Enceladus’ plume and a poem

To get a better of what is in the plume that’s spews out of Saturn’s moon Enceladus (it’s known to contain water vapor, sodium, and organic molecules), they sent Cassini through it on November 2, 2009. Here’s a picture of the plume (Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute–click on it to see it better):

And since today [...]

A walk along the Charles River

Since I had the day off, I decided to take a walk along the Charles. I started off by crossing the footbridge behind the Shaw’s market on River Street (click on any of the pictures to see the full size):

Behind the footbridge is an old train bridge which is, I think, no longer used. The [...]

Saturn at equinox

Still trying out my camera, here’s a picture of Saturn at its once every 15 years equinox:

Ok, this might really be from Cassini and perhaps was taken on August 12, 2009 in a series of pictures over eight hours and then put together (Image Credit, maybe: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute). In any case, it’s a nice picture [...]

Views from windows and a poem

I’m still testing my camera, so here’s a picture looking out my office window towards the Prudential

and here’s a picture from the meeting room down the hall looking at part of the West Village here at NU with the Museum of Fine Arts in the background.

 Here’s a better picture of the Museum which is going [...]

Views from Prospect Hill

Since it was a pretty nice day, I decided to hike up Prospect Hill in Waltham. It’s not a real steep climb (click on the pictures to see the full size)

but it has a pretty good view of Boston

and the Blue Hills just south of Boston (Prospect Hill is the second highest point inside 128, [...]

Pictures and a poem

I got a digital camera recently, so here are my attempts at some pictures.
First, here’s the Waltham Commons as I waited for the bus:

and here are pictures of my brother’s two dogs (Athena and Casper):

and it’s Friday, so here’s a poem:
The walls were crying
As I walked below them
To find my other side
And I wish they’d [...]