I was watching Johnny Quest yesterday when I got a call from Inchara, a fellow astronomy geek! With a heavy heart, I paused the episode i was watching answered him on phone. He asked me to go out and look to the east. I asked what was in the east? He again repeated go out and look to the east (kind of like the lord of the rings - the two towers - battle at Helm’s Deep where Gandalf says “Look to the east” ). He then said look at Venus and Jupiter, very close by to each other. I was puzzled. Venus? and Jupiter? in East?! I corrected him saying that they will appear in the West. He had by then, sent to all his friends to look at the eastern sky! Oh well…I went to the terrace and was like WOW…counting the moon out(for obvious reason), those two were the brightest bodies in the night sky and were sooooo close to each other! Sat on the terrace for some time and looked at them. Tried taking a few snaps(didnt come out that well).

After coming back into the house, I informed many people about the scenic beauty! But I do not understand just one thing! JUST ONE!

Sun rises in the east and sets in the west and moon too, follows suit. But yesterday, the moon was seen in the west at around 18:00 hours…how is this possible?! …please do clarify this doubt( Inc…i think you will do it )

Pics will be added soon! …I am not that good in editing photos…just opened one decent snap in MsPaint and drew few circles, added the Text! Kinda kiddish!

Thanks to Sathish for sending me the second picture!

For the past few days, I had been asking my mom, “Where is Labbie’s album?” so many times that she asked me to search for it two days back! Turned two rooms(almost) upside down and finally got my hands on it! Seeing ever picture in the album brought back my memory of the pups! How cute they were, ever playful, nothing to worry about…always there to cheer even the person who felt soo..oo bad! Here are some of the pics of the snaps (no, i am not confused…i took snaps of the pics that was taken long back)!

Today, morning when i was seeing the newspaper (I usually start reading from the back and come to the front page), not that I am interested in sports, it is just that off late The Hindu has been using the last page for publishing pictures of the space there, and today was one of the best pics!

It shows that the moon, Enceladus may be having the presence of liquid water, which is the basic building block of life. The pic shows eruptions of ice particles and water vapor from the moon.

Thanks to NASA for taking this pic and to The Hindu for printing it!

Rain Rain Go Away,
Come Again Another Day,
…

huh? What am i thinking? Rain…dont go away…keep pouring! lol!
I was watching the movie “Bridge to Terabithia”. I took a peek outside and it was getting dark…very fast and i saw the time. It was nearing 17:30 and yet, it looked as if the time was well past 18 hours! It started as a drizzle here, half an hour later and kept drizzling non stop. It was after three hours that it started to lash! Heavy rain fall non stop from that time till now. err…now it is just drizzling. The power was cut at 21:30 hours and was not restored until midnight. I was listening to some random songs for a while and petting Labbie now and then. It was sultry until the power was restored but the minute it came, it was getting colder and colder by the minute, and i somehow managed to sleep.
Today’s Anna University Semester exam has been postponed and schools have been closed for a day or two…goodness! what am i doing? I shouldn’t be writing about them in my blog!

Lets see for how long the rain rains!

A post dedicated to DragonBall Z and DragonBall GT! I am going to tell about the various super saiyan levels achieved by the saiyan warriors!

False Super Saiyan:
Lack of iris in both the eyes. Golden aura is seen around the saiyan, though the hair color is normal. In this state, the saiyan is like a raging bull, he doesnt know what he is doing. Goku fought against Lord Slug in this state, though only for a few seconds. The only person to have attained this level is Goku.

Super Saiyan 1:
The strength of the saiyan increases drastically. The hair turns yellow and the eye balls turn a shade of green. First transformation was by Goku against Frieza, after the latter killed Goku’s best friend, Krillin. All the Z saiyan fighters have attained this level - Goku, Gohan, Goten, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Chibi Trunks. Other saiyans like Broly, Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. have also attained this level.

Ascended Super Saiyan:
A stronger version of super saiyan is ascended super saiyan. The hair turns a little bit spikier than a super saiyan’s and the character is more powerful and is quicker. Known users are : Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, Future Trunks and Cell. First achieved by Vegeta in the hyperbolic time chamber.

Ultra Super Saiyan:
The strongest version of the super saiyan level. Showcases huge muscles, very huge.Hairs are more spikier. First attained by Perfect Cell and then Future Trunks. Also attained by Goku. Future Trunks is believed to be the first to go to this state, but Cell shows to Trunks that he,cell, too could go to that state. The only disadvantage in this state is that you lack speed because of the big muscles.

Super Saiyan 2:
Super Saiyan 2 is first achieved by Gohan in the hyperbolic time chamber, though the transformation lasts only for a second after which he faints. Goku senses the power level of a super saiyan 2. The hair is spikier and grows a bit and so does the muscle. The body is surrounded by a blue spark almost all the times. Gohan defeats cell in this form. Known users are Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Perfect Cell

Super Saiyan 3:
The most coolest looking form . The character has long spiked hair and muscles grow. First attained by Goku, against Fat Buu. The strongest version of super saiyan in the entire DragonBall Z series. Known to use by Gotenks(fusion of Chibi Trunks,ahem me, and Goten.)

Mystic Super Saiyan:
Probably the best and equivalent in power and speed to a Super Saiyan 3. There are no differences between a normal saiyan and a mystic super saiyan. They have the same appearance. The only known user is Gohan, who attained this level in the Planet of the Kais, under the guidance of the Old Kai. He thrashes Buu around in this state.

Legendary Super Saiyan:
Only one saiyan has ever attained this level. He is Broly. Transformation includes large spiky hair and big muscles. It is like a combined form of Ascended Super saiyan(speed) and ultra super saiyan(muscle). The Z warriors recieve quite a beating from Broly before finishing him off!

Super Saiyan 4:
Appears only in DragonBall GT. The Super Saiyan 4 does not have yellow hair, instead the saiyan retains his original hair color, grows a tail and develops a red fur that covers most of the body. Onlly 3 warriors are known to achieve this level. Goku, Vegeta and Gogeta(fusion of Goku and Vegeta in super saiyan level 4). Goku attains this level against Bebi Vegeta, naturally, by absorbing a sort of radiation emitted from The Earth and transforms to a golden Oozaru(golden colored big ape). Pan (Goku’s granddaughter) helps Goku regain conscience and thus comes Super Saiyan 4 Goku. Vegeta attains this level artificially using a wave generator created by Bulma(Vegeta’s wife) and transforms to Oozaru, then to Golden Oozaru and finally Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta.

On November 20th 2008, some of the citizens of Canada were lucky enough to spot a huge bright ball of fire up in the sky. The brilliant colored fireball crossed the Western Canada city.

“So far, no fragments have been found but an expert said that a part of the meteor may have fallen in Alberta and Saskatchewan (both in Western Canada)”

UPDATED

Here is the link to the video

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw

Those who have read the last book in the Harry Potter series would know what “Tales of Beedle the Bard” is. It is a prequel to the Harry Potter series. According to the will of Dumbledore, the Tales of Beedle the Bard was to be given to Hermione Granger, a Golden Snitch to Harry Potter and Deluminator to Ronald Weasly.

It was on this book that Hermione found about what the “Deathly Hallows” were and the symbol was inscribed in one of the pages. She had got the original copy of the book from Dumbledore through the hands of the minister of magic.
It is going to be released all over the world on December 4th, 2008. The book is a popular collection of wizarding children’s fairy tales.
The sad part is, only very few of the books will be sold and is a priced possession for all HP fans!
There are 5 stories in this book..”The Warlock’s Hairy Heart”, “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”, “The Fountain of Fair Fortune”, “Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump”, “The Tale of the Three Brothers”

Want to know how we celebrate a classmate’s birthday? Manoj’s(more popularly called Manju) birthday was on 9th July…but sadly, we (classmates) forgot to give him his special treatment on that day…so a plan was made to give the “special treatment” (can also be called as birthday bumps! ) the very next day, during the break! The bell rang and we rounded our target! Can not write what happened..see for yourself!

You can see the staff going out… and if you are wondering who that person who slapped Manju was..it is Vijay Malliah…

Camera,Direction,Editing,Production : Vishnu

About the video…bad dude… I was no where to be seen and only one of my bump was seen at the end of the video!

For those who cant see the video here,in this blog, click the video again and see it in youtube…and his birthday was on 9th July… hehe…sorry for posting this so late!

Today, my mother said there was something in yesterday’s newspaper(thina thanthi) regarding some one seeing two beams of light in the evening sky…I thought those beams of lights nust have been a thin one, hardly noticeable…but woooowoooo….this is amazing…imagine this…try visualizing a huge headlight(massive proportions) and think how wide the beams would spread..haha..sort of hard to explain, see the picture below! Thanks to Sathish for searching the pic for me and sending it to me!

Can anyone tell me what it is?! and how it is caused?? This can not be the polar lights as it does not occur in and around India and moreover, northern lights are more colorful…and will not appear as a beam of light!!! What is it?!

We all know that the Phoenix spacecraft and about its successful launch from the Earth and its perfect landing on the Mars! And also about the successful data transferred..the details of the soil, pictures and also the presence of water and ice caps…but what about the parts??? Do you know how it was made?
It was made from junk, scraps, left overs and what not! Everything right from the radar, which helped tell the probe the whereabouts to land, to the rocket( thrust or something to rapidly slow down the speed probe) and even the parachute!!! NASA had came through!!!They were not funded for that mission…They used every material, second hand or were from the junk! The radar was from a F15(or a F16). After integrating the radar, they test dropped it and results were bad! They made modifications…then dropped it again and were more successful than the previous attempt. The first parachute they used for the test probe was too..what to say…weak to support that weight and tore as soon as it was released! The jets used (12) on the probe were old and not so efficient…yet, somehow, they overcame all these things and made a successful landing! Hats off to you guys at NASA!
When I was watching this show in Discovery Channel, I was flabbergasted…they did not have funds, used junk and were extremely successful!! Great!!