Tuesday, August 26

Viagem ao País Basco


Alguns meses atrás ficou combinado uma viagem à zona Norte de Espanha. Essa viagem vai começar hoje, com o levantar de uma carrinha alugada, que vai ser a nossa casa nos próximos 13 dias.

É aqui, em casa emprestada, que vou tentar fazer um diário de viagem com fotos, vídeos e histórias do que nos vá acontecendo.

Abraços

Dia 29/08/2008

( Ah e tal, afinal não ) alguns momentos antes de ir levantar a carrinha, decidimos vir de carro, com este carregado até cima, arrancamos direitos a Manzaneda; eram 17h quando saímos de Lisboa, na Régua fizemos a 1ª paragem, seguida de outra já em Chaves. Entre estas localidades durante a viagem foi possível acompanhar uma bela trovoada, coisa que já não via há algum tempo. Chegados a Espanha o nosso destino era Manzaneda mas, ah e tal afinal não, visto que já eram 22h e que chegavam as montanhas com tenda para montar, completamente na escuridão, decidimos ir direitos a nossa 2ª opção
que era Tapia de Casariego. Entrámos em Tapia por volta das 5h da manhã, parámos o carro junto à praia onde dormimos direitos que nem um pau, pois as costas dos bancos não podiam ir mais para trás, acordei com a maior dor de costas da minha vida, depois de uma viagem de 10h dormir mais 5 na mesma posição. Tive de ir colocar gelo nas costas, esta tarefa foi fácil, bastou ir dar um mergulho, a água é um gelo. Neste momento estou em Tapia de Casariego nas Astúrias, ontem foi dia de folia até altas horas, fizemos logo uma data de amizades que nos esperam hoje.
Estou no bar do campismo onde há Internet grátis, mesmo bom, amanhã vamos aos Picos da Europa onde possivelmente não irei ter net, vou tentar dar notícias o mais breve possível.

aqui fica uma imagem de TAPIA DE CASARIEGO


Dia 30/08/2008

ola depois de ter escrito o texto anterior já bem a meio da tarde e quando consegui fazer com que o Nuno sai-se da tenda, fizemos uma visita a praia principal de Tapia por volta das 17h, já com algumas nuvens a chegar fomos à descoberta de mais sítios, foi então que descobrimos uma praia linda mesmo por trás do parque de campismo onde tiramos muitas fotos e acabamos com a bateria da maquina, foi então nessa altura que começou uma espectacular ( tormenta ) e nós sem bateria na maquina. Mais uma vez fomos para a maluqueira da noite pensado que a tempestade já tinha passado, por volta da meia noite e já no centro da vila de Tapia tudo recomeçou era faiscas por todo o lado, sem maquina e já com uns copitos a mais era entrar no bar pedir uma cerveja ver umas ( guapas ) e vir cá para fora ver e ouvir umas trovoadas.
foi uma noite de loucos são 13h e ainda se ouve os trovoes ao longe.

Aqui deixo a nossa nova musica de eleição


e algumas imagens de ontem

Praia de Tapia


Praia do parque


bem vou embora para os Picos da Europa até breve

Friday, August 8

Chaiten Volcano in Chile shows signs of eruption

Eruptions of smoke and ash from Chile's Chaiten renew fears among population. Chile's Chaiten volcano spews smoke and ash, renewing fears of residents and authorities who witnessed massive eruptions from the volcano in May.

After several weeks of relative calm, Chile's Chaiten volcano, groaned and rumbled on Thursday (July 31), shooting out ash and causing renewed fears among residents and authorities. Regional director of the National Geological and Mine Service, Jorge Munoz, said that the volcano had registered 105 tremors, many with relatively strong intensity coming in at roughly 4.0 on the Richter scale. "Well, there are two scenarios," said Munoz after surveying Chaiten from the air. "One scenario is very concrete - it is that the eruption is ending, the first cycle of the eruption is ending and we can in relation with the high seismic activity that we currently have, have the probability in a hypothesis that a second cycle could begin."




Volcano eruption fears prompt evacuation from Alaska's Kasatochi Island

Sulfur dioxide level increases due to recent volcano activity in Hawaii

Major avalanche reworks Mount Adams Volcano in US

Ward Ice Shelf: Global warming changing the world

Record heat, flooding force Arctic park closure in Canada

Penguins wash up closer to equator in Brazil


Tuesday, August 5

Hurricane-force winds

The tropical storm and its remnants will continue moving inland with winds which won't be as strong as they were but will still be gusty in the Houston metro area, along with heavy rain. This is not the same kind of situation as with Allison in 2001, but if one of those bands of torrential downpours gets stuck over a given place it will produce flash flooding, like that which closed I-10 for awhile near Anahuac. Where flooding does not occur the rain will be beneficial, as the region is still in the midst of a drought.

Thursday, July 31

Total Solar Eclipse of 2008 August 01


On Friday, 2008 August 01, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half the Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in Canada and extends across northern Greenland, the Arctic, central Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes northeastern North America, most of Europe and Asia.



Friday, July 11

Pre-quake changes seen in rocks

Scientists have made an important advance in their efforts to predict earthquakes, the journal Nature says.

A team of US researchers has detected stress-induced changes in rocks that occurred hours before two small tremors in California's San Andreas Fault.

The observations used sensors lowered down holes drilled into the quake zone.

The team says we are a long way from routine tremor forecasts but the latest findings hold out hope that such services might be possible one day.

"If you had 10 hours' warning, from a practical point of view, you could evacuate populations, you could certainly get people out of buildings, you could get the fire department ready," said co-author Paul Silver of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington.


Chile on 'red alert' after massive volcanic eruption

Mount St. Helens back to 'normal'

Alaskan volcano found to spew lethal acid brew

Sunday, July 6

Hawaiian volcano spewing more lava than usual

VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — More lava than usual is spilling from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano into the ocean.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Saturday that the lava is emerging near the Pacific on the southeastern side of the Big Island.
People can see the lava from a viewing area a few hundred feet away.
Kilauea has been erupting for 25 years.


Penguin in a coal mine? Woes signal sea trouble

Costa Rica's volcano remains active in lush land

Seasonal Factor Seen in Melting and Ice Shifts in Greenland

Cosmic blasts may throw out plasma 'cannonballs'

First Measurements Of The Solar Wind Termination Shock By Voyager 2 Spacecraft

First Underwater Neutrino Telescope Has Been Constructed



Thursday, July 3

Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says

Kimberly Johnson
for National Geographic News
June 30, 2008
Rapid changes in the churning movement of Earth's liquid outer core are weakening the magnetic field in some regions of the planet's surface, a new study says.

"What is so surprising is that rapid, almost sudden, changes take place in the Earth's magnetic field," said study co-author Nils Olsen, a geophysicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen.

The findings suggest similarly quick changes are simultaneously occurring in the liquid metal, 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) below the surface, he said.

The swirling flow of molten iron and nickel around Earth's solid center triggers an electrical current, which generates the planet's magnetic field.

Chile decrees red alert for volcano eruption

SANTIAGO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean regional authorities Wednesday issued a red alert near the erupting volcano Llaima.
The National Bureau of Emergency (Onemi) said the measure includes the creation of a cordoned zone to protect residents from the 50-meter wide lava flow visible from Cherquenco, some 12 km from the volcano.
The volcano erupted Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 25 people.


Chile's Llaima volcano erupts 650 kms south of Santiago; nearby villages safe

Scientists fear more eruptions on New Zealand's Mt Ruapehu

International Experts To Monitor Costa Rica's Volcanic Activity

Israel authorities warn hospitals to prepare for earthquake

China quake was very unusual, could only happen once every 2,000-10,000 years, say US scientists

Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana

'Doomsday' Collider Elicits Controversy, Lawsuit


Wednesday, July 2

Comet Boattini Now Visible In Northern Hemisphere

Have You Seen Comet Boattini?

A week after perihelion, Comet C/2007 W1 Boattini should now be visible in the dawn sky by observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Preliminary results on Seiichi Yoshida's website indicate that it's now roughly magnitude 5.5 — still near its peak brightness.



So early July is the best time for northerners to see this comet — assuming that your're fanatical enough to get up at 3 or 4 a.m. Few people are likely to see the comet without optical aid, but it should be pretty easy to spot through binoculars as long as your light pollution isn't too bad. Click here to download a detailed chart.

Saturday, June 21

Chile's Chaiten volcano spews ash again

Two new columns of smoke erupted from the Chaiten volcano on Tuesday (June 17) after activity had calmed since late May.

The Chaiten volcano, located some 760 miles (1,123 kilometres) south of the capital Santiago, started erupting on May 2 for the first time in thousands of years, spewing ash, gas, and molten rock.

Area residents were evacuated from the town of Chaiten. The flow of the Blanco river has also increased due to this recent activity.


New Study Finds Earthquake Activity 5 Times More Energetic Than 20 Years Ago Because Of Global Warming

Hot gas plumes detected at Japan's Mt. Kurikoma

Japan Will Try to Drain Lakes Formed by Earthquake


Active Submarine Volcanoes Found Near Fiji

New Zealand Scientists Tell People to Avoid Volcano After 5.4 Magnitude Earthquake

Lavas From Hawaiian Volcano Contain Fingerprint Of Planetary Formation


Namibia Cops Puzzled By Mysterious Fissures In Earth

Monday, June 2

>5.0 quakes - June 1st

2008-06-01 22:55:36.2___4.59S_129.72E 30km 5.4 BANDA SEA
2008-06-01 22:30:51.2__20.20S_168.62E 60km 5.1 LOYALTY ISLANDS
2008-06-01 16:59:20.9__24.87N_121.93E 80km 5.4 TAIWAN
2008-06-01 16:35:07.8__51.85N_159.11E 60km 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2008-06-01 15:59:50.9___9.26S_118.10E 100km 5.1 SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA
2008-06-01 15:58:31.6__38.51N_141.77E 60km 5.1 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2008-06-01 14:31:09.0__59.12S_150.09E 33km 6.4 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
2008-06-01 10:33:29.0___4.48S_129.67E 10km 5.8 BANDA SEA
2008-06-01 09:42:34.0___4.54S_129.70E 20km 5.5 BANDA SEA
2008-06-01 09:24:28.3__51.80N_159.20E 32km 5.2 OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA
2008-06-01 02:06:20.2__50.25N__69.63E 10km 5.7 CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN
2008-06-01 01:57:20.8__20.11N_121.31E 10km 6.4 BATAN ISL REGION, PHILIPPINES
2008-06-01 00:31:18.1__54.80S___1.03E 33km 5.2 BOUVET ISLAND REGION

Saturday, May 31

Cold Irony: Arctic Sea Ice Traps Climate Tour Icebreaker

27 May 08 – “Cashing in on the panic that has set in with the help of some climate alarmists, tour operators like Quark Expeditions of Norwalk Connecticut are offering polar expeditions catering to that “see it before it’s gone” travel worry. One of them is a trip though the Northwest Passage on a former Soviet Icebreaker called the Kapitan Khlebnikov, a massive 24,000 horsepower Polar Class icebreaker capable of carrying 108 passengers in relative luxury through the arctic wilderness.
Unfortunately, the Kapitan Khlebnikov got stuck in the ice.

One of the passengers wrote: ‘What irony. I am a passenger on one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world, travelling through the Northwest Passage - which is supposed to become almost ice-free in a time of global warming, the next shipping route across the top of the world - and here we are, stuck in the ice, engines shut down, bridge deserted. Only time and tide can free us.’

Testing The Water GOM