Northern Lights
So during large explosions and flares from the sun huge quantities of solar particles are thrown out of the sun and into deep space. According to
researchers
These plasma clouds travel through space with speeds varying from 300 to 1000 kilometers per second. When the solar particles are stopped by the atmosphere, they collide with the atmospheric gases present, and the collision energy between the solar particle and the gas molecule is emitted as a photon - a light particle.
That's a very scientific way to describe the Northern Lights, which were visable in the sky last night...The less scientific way would have been oooh, pretty! It's the first time they could be seen over Victoria and for lack of better words is was really cool! The night sky had a large dancing green band through it and it was accompanied by several shooting stars. The entire display was amazing, however for a brief moment I thought that the universe had decided to snap back and we were all going to see the beautiful show before it was all over. Nope still here!
Beyond Fahrenheit 9/11
I have seen three movies lately: Beyond Borders, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Cidade de Deus. Each one reminded me why we should stop making movies with cute high-school blonds like Hilary Duff and look at the read world. According to
The Internet database
Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984. She is married to Henry Bauford (Linus Roache) son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan (Clive Owen) a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
But they have missed the point; this movie is more than just a tale of star-crossed lovers. Beyond Borders attemps to show how much people suffer and how some people give up their lives to help them. Mind you it is not the greatest attempt - but it allows people to see what the world looks like without having to feel guilty.
Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore makes several very good points (and some not so good, I agree with his points of view (most of the time) and I loved Bowling for Columbine, but this movie made me so frustrated. He tries to push his points so far that it becomes irritating - he neglected timelines, showed undated photographs, harassed people and came to the conclusion that Saudi Royals should not be friends with American Presidents (but other Royals and other presidents seem to be okay). All in all it was interesting but the people who need it see it the most can't, because in some parts of the USA it has been banned for being anti American.
Cidade de Deus, City of God, in a housing project built to keep the people without money in the 1960’s. By the 1980’s it was the most dangerous place in Rio de Janeiro. This movie is based on a true story of a kid whose growing up in the City his is ticket out. His name is Rocket and his pictures of the local gang, during their deadliest war, lands him a position as a photojournalist. Very good movie subtitled but a ‘real’ social commentary.
