero verdaderamente hizo todo cuanto estuvo en su mano. Si no lo crees, deja que él mismo te cuente sus experiencias con la ciencia de la corrección telecrónica. [semi-spoilers] Mismo año que el anterior viaje y misma temática, esta vez desde otra perspectiva. Si la paradoja (que en ambos casos tan bien resuelve haciendo que el estado actual de cosas es realmente consecuencia de las decisiones tomadas en el futuro, como si hubiera un tiempo circular, un fatum , del que el universo no puede escapar) en el anterior viaje era posible gracias a una enrevesada y serendípica teoría de Ijon, aquí contamos con viajes en el tiempo. Temática que últimamente sale mucho. Es muy gracioso que Ijon viaje atrás para contratarse a sí mismo, ojalá pudiéramos todos hacer eso. Nos encontramos con un círculo cerrado de tiempo como en la anterior de Dick (“Algo para nosotros temponautas”). Pero esta vez no es un círculo si no dos, uno más grande y otro más pequeño. Cómo resuelve la paradoja y cómo hila tanto el estado actual de l cosmos con el proyecto de reorganización telecrónica y la llegada del Ijon del pasado a casa con la visita del Ijon del futuro a mí me parece fantástico. Pero la diferencia importante que me gustaría comentar sobre el trato a la temática de círculo temporal en ambos cuentos es que aquí la gente es consciente. Todo el que participa en el círculo es consciente de él. En “El día de la marmota no pasa así”, en “Donnie Darko” tampoco… porque se han considerado más los círculos en los que sólo un personaje es consciente (Anderson tiene un pálpito al menos, Bill Murray es consciente) o nadie lo es? Si viajas en el tiempo… también tienes que viajar en el espacio. Hace tiempo había un meme genial que explicaba esto relacionándolo con regreso al futuro. A la izquierda una foto de la galaxia con una flecha señalando el lugar de la tierra en 1985. A la derecha la galaxia pero en 1955 La tierra está en un sitio distinto, se ha movido. Hay que verlo, perdonad (se busca “” en imágenes y sale). El caso es que claro, si tu viajas en el tiempo… sobretodo tienes que moverte mucho en el espacio porque todo está en movimiento. Claramente esto casi nunca se tiene en cuenta cuando se habla de viajes en el tiempo. Lem lo tiene aquí porque es un absoluto crackencrack. Pero un momento: y la idea del hombre que inventó la primera máquina para viajar en el tiempo y se murió de viejo! Porque no se le había ocurrido que era necesario generar un campo extásico (o como se llame) para evitar que el tiempo pasara también para él! Es genial. “toda técnica nueva ocasiona víctimas en su fase inicial, se repite dos veces a lo largo del cuento. Había inventado algo así como un jeep del tiempo, dicen. Y tienen toda la razón. Genial Importante! Yo muy gratuitamente como siempre, pensaba que los viajes eran alternos porque no estuvieron escritos con la intención de ser publicados como compendio, si no que se fueron agrupando a lo largo de las décadas y que Lem no sabía cuantos iba a hacer. Probablemente esté equivocado total, y en este cuento nos explica porqué la numeración de los viajes tiene tantas lagunas! No lo voy a semispoilear por escrito, pero me moló saberlo. No sabía cuáles son los monstruos lisiados de Brueghel pero buscándolo encontré que son unas pinturas flamencas del renacimiento muy en el estilo, así fantasioso y grotescos, de los dibujos de Hyeronimus van Aeken Bosch (El Bosco), referenciado dos veces en este cuento. ¿Qué os parece que Lem encuentra pruebas de que lo que cuenta ocurrió en nuestra propia realidad? He roto la tónica de colores pero no he podido resistirme a poner un Cronobús de imagen para el audio. Otra prueba que podemos ver: los canales de Marte (buscar Percival Lowell). El eje de la Tierra, que está raro! La civilización de la isla de Minos. La idea de que la Luna está puesta ahí como centro de operaciones perfecto para una raza con pretensiones estelares (Desde allí es mucho más sencillo escapar a la fuerza de la gravedad. Supongo que ya la habría expresado alguien antes pero bueno, Lem aquí la tiene oiga. También nos explica el porqué de Tunguska (Buscad Tunguska si no os suena!) Lem da todas las satisfacciones. Lo único que falta es una explicación para el Manuscrito de Voynich y otra para los Ooparts como la máquina de Antitiquera. Coge todos los eventos de la historia y los recodifica para darles sentido como consecuencia de la historia narrada. No sólo sirve como prueba de que Ijon es el cread.. culpable del cosmos, si no también para ejemplificar como el libre albedrío que se puede dar en el círculo cerrado de tiempo pequeño, no se da a la escala del universo. Puedes volver atrás y quizá actuar distinto pero el universo en sí no puede ser distinto. Me parece una perspectiva interesante de la paradoja temporal. No la hay a nivel ontogénico ni filogénico pero sí a nivel cosmogónico. ¿Y la idea de encargarles diseñar la evolución a unos artistas? Y las palabras que se inventa. Cronoclismo. Telecronía! Algo encantador al principio es la imagen del intrépido Ijon, explorador del cosmos, as de la astronáutica, vuelve a casa después de una de sus expediciones y es como si nosotros volviéramos de una de esas vacaciones largas que, afortunados nosotros, hemos podido darnos alguna vez. La cotidianeidad del viajero que vuelve, con la mentalidad todavía fresca y el chip cambiado, llegas a casa y tienes que deshacer las maletas y es un marrón (se le caen los brazos), te entra ciática colocando los paquetes, no hay comida en la nevera o sólo un huevo rancio,… Es también graciosísmo el lenguaje que usa Tichy para pasarle la culpa a los demás y excusarse, cómo todo es culpa de sus subordinados o del comité, y cómo tratando de ser políticamente correcto se le ve el plumero y como va in crescendo en sus improperios y maldiciones… Voy a dejarlo aquí porque habría muchísimos pequeños detalles graciosos que comentar. Muchas gracias por escuchar es todo un honor, nos vemos en el futuro cuando pueda me dejen algo de tiempo libre los otros proyectos (principalmente trabajo ] ) Salud! ----- Diarios de las Estrellas (Dzienniki gwiazdowe) son una serie de historias cortas escritas por el enorme Stanislaw Lem. La mayor parte lo fueron entre 1954 y 1971, aunque se han ido incorporando nuevos capítulos escritos hasta en el 93. No alarmarse. Viaje Séptimo es la primera de las entregas en la edición de 1971, que compilaba los diferentes escritos que ya existían. Son historias independientes. No es tan Las mil y una Noches como lo fue Ciberíada, pero sí muy Los viajes de Gulliver. Recuerdo grandes dosis de humor e ironía, planteamientos cifi hardcore (esta historia tiene pinta de haber inspirado uno de los capítulos de la primera temporada de Enano Rojo) pero tratados con humor, como riéndose quizá de la ciencia ficción de su época, pero consiguiendo unos niveles de profunda reflexión y agudeza mental como sólo Lem nos da. [Nota: Creo que voy a decir “Ijon Tichy”, pronunciando Ijon como “ión” igual que la partícula, no enfadarse cuando oigáis “Aion”] Ilustración: Detalle de “El jardín de las Delicias” (El Bosco) /// errores de edición? Haberlos haylos >>> soymescalito@gmail.com /// Muchas gracias!! =^__^= fantasía, novela, cuentos, cuento, scifi, ciencia, ficción, literatura, audio, audiolibro, ciencia ficción, novelas, relato, relatos, voz, lectura, scifi, ficion, cyberpunk, ciberpunk, literatura, historia, historias, terror, relatividad general, física, Einstein asamblea galáctica ONU pasado humanidad origen panspermia dios big bang singularidad energía atómica ángeles demonios historia alternativa antigua civilización orígenes del cosmos todo

En este relato Ijon vuelve a hablarnos de su papel en la creación del cosmos en retrospectiva. Es una historia de misiones en el tiempo, subordinados insubordinados y tiros por la culata. Las malas gentes quieren culparle pero verdaderamente hizo todo cuanto estuvo en su mano. Si no lo crees, deja que él mismo te cuente sus experiencias con la ciencia de la corrección telecrónica. [semi-spoilers] Mismo año que el anterior viaje y misma temática, esta vez desde otra perspectiva. Si la paradoja (que en ambos casos tan bien resuelve haciendo que el estado actual de cosas es realmente consecuencia de las decisiones tomadas en el futuro, como si hubiera un tiempo circular, un fatum , del que el universo no puede escapar) en el anterior viaje era posible gracias a una enrevesada y serendípica teoría de Ijon, aquí contamos con viajes en el tiempo. Temática que últimamente sale mucho. Es muy gracioso que Ijon viaje atrás para contratarse a sí mismo, ojalá pudiéramos todos hacer eso. Nos encontramos con un círculo cerrado de tiempo como en la anterior de Dick (“Algo para nosotros temponautas”). Pero esta vez no es un círculo si no dos, uno más grande y otro más pequeño. Cómo resuelve la paradoja y cómo hila tanto el estado actual de l cosmos con el proyecto de reorganización telecrónica y la llegada del Ijon del pasado a casa con la visita del Ijon del futuro a mí me parece fantástico. Pero la diferencia importante que me gustaría comentar sobre el trato a la temática de círculo temporal en ambos cuentos es que aquí la gente es consciente. Todo el que participa en el círculo es consciente de él. En “El día de la marmota no pasa así”, en “Donnie Darko” tampoco… porque se han considerado más los círculos en los que sólo un personaje es consciente (Anderson tiene un pálpito al menos, Bill Murray es consciente) o nadie lo es? Si viajas en el tiempo… también tienes que viajar en el espacio. Hace tiempo había un meme genial que explicaba esto relacionándolo con regreso al futuro. A la izquierda una foto de la galaxia con una flecha señalando el lugar de la tierra en 1985. A la derecha la galaxia pero en 1955 La tierra está en un sitio distinto, se ha movido. Hay que verlo, perdonad (se busca “” en imágenes y sale). El caso es que claro, si tu viajas en el tiempo… sobretodo tienes que moverte mucho en el espacio porque todo está en movimiento. Claramente esto casi nunca se tiene en cuenta cuando se habla de viajes en el tiempo. Lem lo tiene aquí porque es un absoluto crackencrack. Pero un momento: y la idea del hombre que inventó la primera máquina para viajar en el tiempo y se murió de viejo! Porque no se le había ocurrido que era necesario generar un campo extásico (o como se llame) para evitar que el tiempo pasara también para él! Es genial. “toda técnica nueva ocasiona víctimas en su fase inicial, se repite dos veces a lo largo del cuento. Había inventado algo así como un jeep del tiempo, dicen. Y tienen toda la razón. Genial Importante! Yo muy gratuitamente como siempre, pensaba que los viajes eran alternos porque no estuvieron escritos con la intención de ser publicados como compendio, si no que se fueron agrupando a lo largo de las décadas y que Lem no sabía cuantos iba a hacer. Probablemente esté equivocado total, y en este cuento nos explica porqué la numeración de los viajes tiene tantas lagunas! No lo voy a semispoilear por escrito, pero me moló saberlo. No sabía cuáles son los monstruos lisiados de Brueghel pero buscándolo encontré que son unas pinturas flamencas del renacimiento muy en el estilo, así fantasioso y grotescos, de los dibujos de Hyeronimus van Aeken Bosch (El Bosco), referenciado dos veces en este cuento. ¿Qué os parece que Lem encuentra pruebas de que lo que cuenta ocurrió en nuestra propia realidad? He roto la tónica de colores pero no he podido resistirme a poner un Cronobús de imagen para el audio. Otra prueba que podemos ver: los canales de Marte (buscar Percival Lowell). El eje de la Tierra, que está raro! La civilización de la isla de Minos. La idea de que la Luna está puesta ahí como centro de operaciones perfecto para una raza con pretensiones estelares (Desde allí es mucho más sencillo escapar a la fuerza de la gravedad. Supongo que ya la habría expresado alguien antes pero bueno, Lem aquí la tiene oiga. También nos explica el porqué de Tunguska (Buscad Tunguska si no os suena!) Lem da todas las satisfacciones. Lo único que falta es una explicación para el Manuscrito de Voynich y otra para los Ooparts como la máquina de Antitiquera. Coge todos los eventos de la historia y los recodifica para darles sentido como consecuencia de la historia narrada. No sólo sirve como prueba de que Ijon es el cread.. culpable del cosmos, si no también para ejemplificar como el libre albedrío que se puede dar en el círculo cerrado de tiempo pequeño, no se da a la escala del universo. Puedes volver atrás y quizá actuar distinto pero el universo en sí no puede ser distinto. Me parece una perspectiva interesante de la paradoja temporal. No la hay a nivel ontogénico ni filogénico pero sí a nivel cosmogónico. ¿Y la idea de encargarles diseñar la evolución a unos artistas? Y las palabras que se inventa. Cronoclismo. Telecronía! Algo encantador al principio es la imagen del intrépido Ijon, explorador del cosmos, as de la astronáutica, vuelve a casa después de una de sus expediciones y es como si nosotros volviéramos de una de esas vacaciones largas que, afortunados nosotros, hemos podido darnos alguna vez. La cotidianeidad del viajero que vuelve, con la mentalidad todavía fresca y el chip cambiado, llegas a casa y tienes que deshacer las maletas y es un marrón (se le caen los brazos), te entra ciática colocando los paquetes, no hay comida en la nevera o sólo un huevo rancio,… Es también graciosísmo el lenguaje que usa Tichy para pasarle la culpa a los demás y excusarse, cómo todo es culpa de sus subordinados o del comité, y cómo tratando de ser políticamente correcto se le ve el plumero y como va in crescendo en sus improperios y maldiciones… Voy a dejarlo aquí porque habría muchísimos pequeños detalles graciosos que comentar. Muchas gracias por escuchar es todo un honor, nos vemos en el futuro cuando pueda me dejen algo de tiempo libre los otros proyectos (principalmente trabajo ] ) Salud! ----- Diarios de las Estrellas (Dzienniki gwiazdowe) son una serie de historias cortas escritas por el enorme Stanislaw Lem. La mayor parte lo fueron entre 1954 y 1971, aunque se han ido incorporando nuevos capítulos escritos hasta en el 93. No alarmarse. Viaje Séptimo es la primera de las entregas en la edición de 1971, que compilaba los diferentes escritos que ya existían. Son historias independientes. No es tan Las mil y una Noches como lo fue Ciberíada, pero sí muy Los viajes de Gulliver. Recuerdo grandes dosis de humor e ironía, planteamientos cifi hardcore (esta historia tiene pinta de haber inspirado uno de los capítulos de la primera temporada de Enano Rojo) pero tratados con humor, como riéndose quizá de la ciencia ficción de su época, pero consiguiendo unos niveles de profunda reflexión y agudeza mental como sólo Lem nos da. [Nota: Creo que voy a decir “Ijon Tichy”, pronunciando Ijon como “ión” igual que la partícula, no enfadarse cuando oigáis “Aion”] Ilustración: Detalle de “El jardín de las Delicias” (El Bosco) /// errores de edición? Haberlos haylos >>> soymescalito@gmail.com /// Muchas gracias!! =^__^= fantasía, novela, cuentos, cuento, scifi, ciencia, ficción, literatura, audio, audiolibro, ciencia ficción, novelas, relato, relatos, voz, lectura, scifi, ficion, cyberpunk, ciberpunk, literatura, historia, historias, terror, relatividad general, física, Einstein asamblea galáctica ONU pasado humanidad origen panspermia dios big bang singularidad energía atómica ángeles demonios historia alternativa antigua civilización orígenes del cosmos todo

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm. Notes * I’ve read a bunch about the canals over the years, but the most fun I’ve had was going through the New York Times’ archive and just searching for Canals and Mars and reading article by article through the years, watching the debates, seeing conjecture reported as news, and then watching it all unravel. * For more on Lowell, I recommend Percival Lowell: the Culture and Science of Boston Brahmin, by David Strauss. Music * This one features two appearances by X-Ray, by Youth Lagoon. * One from September, by Giles Lamb. * And a long one by Red Dawn, by Enzo.

H. G. Wells y La guerra de los mundos. La visión errónea de Percival Lowell sobre los canales de Marte. Robert Goddard y los primeros cohetes. Las Viking y la búsqueda de vida en Marte.

H. G. Wells y La guerra de los mundos. La visión errónea de Percival Lowell sobre los canales de Marte. Robert Goddard y los primeros cohetes. Las Viking y la búsqueda de vida en Marte.

In Seoul's Sinchon district, Colin talks with Matt VanVolkenburg, author of Gusts of Popular Feeling, a blog on "Korean society, history, urban space, cyberspace, film, and current events, among other things." They discuss what it feels like to live in Seoul, of all places, without a smartphone; why navigating the city poses so much of a challenge to the newcomer; how he sees the relationship of the Korean media to foreign English teachers, "the new incarnation of the GIs"; what made it possible for the Korean media to talk freely about the acts of foreigners; the history of "Korea as a victim"; why non-English-teaching foreigners surprise Koreans; what makes some Koreans and foreigners alike see entry-level foreign English teachers as third-class citizens; the country's distinctive combination of overregulation and under-enforcement, and what it says about the difference between the legal cultures of Korea and North America; what he does on trips instead of hitting the beach; Isabella Bird Bishop, the 19th-century traveler and write from whom Gusts of Popular Feeling takes its name; why the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store didn't prevent the sinking of the Sewol; the writing of Percival Lowell and others who had more to comment on than dirtiness and superstition did about Korea in the late 19th century; the Chonggyecheon's very short history as a "clean stream"; James Wade, one of the more prolific English-language observers of postwar Korea; what he finds reading old Korean newspapers; his incredulousness at a foreigner's complaint that "you can't get cheese here"; the 1988 Hustler article on the easiness of Korean women; the importance of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to Korean relations with foreigners in the country; the fallout of "Dog Poop Girl"; the thorough change he's seen in the built environment of Seoul in his 13 years there, and what he notices about the less-developed cityscape revealed in old movies; Korea's relative lack of the geek and the nerd; and what word he really doesn't want to use when describing why he likes living in Korea.

Passport to Grimerica with past guests and fans. Jared, David, Jagger, Efrain Palermo and Red Pill Junkie get a passport to Grimerica on this episode. The fellas chat about everything from their own personal experiences, New Zealand politics, Mars, Synchronicities, the Oz affect, and of course Efrain crazy theories... including one on ice crystals in your very own kitchen freezer!! Red Pills of the week http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/09/red-pills-of-the-week-september-7th/ Efrain’s website, including his upcoming book... http://palermoproject.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-mars-anomaly-podcast/id204327133?mt=2  No agenda podcast http://www.noagendashow.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell  Jagger’s band “High School Sweethart” https://www.facebook.com/highschoolsweetheartband Bruce Lipton http://www.brucelipton.com/ Kimdotcom  http://www.kim.com/    Russell Brand Nazi Rant     MUSIC   Grimerica Theme Song - Lock&Key   Fairies and Shit - Joseph Delano   Pegboard Nerds - Rocktronik   Quill - Joopiter     To A friend - AlexisonFire(AdventureClub Remix)

Smart phones, smart boards, smart homes…. every technology is apparently so darn smart, but how are we keeping up with these gadgets ourselves? Smart technologies are referred to as such because they seem intelligent enough to know about our personal needs, desires, and curiosities and they cater their computational functions to better serve us as individuals. They know us through the data we generate about our lives and appetites, but of course, that means they’re left with a database of info on us, the tasty consumer, to sell to hungry corporations. Dr. Sarah Kember explains what this looks like today with the emergence of the smart home, where ubiquitous computing is rebranded as ambient intelligence, and sold as an invisible but necessary part of domestic life for the future. There is some crazy mic hissing in parts of this piece! // Dr. Sarah Kember is a writer and academic. Her work incorporates new media, photography and feminist cultural approaches to science and technology. She is a Professor in New Technologies of Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London. Kember has recently published her first novel, The Optical Effects of Lightning (Wild Wolf Publishing, 2011) having previously written a short story ‘The Mysterious Case of Mr Charles D. Levy’ (Ether Books, 2010) which was a number two bestseller for Ether Books in the summer of 2010. In the same year, Kember also published an experimental piece called ‘Media, Mars and Metamorphosis’ (Culture Machine, Vol. 11) which she is currently developing as a film and transmedia project with a former student on her MA Digital Media (Sebastian Melo). Kember has recently edited an open access electronic book entitled Astrobiology and the Search for Life on Mars (Open Humanities Press, 2011) which includes the full text of all of Percival Lowell’s writing on Mars as well as H.G. Well’s The War of the Worlds. Kember has co-authored a monograph (with Joanna Zylinska) entitled Life After New Media: Mediation as a Vital Process (MIT Press, forthcoming) which is based on a course she teaches to undergraduates and postgraduates at Goldsmiths. Previous publications include: Virtual Anxiety. Photography, New Technologies and Subjectivity (Manchester University Press, 1998); Cyberfeminism and Artificial Life (Routledge, 2003) and the co-edited volume Inventive Life. Towards the New Vitalism (Sage, 2006).

A finales del siglo XIX, Marte era un planeta enigmático, lo suficiente cerca como para crear expectativas pero demasiado lejos como para ser observado con claridad. Los telescopios más potentes de la época sólo mostraban un disco anaranjado con manchas oscuras. Esas manchas provocaron un verdadero delirio de interpretaciones y especulaciones sobre la posibilidad de vida e, incluso, de vida inteligente en el Planeta Rojo. Destaca por méritos propios en este campo Percival Lowell.

Transcript: In 1912 Vesto Slipher working at the Lowell Observatory began a project to observe spectra of spiral nebulae. He was working under the direction of Percival Lowell who became known later for his speculation about the canals on Mars. Slipher detected rotation in the nebulae that he studied. With the Doppler Effect he was able to show that some parts of the nebulae were moving towards us and other parts moving away from us indicating rotation, but in another version of the Doppler Effect he got a surprise. The galaxies overall had a systematic red shift with respect to the Milky Way galaxy. Twenty-one out of twenty-five of the galaxies he observed were shifted in their spectra to the red by up to one thousand kilometers per second. Interpreted as a Doppler shift this meant that the galaxies were moving away from us with speeds up to a million miles an hour. At the time the result was extremely puzzling because it was ten years before Hubble would demonstrate that the spiral nebulae were actually distant stellar systems.