MetaFilter posts tagged with vulcan

Maps revolutionize study of carbon dioxide emissions

desjardins — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:03:40 -0800

New maps show US fossil fuel emissions aren't where we thought they were. The Vulcan Project collects more accurate data at a higher resolution than previous studies. Explanatory video. via Other visualizations of CO2 emissions include NASA forecasts and plots, CARMA, which monitors power plant emissions, and the European Space Agency, which uses high resolution spectrometer data (video download). This Australian PSA offers an entirely different kind of visualization.

Cast down from Mt. Olympus, to live in Birmingham

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:45:15 -0800

He is the world's tallest cast iron statue. He has a long and sometimes troubled history. His enormous bare buttocks have offended local prudes and religious leaders for decades. He was dis ass embled in 1999 for refurbishing, but now once again, from atop his lofty mountain perch, this pagan colossus reigns over Birmingham, Alabama, the virtual buckle of the Bible Belt. Behold, Vul can!

Quite a three pipe metafilter post.

nthdegx — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:11:20 -0800

Sherlock Holmes: the quotations; the pipes; the author (the public house named after him - the worst in Scotland, judging by the comments); the top ten lists; the vulcan; the city; the monographs; the magazine; the marvelous stories, of course; and more.