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Did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning bolts?

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Our world truly is an amazing place. Natural phenomena that can awe, terrify and inspire occur somewhere on our planet each and every day.

One phenomenon that can trigger all those feelings at once is lightning.

Virtually everyone has experienced the power and frightening beauty of a lightning strike while waiting out a passing thunderstorm, but did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning strikes, even on a clear and sunny day?

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Classic Tune: “Rhythm of the Rain” by The Cascades

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Every now and then a song will come on the radio that reminds me of my youth, and that happened yet again today.

One of the first songs I remember hearing when I was a small child is “Rhythm of the Rain” by a group called The Cascades.

This song was on the radio virtually non-stop back in the day and I quickly learned to love it, even though my young mind had no clue what the song was about. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why don’t the oceans keep getting saltier?

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Question from Kelly:  In school they taught us that the earth’s rivers are constantly dumping salt into the oceans.

If that’s true why aren’t the oceans getting saltier?

It seems to me that after all these billions of years the water in the oceans should be too salty to even support sea life.

So why don’t the oceans keep getting saltier as more and more salt is carried down the rivers and deposited in the oceans? [Read more…]

Video: Check out this awesome drone-like “flying car”

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Humans have been wanting to fly ever since they first saw birds flittering hither and yon through the air. Many have tried and failed at building all manner of potential aircraft over the centuries.

Finally, French brothers Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier teamed up to invent the first successful hot air balloon. And years later, Orville and Wilbur Wright designed, built and flew the first successful airplane.  [Read more…]

Beautiful instrumental performance of “The Sound of Silence” on a 12 string guitar

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I have featured the awesome acoustic guitar work of Guus Dielissen several times and those posts were extremely well received. Well, today I’m featuring yet another of Guus’ masterful performances.

You’re probably well familiar with Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “The Sound of Silence” but I’m guessing you have never heard it performed quite like this.  [Read more…]