Label: Holidays
February 12, 2013
Cool Photo for Valentine’s Day
In honor of Valentine’s Day, our Cool Photo of the Week is this shot of a Pygmy Seahorse.
These tiny creatures are found in the waters off Southeast Asia. They live on soft corals or grasses which they use as camouflage.
These are some of the smallest seahorse species in the world - most are less than 2 centimetres (0.79 inches) tall.
This second photo, published by Ali Watters on TravelBlog, shows just how tiny the pygmy seahorse is - about the size of the fingernail on his pinky finger!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers!
Posted by: Liz Nealon
October 30, 2012
Cool, Ghostly Photo of the Week
We are a little bit late with our posting of today’s Cool Photo of the Week because of the power outages here on the East Coast. But, we’re back online just in time to share this special, COOL HALLOWEEN PHOTO OF THE WEEK!
This ghostly sight is known as the Cygnus Loop Nebula, a supernova remnant that is about 1,500 light-years away from Earth. This nebula is the gassy remains of a supernova - the gigantic explosion when a huge star blew itself up.And since the Cygnus Loop Nebula looks like a ghost, it reminds me to wish all my readers a Happy, Out of This World Halloween!
Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Posted by: Seymour Simon
April 30, 2012
El DÃa Del Niño
Today is El Día Del Niño (Children’s Day), celebrated in many Latino cultures around the world. April 30th is also widely celebrated here in the U.S. as El Día de los Libros - Children’s Book Day.
I am so pleased to be able to tell you that in honor of El Día Del Niño, today I have published my first Spanish-language eBook for Kindle Fire. It is called LOS PLANETAS ALREDEDOR DEL SOL, and it is available for English language readers, too, as PLANETS AROUND THE SUN.
This book is one of my SeeMore Readers series, and it has been newly updated, since what we know about our solar system is constantly changing.
And, we have created great looking trading cards for both books, which you can download and print out. Click here to get yours!
¡Feliz Lectura! Happy Reading!
Posted by: Seymour Simon
