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mc donald observatory / texas
many thanks to frank w.cianciolo who has explained to me the scientific research program they are doing at the observatory . read the article he has given to me, it´s really worth it! the researchers hope they soon will understand more about the dark matter and the dark energy . exciting!!!
and here the link to mc donald observatory , they provide much more information.
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HETDEX: Leading the Revolution
HETDEX will be the first major experiment to search for dark energy. It will use the giant Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory and a set of spectrographs to map the three-dimensional positions of one million galaxies
Hobby-Eberly Telescope [Martin Harris/McDonald Observatory]
A scientific revolution is underway. It will tell us more about the universe than we have ever known before, because it will tell us what makes up almost three-quarters of all the matter and energy in the universe. It will tell us if the laws of gravity are correct, and reveal new details about the Big Bang in which the universe was born.
The subject of this revolution is dark energy, a mysterious force that is causing the universe to expand faster as it ages. And one of the leaders in the revolution is HETDEX — the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment — at The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory. Its observations will narrow the list of possible explanations for dark energy, and may even provide the final answer.
HETDEX will combine the immense light-gathering power of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the world’s third largest, with an array of new instruments for analyzing the light from distant galaxies.
struggle for life
Not everyone appreciates the romantic sunsets and for some, there is no light anymore. Lions, hyenas and vultures are no vegetarians at all, much to the chagrin of wildebeests, zebras and antelopes. © n.g.
loliondo forest
The images, which are often used by aid organizations to beg for donations obviously come from here. For me, the picture of the proud maasai worrier seems as realistic as the water in a fatamorgana. To feed the large amount of cattle they simply knock down the trees, so the cows and goats can go for the leaves. The water supply of a big region relies on that forest and so the FZS tries to convince the people about protecting it. They do this with education, micro loans (help to help yourself) and other protection actions. Bee keeping is one of those aid projects. © n.g.
serengeti 2015 _2
For more than10 years i´m taking project photos for the frankfurt zoological society around the world. I’m doing this pro bono to support their important work. I had met so many interesting and kind people, I had seen so many spectacular landscapes and national parks, spent so many gorgious evenings at campfires in the intact wilderness. A big thank you to Dr. Christof Schenck and his worldwide team for your tireless struggle to protect our environment.
Here are some impressions from the Serengeti, one of the “hotspots on earth”
serengeti 2015 _1
virunga movie
If you want to learn how difficult and dangerous conservation work can be, then you have to look at the „virunga movie“ (available on Netflix only). For the frankfurt zoological society (fzs.org) I had been in the virunga national park / democratic republic of congo in 2007 and 2009. Here you can watch my video “hell & paradise in the heart of africa” about my experiences.
