Milky Way over Devils Tower

A mysterious formation known as Devils Tower rises into the dark above northeastern Wyoming’s prairie landscape in this 16 frame panoramic view. Seen against the night sky’s thin, pale clouds and eerie green airglow, star clusters and nebulae of the Milky Way arc toward the galaxy’s central realm at right. Of course the scene contains the Milky Way’s own haunting and grisly visages of halloween, including ghosts, a flaming skull, a glowing eye and a witch’s broom. To find them, slide your cursor over the picture or just follow this link, if you dare. And have a safe and Happy Halloween! via NASA http://ift.tt/1zPvpcL

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Herb Schapiro, Playwright Behind ‘The Me Nobody Knows,’ Dies at 85 by BRUCE WEBER

By BRUCE WEBER

Inspired by essays by urban children, Mr. Schapiro had the idea for what became a “dark and lovely” Broadway musical.

Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM

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Transcript of New York Times Interview With President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan by Unknown Author

By Unknown Author

An official transcript from the office of President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan of an interview with The New York Times.

Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM

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3 California Counties Voting on Fracking Bans by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Voters in three coastal California counties vote Tuesday on whether to ban fracking and other intensive oil production, even as slumping prices globally are leading companies to start to scale back on production.

Published: October 31, 2014 at 02:24PM

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Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave by DAVID W. LLOYD

By DAVID W. LLOYD

For the adventurous who endure the trek to reach the giant Hang En cave, the rewards are otherworldly.

Published: November 1, 2014 at 08:00PM

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In Baja, Camping, Cactus and Cocktails by FREDA MOON

By FREDA MOON

Retracing a honeymoon car trip along the Baja California Peninsula.

Published: November 1, 2014 at 08:00PM

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A Company Caught Between a Hostile Bid and a Side Deal by STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON

By STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON

The battle for the GFI Group, a New York brokerage and clearing firm, features an insider transaction, the secret accumulation of shares and a hostile offer that may be something else entirely, Steven Davidoff Solomon writes in the Deal Professor…

Published: October 31, 2014 at 10:30AM

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Fish Tale Focus of Massachusetts Governor Campaign by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor Martha Coakley said Republican candidate Charlie Baker should answer “legitimate questions” about a story that nearly brought him to tears as he told it about a rueful fisherman.

Published: October 31, 2014 at 09:56AM

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A Spectre in the Eastern Veil

Frightening forms and scary faces are a mark of the Halloween season. They also haunt this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky in the constellation Cygnus, this portion of the eastern Veil spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil’s estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through broad and narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen atoms in blue-green hues. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition, the Witch’s Broom. via NASA http://ift.tt/1q1lTtw

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Iridescent Cloud Edge Over Colorado

Sometimes your eclipse viewing goes bad in an interesting way. While watching and photographing last Thursday’s partial solar eclipse, a popular astronomy blogger suffered through long periods of clouds blocking the Sun. Unexpectedly, however, a nearby cloud began to show a rare effect: iridescence. Frequently part of a more familiar solar corona effect, iridescence is the diffraction of sunlight around a thin screen of nearly uniformly-sized water droplets. Different colors of the sunlight become deflected by slightly different angles and so come to the observer from slightly different directions. This display, featured here, was quite bright and exhibited an unusually broad range of colors. On the right, the contrails of an airplane are also visible. via NASA http://ift.tt/1tJ7ad5

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Retrograde Mars

Why would Mars appear to move backwards? Most of the time, the apparent motion of Mars in Earth’s sky is in one direction, slow but steady in front of the far distant stars. About every two years, however, the Earth passes Mars as they orbit around the Sun. During the most recent such pass starting late last year, Mars as usual, loomed large and bright. Also during this time, Mars appeared to move backwards in the sky, a phenomenon called retrograde motion. Featured here is a series of images digitally stacked so that all of the stars coincide. Here, Mars appears to trace out a narrow loop in the sky. At the center of the loop, Earth passed Mars and the retrograde motion was the highest. Retrograde motion can also be seen for other Solar System planets. via NASA http://ift.tt/1DV3Du8

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