Comments on: Birthing Pods http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:26:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Ice Storm | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/comment-page-1/#comment-5658 The Ice Storm | Cosmic Variance Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:16:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/#comment-5658 [...] I know that this is not a big deal to a lot of you, but just now, here in normally sunny Los Angeles, we had a blizzard of hail, looking a bit like a snowstorm for a little while. Excellent! There was accumulation on the ground for a while, and I went outside to took a snap of the rather pretty accumulation at the roots of one my cycads: [...] [...] I know that this is not a big deal to a lot of you, but just now, here in normally sunny Los Angeles, we had a blizzard of hail, looking a bit like a snowstorm for a little while. Excellent! There was accumulation on the ground for a while, and I went outside to took a snap of the rather pretty accumulation at the roots of one my cycads: [...]

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/comment-page-1/#comment-5657 Clifford Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:15:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/#comment-5657 Thanks so much, Carrie! -cvj Thanks so much, Carrie!

-cvj

]]> By: Carrie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/comment-page-1/#comment-5656 Carrie Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:37:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/#comment-5656 It's called a Nikau Palm and they grow all round New Zealand, thats where I am right now on a sunny Monday morning :o) Hope this helps. All the best. Carrie It’s called a Nikau Palm and they grow all round New Zealand, thats where I am right now on a sunny Monday morning :o ) Hope this helps. All the best.
Carrie

]]> By: janet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 janet Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:20:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/#comment-5655 Wow. I don't know enough about palms to come close to answering your question, but those are great photographs! Wow. I don’t know enough about palms to come close to answering your question, but those are great photographs!

]]> By: Assessing One’s Worth | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 Assessing One’s Worth | Cosmic Variance Mon, 24 Oct 2005 02:06:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/10/23/birthing-pods/#comment-5654 [...] So I sat there for a while and reflected about how to answer the DOE’s question “what have you done for me lately?”. Of course, I left the card for my camera in my computer at home, and so could not take the pictures of the remarkable variety of palms I wanted to show you (see earlier post), but I did have my mediocre phone camera, and so you can see a bit of my view. [...] [...] So I sat there for a while and reflected about how to answer the DOE’s question “what have you done for me lately?”. Of course, I left the card for my camera in my computer at home, and so could not take the pictures of the remarkable variety of palms I wanted to show you (see earlier post), but I did have my mediocre phone camera, and so you can see a bit of my view. [...]

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