Carnival of Space with Solar Sails

Carnival of Space with Solar Sails...



...and much more. Actually, Carnival of Space is a great way of staying updated on space and astronomy. Not even kidding you. :-)

Boeing To Space

Boeing To Space



Commercial space is picking up speed, it looks like. :-) Don't mind if it does, actually!

Russian Spacecraft

Russian Rocket



Actually, spacecraft...manned spacecraft. Bye, bye USA. You'll not be in the lead in space if you don't pull your act together...;-)

And there's China, and Japan, and, and.

Mural Cat

Mural Cat



It's been a while since a cat made it to this place on the internets. And this royal version will do just fine. He is surrounded by the green, just as I am right now in Haakenrud. It is explosively green this summer. :-)

Michibiki-san

Michibiki-san



This satellite will improve the accuracy of GPS positioning in Japan. Love it!

The Biggest Star

Big, Bigger, Biggest - Yet



Tarantula and surroundings - stellar crib of super star babies.

Credit: ESO

The above image was assembled and released in 2006. In itself it is pretty amazing. Then after years of study, ESO found that there are super stars in the making deep inside.



Tarantula and surroundings - zooming in on super star babies.

Credit: ESO/P. Crowther/C.J. Evans

This young cluster of stars (RMC 136a - they got to rename this thing, its no personality there) contains a mega super star making us worrying about our very own star, the Sun, being able to produce enough energy to keep us warm... :-)



And - IT IS BLUE (because it's hot)

Award Winning Astrocast.TV - and Lilies

Award Winning Astrocast.TV and Lilies.

I have been working for Astrocast.TV for more than a year now. Producing A Green Space - A Green Earth has been hard work, but particularly awarding for me personally as I have learned about a completely different world: the world of broadcasting and journalism.

From within science I had already been devoting time and resources on outreach and user linkage strategies related to geodesy and Earth observation. It was, and still is, a challenge to communicate the importance of a scientific field that almost no one have even heard of - geodesy. But I had not really 'gotten my hands dirty' with writing let alone producing any video material until I was contacted by Astrocast.TV.

In A Green Space - A Green Earth I cover both a larger and a narrower field. Earth observation is of course more than geodesy, but geodesy is more than space geodesy. I cover Earth observation from space for Astrocast.TV.



I am proud to work with the highly professional people at Astrocast.TV and of course delighted to be a member of an award winning organization. This year, again, Astrocast.TV was a multiple winner of Telly awards.



So, what's with the lilies, already?
You may have noticed that my middle name is 'Lilja'. That is Norwegian for 'lily' and I have a personal website named Lilja - A bouquet of stories about the Earth. When the news about Astrocast.TV winning 4 Telly awards announced I was generously congratulated with the words 'A lily for a lily'. I can share the images of the lovely bouquet (of real lilies, no Earths') but I regret I cannot share the wonderful scent that filled my living room for days. :-)