In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC 3603, the crisp resolution of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures various stages of the life cycle of stars in one single view. To the upper left of center is the evolved blue supergiant called Sher 25. The star has a unique circumstellar ring of glowing gas that is a galactic twin to the famous ring around the supernova 1987A. The grayish-bluish color of the ring and the bipolar outflows (blobs to the upper right and lower left of the star) indicates the presence of processed (chemically enriched) material. Near the center of the view is a so-called starburst cluster dominated by young, hot Wolf-Rayet stars and early O-type stars. A torrent of ionizing radiation and fast stellar winds from these massive stars has blown a large cavity around the cluster. The most spectacular evidence for the interaction of ionizing radiation with cold molecular-hydrogen cloud material are the giant gaseous pillars to the right of the cluster. These pillars are sculptured by the same physical processes as the famous pillars Hubble photographed in the M16 Eagle Nebula. Dark clouds at the upper right are so-called Bok globules, which are probably in an earlier stage of star formation. To the lower left of the cluster are two compact, tadpole-shaped emission nebulae. Similar structures were found by Hubble in Orion, and have been interpreted as gas and dust evaporation from possibly protoplanetary disks (proplyds). This true-color picture was taken on March 5, 1999 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.

Is Anchor the Next Wave of Blogging?

February 17, 2016 joeghostwriter

Anchor is a new type of app (iPhone only for now) that I can see being popular for internet marketers with a following. (No affiliation with them, I just read about it on Gary V’s site.)

It’s sort of like an “audio Twitter.” You can record 2 minute audio messages that others can respond too with their own audio message. People like Gary Vaynerchuk are behind it, and it is getting good reviews. Audio is surging lately, and I can see this taking off.

For example, you could post audio updates from a convention. Or maybe “audio blog” (audblog?) the creation of a new product. It’s easier and faster than video.

For now you have to use the app itself to record and post responses. Eventually you will be able to post responses without using the app, which will greatly accelerate adoption.

https://anchor.fm/

Here is how the audio messages follow each other on one page.

Why I’m Excited About the New Audio Recording App Anchor

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Is Anchor the Next Wave of Blogging?

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