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‘Top of the World’ – Remembering Karen Carpenter

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If you’re old enough to remember the 1970s you probably remember hearing Karen Carpenter’s voice most every time you turned on your radio.

Performing with her brother Richard as “The Carpenters”, Karen rose to the top of the Billboard charts over a dozen times, three of them to #1.

Many wonderful female singers have gained fame and fortune over the years, in various musical genres, but few won the hearts of their dedicated fans as quickly, or as fully as Karen Carpenter.  [Read more…]

Video: From Darkness to Light (Earth as seen from the International Space Station)

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Thanks to the wonders of modern technology and space travel we now know what our home planet looks like from afar.

The video I’m sharing with you today gives you the very same views of our amazing Earth that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station enjoy as they orbit around it at a height of 250 miles.  [Read more…]

Time-lapse video: Starscapes

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Have you ever had the pleasure of looking up at the night sky on a pitch-dark night, in a location that was far, far away from the nearest town or city lights?

If so, you were probably amazed at all the stars, nebulae and other magical objects that filled the unfiltered night sky.

And of course you were likely blessed to witness the breathtaking spectacle of our Milky Way galaxy as it dominated the vista overhead.  [Read more…]

Video: Winter Wonderland in the Lofoten Islands of Norway

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“What good is the warm of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
     –John Steinbeck

The Lofoten Islands of Norway boast some of the most beautiful scenery on planet Earth, and that incredible beauty kicks up yet another notch during the wintertime.

If you ever get the opportunity to pay the Lofotens a visit I urge you take it. That little corner of the world really is quite spectacular.

But if travel to Norway simply isn’t in the cards for you, the extended-length video below will take you there via the magic of video.  [Read more…]