Oct
11
2009
![](http://munnecke.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/palomar-first-frame-300x225.png "Cabeus Crater as seen by Mt. Palomar 200\\" scope")
These are two images of the Cabeus crater at the south pole of the moon taken by the 200” inch telescope from Mt. Palomar on Oct 9, 2009 at the time of the LCROSS moon landing. Click Here to See them They were taken 12 minutes apart. The slight movement of the moon (libration) during this time is evident in the raw video
I took the first and last frames of the video, and put them together above to show a stereoscopic effect. If you cross your eyes so that you create a third overlapping image in the center (“wall-eyed” viewing) you should be able to see a depth to the craters.
And here is another attempt to do a stereo image of a Black Hole.
Jan
07
2009
This is conversation between UC San Diego Political Scientist
James Fowler with
Tom Munnecke and Heather Wood Ion on James’ research of happiness, obesity, drinking, and more based on the Framingham Heart Study data. He provides some provocative evidence that social networks might propagate happiness in a contagious fashion, more powerfully than unhappiness. We also talk about the spread of loneliness, ways of researching empathy, centralized “smart center” networks vs. smart edges, group selection, the work of happiness and elevation by Jonathan Haidt, and ways we might construct networks of uplift. Videography by Robert Foxworth, music by Kevin MacLeod. Taped Jan 6, 2009 at the UC San Diego Faculty Club.
This video is also archived at the Internet Archives.
Aug
20
2008
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is author of
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, is a leading thinker in the field of Positive Psychology. This interview was recorded at the
Purpose Prize Summit at Stanford University Sept 8, 2006 by Tom Munnecke.
One of the world’s leading authorities on the psychology of creativity, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi is the C.S. and D.J. Davidson Professor of Psychology at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and Director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is also emeritus professor of human development at the University of Chicago.
Csikszentmihalyi holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago where he later returned as a professor. He has been a visiting professor at several universities both in the US and abroad. His research has been supported by the US Public Health Service, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Sloan Foundation, the W.T. Grant Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.
A former resident scholar at the Rockefeller Center at Bellagio, resident fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, and senior Fullbright Fellow in Brazil and New Zealand, Dr. Csikszentmihalyi holds honorary doctor of science degrees from Colorado College and from Lake Forest College and a doctor of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design.
In addition to the hugely influential Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990), he is the author of thirteen other books and some 225 research articles. His most recent book is Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning (2003).
This interview was recorded at the Purpose Prize Summit at Stanford University Sept 8, 2006 by Tom Munnecke.
Jun
12
2008
Time lapse footage of a labyrinth drawn on the sand by Kirko (Kirk Van Allyn) at Stonesteps Beach, Leucadia, Ca. Mar 7, 2008… Music by Kevin MacLeod, Photography by Tom Munnecke and Michael Gerdes.
![](http://munnecke.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/palomar-first-frame.png "Cabeus Crater as seen by Mt. Palomar 200\\" scope")
These are two images of the Cabeus crater at the south pole of the moon taken by the 200” inch telescope from Mt. Palomar on Oct 9, 2009 at the time of the LCROSS moon landing. Click Here to See them They were taken 12 minutes apart. The slight movement of the moon (libration) during this time is evident in the raw video
