So, *apparently* we had an earthquake out in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday around noon. I completely missed it (Cam felt it), but I have a question: wasn’t not having earthquakes part of the deal about moving down here? How does one get a tremor in the middle of a plate?

Space shuttle Atlantis sucessfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral about 30 minutes ago, with Canadian Steve MacLean on board. The crew is expected to do some construction work on the international space station during the 11-day mission. In case you missed it, here’s a few snaps I took from NASA TV (more in the extended):

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