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On the Road with Thomas Merton

[ad_1] August 7, 2021– “In May 1968, Christian mystic Thomas Merton embarked on a pilgrimage to the western United States. Fifty years later, filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and writer Fred Bahnson set out to follow Merton’s path, taking the monks’ journey to across the landscape. Amid breathtaking ocean, redwood and canyon bottoms, the film features the…

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NASA Uses Space Station to Direct Firefighters to Hottest Points as They Battle US Wildfires

[ad_1] A NASA instrument on the International Space Station is uniquely positioned to provide firefighters with valuable information on the progression of wildfires and hot spots over time. NASA / JPL-Caltech Heatmap data produced by ECOSTRESS has helped front-line responders contain approximately 53% of the pirate fire in southern Oregon, which two weeks ago was…