Tag Archives: light

Excellent Panoramas of Temple Square

I’ve featured 360° panoramas of Temple Square before, those created by Dr. William Hamblin, but a few more can’t hurt.  And these ones are very good indeed.
Created by Martin van Hemert Photography, Inc., at Utah3D.net, these full-screen panoramas include 360° images of the plaza, the Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall, the North-West corner of the temple, [...]

Human Bodies Emit Visible Light

That’s right.  Our bodies actually emit a minuscule amount of real light.  This is not just radiation or infrared body heat, but actual photons are released from the surface of the skin:
Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. [...]

Temple Lights Guide Pilots?

I’m curious.  I’ve heard these stories before about the lights from the temple guiding pilots in the night so that they can properly align themselves for landing at a nearby airport.  When the lights aren’t there, the pilots complain and the air traffic control calls the temple wondering why the lights are out.
The latest I [...]

The Fall of Adam and Eve in the Armenian Aprocrypha

The account of the Fall of Adam and Eve in the Bible is relatively succinct, particularly in the vocal exchanges between the serpent, Eve, and Adam (bolded below).  What details we know of the Fall come primarily from chapter 3 of Genesis:
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which [...]

Initiation of Nemo

My 2-year-old daughter loves to watch the Disney/Pixar movie Finding Nemo.  Consequently, we’ve watched it dozens of times.  My wife pointed out this interesting clip from the movie.  I thought it was fun and curious.  Enjoy!

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