Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
"Although the Taos Pueblo is open to the public and has been studied extensively, much of the history of the Pueblo remains a mystery. According to Taos Indian custom, oral history is not divulged outside of the community, which has kept many of the secrets of the Taos Pueblo safe within the minds of the Taos Indians who still live there.
Despite the lack of an accurate record, most anthropologists place a settlement in the Taos Valley at 1000 CE, and the Taos Pueblo between 1000-1450 CE. Since that time, the sun-dried structure has continuously housed Taos Indians, and 150 people live there today full-time. Since it was built, the Pueblo has always been a residential complex, filled with multiple residences, connected by wall but not by door or window."
Piano notes made visible on the CymaScope
"Shannon Novak, a New Zealand-born fine artist, commissioned us to image 12 piano notes as inspiration for a series of 12 musical canvases. We decided to image the notes in video mode because when we observed the 'A1' note we discovered, surprisingly, that the energy envelope changes over time as the string's harmonics mix in the piano's wooden bridge. Instead of the envelope being fairly stable, as we had imagined, the harmonics actually cause the CymaGlyphs to be wonderfully dynamic. Our ears can easily detect the changes in the harmonics and the CymaScope now reveals them--probably a first in acoustic physics."
"Music, in the absolute sense, is the invisible geometry of the cosmos, a delicate tracery of frequencies that harmonise with each other and from which all matter manifests.
The conductor of this sublime symphony is the Creative Force of the cosmosn- some people prefer to say : God.
What is not commonly known is that music has the almost magical power to create form from formlessness."
This astonishing video of a hummingbird shaking its head to removes almost all of the water from the tiny bird in a mid-air maneuver that takes less than a second. In this slow-motion footage, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley sprayed water on a hummingbird to find out how it shakes off rain while in flight.
The bird is able to shake its head so fast that it can reach a g-force of 34. To compare, a Formula 1 racing car only ever reaches 6g and most rollercoasters are far less. The tiny bird removes almost all of the water shaking its head nearly 180 degrees in a 10th of a second or less. The high-speed drying technique helps the bird remain in control during a flight and cope with rain.
by Tunc Tezel
This heavenly view of the southern Milky Way arching in the sky is photographed from a remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
On the left the brightest region in the band of Milky Way is the galactic central bulge toward the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. Bright stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri, and the Southern Cross appear in the middle and slightly to the right along the fading Milky Way band. At the horizon there are three interesting objects. Bright southern star Canopus (at right) and our galactic dwarf neighbors the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds in the middle.
The south direction is pointing between them and the pacific waters meet no other land on this direction until they reach Antarctica. This pacific paradise in the southern hemisphere is Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands. This volcanic remnant has the distinction of being the oldest island in the Pacific dating back to about 18 million years ago.
As noted by the photographer "I traveled to this 10 km wide island with only 500 Polynesian residents because the total solar eclipse path of 11 July 2010 were passing over this location. This place called Rock Pools is on the western coast of the island and just a kilometer south of Oneroa village. Surf and breaking waves on the off-shore coral reef caused the lighter colours on the surface of the ocean." Tunc Tezel
