As of today, I'm the proud owner of a radio station! Well... to be honest, it's only an account at Laut.FM, but nonetheless, it's kinda like owning a radio station. I've named my radio Northern Lights, and if you're a frequent reader of this blog, you might already know why. The playlist consists only of Scandinavian artists, mostly newer ones, but also some older classics. I've just started filli
I hope so, because in April, Scandinavia travelers will have quite a few opportunities to watch the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in action! The Geophysical Institute states that upcoming active...
Yeah, why not?
Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights is one of the wonders of the natural world and I’m tired of seeing them on photos and videos. I would love to see them with own eyes one day and...
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In a daring display of one-upsmanship scientists of the auroras borealis were not content with all the press their newer noctilucent cloud studying brethren were getting and have discovered (maybe) the source of power for these northern lights! Using satellites and magic they believe that they are caused by “comes from a stream of charged particles from the sun flowing like a current through twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting Earth’s upper atmosphere to the sun.” which sounds totally crazy to me, but that may have something to do with the fact that I’m an idiot. They estimated the the storm powering these bad boys had the energy of a magnitude 5.5 earthquake. Huh! Now they just need to harness that crap as a source of green energy! Nice. Anyhow, the moral of the story is when scientists battle… everyone wins.
Completely unrelated to that is the launch parties for a new book… Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man. That’s
Let’s be clear: translating a book to the screen is hard, really hard and it shouldn’t be underestimated. Things you can get away with in a book you simply can’t on film for a range of reasons. It’s not the same medium, you have less time and, in some cases, things that are palatable in book form just aren’t in the American dominated world of film.
So Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy was always going to be a struggle with its open pop at organised religion and its themes around the nature of authority, death, the purpose of existence and even a light sprinkling of teenage sex.
For this, and the curious decision to keep the US title for the UK release, I approached the first instalment with caution. I was surprised. In a good way.
Granted Chris Weitz has, at first glance, bottled the aspects of the story that dealt with religion. Instead he’s opted to turn the anti-authoritarian aspect of the film up to eleven but, to be quite frank,
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/890459/northern_lights_aurora_borealis_awesome_video/
This video was made on the Antarctic on the Makmurdo, Scott stations and Black island. You must see this - it`s awesome video! I wish i’m gonna see this once on my own eyes.
CYBERFEMINISM IN NORTHERN LIGHTS: Digital Media and Gender in a Nordic Contextedited by Malin Sveningsson Elm and Jenny SundénWhat does it mean to study supposedly global media phenomena from a Nordic perspective? What would be particular and unique about Nordic cyberfeminism - compared to the “unmarked” version dominating the field today? Cyberfeminism in Northern Lights pushes the boundaries of contemporary cyberfeminism.Against the background of an expanding body of research in the field of digital media and gender - which to this date has primarily been carried out from an Anglo-American perspective - the book argues that feminist studies of digital media need to become more inclusive and aware of their own geographical and cultural biases and limits.The book is a step in this direction, focusing on the knowledge and experiences from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.TABLE OF CONTENTS:Introduction, Jenny Sundén & Malin Sveningsson ElmDigital M
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The aurora (plural aurorae/auroras) is a bright glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. For this reason some scientists call it a "polar aurora" (or "aurora polaris"). In northern latitudes, it is known as the aurora borealis, which is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. Especially in Europe, it often appears as a reddish glow on the northern horizon, as if the sun were rising from an unusual direction. The aurora borealis is also called the northern lights since it is only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. The aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April. Its southern counterpart, aurora australis, has similar properties. Australis is the Latin word for "of the South".
Images of aurora borealis
Sources : Wikipedia, Aurores Boréales
Courtesy of the Aftenporten News from Norway , here are some gorgeous pictures taken by its readers of an unusually bright aurora borealis over the Oslo area. The Northern Lights are not usually seen as far south as Oslo. Scientists...
