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| − | I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me! | + | I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me! |
When I'm not spending my time stargazing, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League. | When I'm not spending my time stargazing, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League. | ||
| − | [[File:Ultravioletandromeda.jpg|center|thumb|600px|alt=Example alt text|One of my favorite images of outer space - this gorgeous ultraviolet image was recorded by NASA's Swift Satellite and is the highest resolution image ever made of the Andromeda Galaxy at ultraviolet wavelengths.]] | + | [[File:Ultravioletandromeda.jpg|center|thumb|600px|alt=Example alt text|One of my favorite images of outer space - this gorgeous ultraviolet image was recorded by NASA's [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/team/index.html Swift Satellite] and is the highest resolution image ever made of the Andromeda Galaxy at ultraviolet wavelengths.]] |
Revision as of 18:09, 31 May 2012
"Lost in the milky way, smile at the empty sky, and wait for the moment when a million chances may all collide."
-The Lightning Seeds, "The Life of Reilly"
About Me
"Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate." -Sophocles, c. 420 BCE
Greetings, earthlings! I come in peace!
I'm Nia Moreno, and I'm a junior at Walter Payton College Prep. I'm really excited to be a part of the C-WAYS Research Team! I've always been extremely interested in science and research, so this project is an amazing opportunity for me!
When I'm not spending my time stargazing, I enjoy traveling, taking pictures, writing and listening to music, and volunteering at the Animal Welfare League.
"There is in the universe neither center nor circumference."
-Giordano Bruno, on the infinite universe and worlds, 1584
Things I Like
- Ms. Barge's Astronomy Class :]
- HTML
- Photography and Astrophotography
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum, particularly infrared and ultraviolet.
- Animals
