Jayne ,'The Message'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson, you probably have a ton of other resources, but if you want to know night sky in various locations (southern cross! milky way in the dark desert) I'd be happy to ask my dad. I mean, I "gave" him a bat from the Bat Sanctuary for Father's Day. Road Kill, precisely.
I look forward to giving my nephews this story. D's already fascinated by bats.
I am watching an abc program on hulu, and the graphic for my local abc station is in the corner. Is that normal?
Ooooh, Megan! You know what I could use? A couple of landmarks along the river. Sam and his friends (Peter, Sebastien, Pierre, and Giorgio, all named after physicists at the Observatoire de Paris). I have them searching under bridges for Sam's family, until they get to Notre Dame.
sarameg, that would be awesome. I e'd Phil Plait, but he's so crazy busy I might not hear back for weeks.
My cruise pictures: [link]
Are they starting at the Gare du Nord? Because, as the bat flies, you wouldn't really go along much river before coming to Notre Dame--it's almost directly due south and is pretty much the first thing you'd hit.
However, if a bat were, say, distracted by the Eiffel Tower, and first headed towards it, then when it hit the river decided to follow the river back to ND, you'd have more to work with.
Shoot me questions, locations and times (summer, fall, winter, etc) and I'll mine dad's brain. I can nag him mercilessly.
But i could use a world map and some pins
If you can find airports close to the places you have in mind [link] then this Great Circle Mapper site might help with the visualization.
Aw, perkins, it's always so neat seeing my hometown as a tourist. Reminds me that it really can be a pretty town with some fairly nifty history.
Although funny thing-- perspective-- this picture?
That building that's almost dead center, with the red and white antenna? When we moved to Miami from New York in 1968 and for probably close to ten years afterwards, that building was the tallest building in the Miami skyline. Along with the Freedom Tower.
Your cruise pics are GORGEOUS. Love the Caribbean waters.
He starts at the station, but as he swoops up to get his bearing on the geography, he spots the Eiffel tower, just lit. I could have him fly toward it like a beacon.