This week’s supermoon will be the biggest in nearly 70 years
Supermoons can appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than mere normal moons.
Nature
Documentary series by noted filmmaker examines environmental risks to Hudson River
The series of short films focuses on the transportation of crude oil, Indian Point nuclear power plant, PCB contamination and a project to transport electric power from Western New York to New York City.
Fathom: Hudson River Data as Music premiers at Towne Crier in Beacon
The piece uses several novel technologies and its creator’s formidable imaginations to “sonify” data gathered by the Institute in the course of Hurricane Sandy.
The bald eagle’s incredible comeback
The story of the national symbol’s comeback is a fascinating and heartening one. A talk will be given Wednesday, November 9 at the Rosendale Community Center by Tom Lake, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Estuary Program naturalist and editor of the “Hudson River Almanac.”
Cosmology surprise: Death doesn’t exist
You, who exist as awareness, will never cease to be.
New 287-acre park opens in Esopus
High Banks Preserve contains bluffs offering vistas of the Hudson River as well as extensive wetlands, wildflower-filled meadows, hardwood forests and shoreline along Esopus Lake.
Black Creek trail for bikers, kayakers and hikers discussed
Public interest in this corridor being stitched together is high, Barnard reported, with 65 people attending a recent meeting held in Esopus.
On The Rocks: Cave-in at Rosendale
We are going to visit the site of the Rosendale Trestle again this week. When we first went there on
Observing cycles of nature & the media
A big reason why people observe nature is to recognize interesting patterns, like the cycles of the Moon and Sun or
Night Sky: Exciting stuff at the zenith
Let’s have fun. Here’s how the universe is easy and mind-stretching: Which is the easiest sky-direction to find? What’s the only direction