Syzdekistan

Earth’s Moon in 2012

dsyzdek — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:52:39 +0000

Great video of how the moon will look hour by hour this year.

Shuttle Launch (viewed from the Solid Rocket Boosters)

dsyzdek — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:49:12 +0000

The sounds of a Shuttle launch literally give me chills. Turn up the volume and enjoy:

Happy 5th Birthday, Andrew

dsyzdek — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:33:24 +0000

Zombies and dinosaurs on the cake! Awesome!

2011 Earthquakes Visualized

dsyzdek — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:56:09 +0000

I’m always interested in new and unusual ways of depicting information. This video and sounds, of all the earthquakes in 2011, shows just how many sizable earthquakes there are around the world. Also, the huge Japanese earthquake (9.0) strikes at 1:50 into the video and it just dominates the video for months afterwards. I get USGS text message alerts for earthquakes over 6.0, and the night of the Japanese earthquake I had to shut my phone off as it was getting bombed by texts for the huge number of aftershocks.

(I found the video here).

T+1 y

dsyzdek — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:13:31 +0000

One year ago today, I had the incredible opportunity to watch the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station.

Thanks to NASA’s Tweetup program, I watched the launch from the Press area, met some astronauts and NASA people, and met a great group of fellow Tweeps!

I also had my awesome “Shuttle” beard. I vowed not to shave until Discovery launched after some launch delays in October 2011. Astronaut Leland Melvin was very brave to get close to the beard. I don’t know if it was his NASA training or his NFL experience that prepared him for the beard.

Why did the turkey cross the road?

dsyzdek — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:51:42 +0000

I always like seeing wild turkeys, but this one looks a bit goofy. This one was seen crossing the road in Parowan Utah on December 27, 2011.

Andrew Abject Terror

dsyzdek — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:29:50 +0000

I had a great time letting my children terrorize themselves with a sled last week.

I’m a great dad!

Fishing under the ice

dsyzdek — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:32:16 +0000

I’ve always wanted to try ice diving. I’ve heard that you can flip inverted, put some air in your BC, and stand on the bottom of the ice and walk around inverted. These crazy Finns took it to whole new level…..

Orbits

dsyzdek — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:51:15 +0000

While talking to people about space, I’ve noticed that many people don’t have a good idea on how low earth orbit satellites orbit the earth. This video about the impending Phobos Grunt reentry does a great job showing what a low earth orbit looks like.

Also, my condolences go out the Russian Space Agency on their loss of Phobos Grunt. It was a very ambitious mission, space exploration is extremely difficult, and losing their spacecraft had to be incredibly hard.

Wonderful World

dsyzdek — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:31:14 +0000

I’ve been watching The Life of Birds with David Attenborough and he is an amazing narrator. This is an great clip that makes me feel so thrilled to have chosen a career as a wildlife biologist.