Brazilian Beach Volleyball Tournament – Red Bull Latitude Zero 2012

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The South managed to beat the North again in the second edition of Red Bull Latitude Zero by 126-95. The beach volleyball team led by Ricardo (BRA), Bruno Schmidt (BRA), Tamsin Hinchley (AUS) and Maria Clara (BRA) was crowned champion once again in the unique tournament “Battle of the Hemispheres”, which separates the teams by the Equator line in Macapá, Brazil. The North team was represented by Todd Rogers (USA), Phil Dalhausser (USA), Maria Tsiartsiani (GRE), and Vicky Arvaniti (GRE).... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Meet the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field Observing Team

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A new, improved portrait of Hubble’s deepest-ever view of the universe, called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, looks far away and back in time to reveal faint galaxies at one ten-billionth the brightness of what the human eye can see. This is the culmination of 10 years of observing a patch of sky that contains thousands of far-flung galaxies. The full-color XDF image shows previously unseen galaxies as they looked in the early universe, billions of years ago.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

Kiteboarding a Salt Island

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Perfect sunshine and winds between 15 and 20 knots are usually the recipe for just another training day in the life of PKRA Freestyle World Champion Bruna Kajiya, but on the last week of September 2012, Bruna took on a unique challenge 13 kilometers away from the coast of Rio Grande do Norte state in Northeastern Brazil: kiteboarding on a salt island. Bruna was joined by fellow Brazilian standout Reno Romeu as the pair tackled the Agua Branca Salt Terminal, a trading post through which over 2 million tons of salt are commercialized every year. The glistening crystalline surface providing a kiteboarding medium unlike any other, and challenged these world class kiteboarders to adapt and conquer the new terrain. ___________________________________________________________... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!