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1)
Hilton Pond
At first glance the winter woods may seem brown and lifeless, but a
closer examination will reveal a surprising number of still-green
broadleafed plants from trees to vines to forbs. "This Week at Hilton
Pond" we offer a photo essay about these overlooked native evergreens.

To read the installment for 8-14 January 2008, please see
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek080108.html

As always we include a list of birds banded and recaptured during the
week, as well as miscellaneous nature notes, a photo of Rufous
Hummingbird we just banded in Columbus NC, and a few words of
wisdom from Kermit the Frog.


2)
Weekend Moon and Mars
Space Weather news for Jan. 19, 2008
http://spaceweather.com

MOON & MARS:  When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look east. 
The Moon and Mars are having a beautiful close encounter all weekend long. 
The best night to look is Saturday when the distance between the pair shrinks to less than 2 degrees. 
Campfire-red Mars so close to the silvery Moon is a sight wonderful to behold.

BLUE MOON ALERT:  This is an alert for Central and South Americans. The ongoing eruption of the Galeras
volcano in southwestern Columbia is spewing fine ash miles high into the atmosphere.  Airborne volcanic ash can act as a
color-filter, turning  moonlight blue. Although it is often said that Blue Moons are mythical, they can appear during volcanic
eruptions, so this is a good time to look for a bright "Blue Moon" over your part of the world.


3)
NASA Science News for January 21, 2008
Mercury Flyby Sets Stage for New Discoveries
Last week's historic flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft gathered 500
megabytes of data and more than a thousand high-resolution photos covering nearly six million
square miles of previously unseen terrain. "Discoveries are at hand," say members of the mission
science team. Read today's story for a hint of things to come.





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