王贞仪老师 Wáng Zhēnyí Laoshí 王貞儀老师 (1768–1797) – Our Logo/Avatar, was a scientist of the Qing dynasty who breached feudal customs of the old China which hindered women's rights and worked to educate herself in astronomy, mathematics, and geography. In her twenties, we know she took up poetry, as well, for the suffering of the Chinese peasants weighed on her. "Village is empty of cooking smoke, Rich families let grains stored decay; In wormwood strewed pitiful starved bodies, Greedy officials yet push the farm levy." Also this poem on the role of women in society, " It’s made to believe, Women are same as Men; Are you not convinced, Daughters can also be heroic?” ©M42 Orion Nebula from the balcony, Dr. Kenneth M Beck: 15 second exposure ISO 16,000, f/10 FL2350mm.
A sharp decline of Arctic sea ice at the beginning of September dropped the extent below 4.0 million square kilometers (1.54 million square miles) for only the second time since the beginning of the satellite record in 1979. At this point, NOAA and NASA are not making a definitive statement on what that minimum might be, as both wind, tide, and continual thermal melting may occur.
From the website => http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
From the website => http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
