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December 6, 2015
Kindle Monthly Deals for Australian Science Fiction fans:
Discovery of the Saiph is a Kindle Monthly deal in Australia (only in Australia!): Grab it for $0.99 for the month of December. http://goo.gl/NvN7de
And you can add the audiobook edition for a very small cost. With 200+ reviews on audible and an average of 4 out of 5 stars – it’s a bargain at just $2.99!
A lost civilization, a trove of underground secrets, and a daring mission outside the solar system make Discovery of the Saiph a riveting journey for fans of military sci-fi.
November 27, 2015
Black Friday Deal – Buy 1 audio book get 1 free
I noticed today that Tantor.com are offering 50% of their audio books. That means that today you can buy one Saiph series audio book get another free.
Click the image and visit tantor.com
You can also download from iTunes, Apple Music and Amazon (including Whispersync).
Enjoy!
November 24, 2015
Historic Formation Flight of NASA’s WB-57s Over Houston
NASA’s three WB-57s fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ji4Q97
November 23, 2015
Springtime in the South Atlantic
The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the west and South Georgia Island to the east by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite on November 16, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QEaqkM
November 20, 2015
Northwest Australia From the Space Station’s EarthKAM
This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S95YrK
November 19, 2015
Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid
The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on Nov. 19, 1969. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. via NASA http://ift.tt/1lwOF9L
November 18, 2015
Cloud Patterns Over the Prince Edward Islands
Early November 2015 brought cloudy skies and intriguing patterns over the Prince Edward Islands in the South Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this scene on November 5. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MV1RLD
November 17, 2015
A Brighter Moon
Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HVSs50
November 16, 2015
Fingerprints of Water on the Sand
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photograph on Nov. 11, 2015 from the International Space Station. Lindgren wrote, “The delicate fingerprints of water imprinted on the sand. The #StoryOfWater.” via NASA http://ift.tt/1Mxtpaz
November 13, 2015
Veiny ‘Garden City’ Site and Surroundings on Mount Sharp, Mars
This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. via NASA http://ift.tt/1H0kNMM
