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– IN THE WORLD OF THE LIGHTNINGS


These photographs are amazing. Those of you who read cryllic will also enjoy the post. My daughter (Elizabeth is 7 and half Russian) is better at it than I am. Learning Russian is so much harder than many other languages. Some how though my father-in-law and I do pretty good comunicating with each other, he in Russian and me in English. Maybe we just think alike hehehe.

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В СВЕТА НА МЪЛНИИТЕ

Във всеки момент на времето, в различни точки на нашата Земя блестят мълниите на повече от 2000 мълниеносни бури. От друга страна, всяка секунда в повърхността на земята се удрят около 50 мълнии, а средно всеки неин квадратен метър се поразява от мълния около шест пъти в годината. Още Бенджамин Франклин беше казал, че мълниите, „стрелящи” по земята по време на мълниеносните бури, са електрически заряди, които пренасят върху нея отрицателен заряд с величина от няколко десетки кулона, а амплитудата на тока при удара на мълнията е около 20 до 100 кА. Супербързото фотоснимане показало, че разряда на мълнията продължавал няколко десетки части от секундата и се състои от няколко още по-кратки нейни разряди. Учените отдавна се интересуват от природата на мълнията, но и днес все още малко се знае за нея, т.е малко повече отколкото се знаело преди 250 години, макар, че те…

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USS Constitution to sail under own power for second time in over a century – CBS News


Yupper !!! The first time it was escorted on a tour of South America by the submarine USS City of Corpus Christi SSN-705. I was not on the boat then, but I was on the commissioning crew for that submarine (I arrived in 1981 and left in 1984).

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Belle Grove and The Civil War


This is someplace that is on my list of places to visit. I am so happy to see historic places like this enjoyed and cared for today and into the future.

virginiaplantation's avatarBelle Grove Plantation Bed and Breakfast

From the time of the first purchase in 1670 to the present, Belle Grove Plantation would see many wars come and go. But none would make as big of an impact as the American Civil War.

In December, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union. In January, 1861, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana seceded from the Union. In February, 1861 Texas would seceded from the Union. It was also in February, 1861 that these states would come together in Montgomery, Alabama to adopt a Provisional Constitution and declare themselves the Confederate States of American. They would also elect Jefferson Davis as Provisional President and Alexander Stephens as Provisional Vice President. They would be inaugurated President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America on February 18th, 1861. Abraham Lincoln would be inaugurated on March 4, 1861as President of the United States of America.

On April 12…

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Building a paper Titanic


For all of you Titanic fans. 🙂

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The Hunley Blue Signal Light


English: U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Fleagle, 1st B...

This is an example of flairs at night. Definately more visible than an oil lantern. (English: U.S. Army Capt. Andrew Fleagle, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment fire support officer, observes illumination rounds fired during Operation Tora Arwa V in the Kandahar province Aug. 2. The illumination rounds were fired from M777 Howitzers and are used to help illuminate a certain area the Soldiers need to see. (Photo credit: Wikipedia))

This is not one of the articles in the Hunley series, it is an apology. In my articles I always try to walk the fine line between sharing new information and “talking down” to my readers (I don’t like it when people do that to me either). People today are so very informed about a wide variety of subjects. The problem is that sometimes I forget that some things are not common knowledge. The Hunley‘s blue light is just such a case.

Some sources inter-change blue light and blue lantern. This is incorrect. The Hunley did have a lantern on board, but they did not use the lantern to give the famous blue light signal. At that time, blue light, was a term that described a signal flare that gave off a blue light. The blue light can be seen for about 4 miles at sea and a lantern can be seen for about 1 mile. Many people who searched for the Hunley also did not understand this difference, which led them to search for the Hunley in the wrong location.

Chris Rucker wrote a very good and surprisingly short article on this topic ( here is the link http://civilwartalk.com/threads/h-l-hunleys-blue-lantern-myth.64150/ ). Chris has conducted research using the orignal ingredients for the Civil War area flare, and shared his research on YouTube.com (the video titles are in his article). Chris’ research on this topic will be shared in a longer article in the first issue of Civil War Navy magazine.

I apologize that I was not more specific in my article. Thank you Chris for sharing your knowledge and efforts with us all.

HL Hunley Replica

HL Hunley Replica (Photo credit: www78)

H.L. Hunley - Downtown Charleston, SC

H.L. Hunley – Downtown Charleston, SC (Photo credit: Jason Barnette Photography)

Hunley

Hunley (Photo credit: sfgamchick)

first view of CSS Hunley since it sank in 1864

first view of CSS Hunley since it sank in 1864 (Photo credit: AN HONORABLE GERMAN)

Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley (Replica)

Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley (Replica) (Photo credit: hyperion327)

Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley (Replica)

Civil War Submarine H. L. Hunley (Replica) (Photo credit: hyperion327)

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The Submarine H.L. Hunley

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Dr. E. Lee Spence’s Hunley

Spence VS Cussler: Who Found the Hunley

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