sky. sky. the what? molecules. what do you suppose a little tiny, tiny, tiny ones will ring: high frequency or low frequency? high. high frequency. how about great, big ones? low. low frequency, okay? now, what are the size of the molecules in the sky, large or small? begin with a s. - small. - small. and then nitrogen and oxygen mostly, isn't that true. o2, n2. and when that sunlight comes beating down on those things, it scatters off, light scatters off. and it turns out the color of the sky is the color of all those little bells, all those little optical tuning forks, all those little vibrators. and they're vibrating at mostly, what frequencies, gang? high frequency. how many know what high frequency looks like to the human eye? blue. blue. and higher frequency even violet. let me tell you something, the sky really scatters off more violet than it does blue. but you know what? we're not so good at seeing violet. we're a lot better at seeing blue. so guess what our eyes tell us the color of the sky is? begin with

he said that something fell from the sky and straight into where he was fishing. this is my area this is where my fishing pond is usually every fish but it's got his own area for us fishing a fragment of meteorite and some other fragment fell down a huge teaser of ice and snow around just now there's something black lying down there george when. the meteorite exploded high in the sky and the fragments dispersed over dozens of kilometers. moscow scientists are yet to find all of these fragments. so when they do see and what height was it did it fly right over. in full like that i was aiming to lay down like that mighty trying to see anything really to stop the smoke. going up some of. them just enter that. direction of the highway that is no no no not the highway seemed like it was right above the school. and this is the reaction of the younger generation as to the incident. today we're trying to figure out the trajectory of the media. probably some of the locals have already collected some fragments. so now we're just scouting the central region for the meteorite

shortly before through the sky. because of a flu outbreak a lucky coincidence. although the people still saw the flashes when they got home. you can see here it's covered with plastic film. here we will only change the glass because the frame is still sturdy. many children still have trouble sleeping i have to be. some live in dread catastrophic strike. this one honestly i still feel kind of sick inside. i thought what if something happened to my parents they were at work but how would i be able to live. we were lucky other people had never seen such an event we were lucky to see it in our lifetime this was such a beautiful phenomenon of course a bit scary like science fiction but above everything else you should be positive and simply move on with your life. meteorite gave russian and international scientists are unique to study the interaction between space and. this time both the planet and the population that stood the impact. today we can say that this is the stone meteorite or a so-called right. type of meteorite is rather fragile it splits into fragments

the dutch mountains because the landscape is so low that really you get these massive clouds in the sky and that is the kind of important topography to talk about. this is another example by the same artist and it is a winter scene, and as i move through these images of different paintings from various national schools. i don't want to talk too much over them but to let you feel how the atmosphere and the mood is changed by the different kinds of clouds that the artists have chosen to depict. and i wanted to also var clearly indicate it was interesting when putting together this powerpoint, i don't typically like to put any words on the images on the slides because i like the images in that way to speak for themselves, i feel like your eye competes between the words and images but i felt that it was important to differentiate between what is in our current exhibition and our permanent collection. so this is in the temporary exhibition as well. and then i wanted to let the paintings and the temporary exhibition and our permanent collection speak to each other and i started going through

they have a clear sky there. here is your day ahead. think much of the region should be party sunny back down into the 60s under a party to mostly cloudy sky. we'll start in virginia. use caution as you travel in that area. volume as you continue in the city area. thank you. doing what they could to help. >> i want the road cleared. straight ahead. rushing to help after the deadly blast. >> the impact it could have on hey, what are you drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. definitely dunkin'. you know, i need to get that jolt in the morning, but i want something good to do that. i love the aroma, i love the taste. you can't mistake the flavor. i run on dunkin'! america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> i need lanes open here. we need to get people away from it. clear everybody out of there. use caution. once again all officers monitoring. use caution. >> i need somebody up there to get people on social media. we are sweeping the streets. once we get it swept. at this time we have the veck times off the scene. >> that is a radio communication. it gi

and a girl says the sky today is lacking because the cypress is in pieces. and a young man says, no, the sky today is complete because the cypress is in pieces. and i say to myself, it's not obscure or clear. the cypress is in pieces. there is only this. the cypress is in pieces. . >> a poem i wrote shortly after 9-11. the terrorists for rachel cory and all those who were idealists and who actually believed that they could make an effect and social change. the terrorists who lives amongst us is not you, the terrorist who lurks in the shadows of our crowded city streets isn't me. he's not a demon with bulging eyes, a twisted mouth full of dirt, a crooked mouth, fangs driping blood. it's not the savage guner waiting for our school on their way to school. no, this heinous replica of satan doesn't look like a jew. dopt make a habit of supplying the motives of sin with colors of skin because it's skin deep. a student with dreams of statehood or a teenage girl driven by desperation and fear or a dentist or an apprentice of a dead soldier, who crouches in the wound

but the whole canvas is taken up by water and sky and it is very architectural wave that

these are pictures again from sky 7 hd. investigators trying to talk with the parents neighbors with the parents rather the neighbors are stunned by what happened. >> this is really crazy. that family is such good family. just sweet. always outside playing around. always have adult supervision to this is unheard of. this is unbelievable. >> police are actively searching for man still out there. who is only described as white male. police say he's in his 30's. he has dirty blonde hair. about collar length. wearing blue jean and green shirt when last spotted and clean shaven. all over the story. allen we have a live update for you. at 11:00 o'clock over on channel 7. one person died and 2 others are in critical condition as a result of this accident on highway 13 in the oakland hills this video over the scene just north of redwood road where the white suv you saw there overturned several times. highway patrol is investigating whether speed may have been a factor in the crash but as you look at the pictures from our helicopter

sky 7 over the scene for a suspected kidnapper. police are concentrating on this area of rain drop circle. >> we believe a man grabbed a toddler and carry that had toddler for at least a block. police are searching for the would be kidnapper. alan wong is live on his way to the scene. we're live with what's happening there and you can follow us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area for immediate updates. >> good afternoon. >> we're leshing about the street race crash in san jose that injured a woman and daughter. it turns out one of the teenagers had a close call just moments before the wreck. doctors upgraded the condition of the injured woman from critical to serious. >> 40-year-old peng chen sk treated and listed in serious condition but we met her husband here who told us her road to recovery will be difficult and long. and he we wish her all the best. we met a crossing guard that had a scary encounter a driver of the two cars that crashed into this house on wednesday. >> this is where dorothy works as a crossing guard. wednesday a

on friday, it remains up after the sky is fully dark. it's between the hyades and pleiades on saturday, and on sunday, it pairs beautifully with the planet jupiter. take a good look at jupiter, the king of the planets, because it's getting lower each evening. when the moon and jupiter next pair up, a month from now, they will be much lower, in a much brighter sky. this is tony flanders from "sky & telescope" magazine, wishing you clear skies and great views. >> brought to you by... serving stargazers since 1952.

it is mostly clear sky there. by mid afternoon under a mostly cloudy sky.ild week ahead with the 7 day out look. this is northbound dw parkway blocking the right lane here at the beltway crash along the left shoulder lane you are see iing. >> hearing loss. we'll explain next. >> and a tribute six years later. this morning how loved ones are remembering the virginia tech massacre. 5:44 is your time right now we will be ri >>> this is 8-year-old martin richard who was killed watching his father run. his mother suffered a traumatic brain injury and his sister lost a leg. it is unclear if they are connected to the bombing. in the wake of the transit events yesterday police acted quickly to rimp up security. we hold over our officers in through the evening commute and brought in our canine units and that added to the hieightened vigilance that you will see today. you will likely notice units out on the system. we have asked for their aace tans report iing are your offics going to be searching bags and people as they enter platforms on the trains? this is somethi

laverne and dennis go tumbling through the sky.tries to stabilize them, but something isn't right. >> i knew my top harness fell. i didn't know if it fell off, down, or what. but i knew it slipped. that's all i knew. >> her jacket covers her face shielding her vision. >> i don't know what would have happened if i could have seen the shape i was in. probably was a blessing, actually. >> mcglynn has made more than 8,000 jumps and has never experienced anything like this. a nearby instructor is shooting the action. a desperate mcglynn hails him for help. >> i looked at the camera guy and said i could use a hand here. we were able to get the leg patches below the knees again. >> once her legs were harnessed, he pulls the rip cord thousands of feet before anticipated. they grasp on to each other the entire time down. locking hands for more than five grueling minutes. meanwhile back on the ground, everyone who's jumped after laverne has already landed. >> that was great. >> and then i looked way over to the right and i see somebody comin

the -- anyone on the sky west to have ever understood what happened.t was instantaneous. >> investigators immediately begin the grim task of finding out what went wrong. john cox who is now an msnbc aviation analyst, was an investigator for the airline pilots association at the time. >> as an investigator it is one of the tougher ones i had worked. because there were still some of the bodies were still in there. these things are always catastrophic to work. it is absolutely vital that a group of people do this job so that we understand what happened and don't have a reoccurrence. >> while poor visibility from the tower to the runway and glare shining into the tower are part of the problem, investigators focus on air traffic control. >> air traffic controllers, as a matter of routine multitask. they are issuing landing clearances, take-off clearances, so the multitasking on that evening would not have been unusual. it is very unusual for a controller not to remember that they have an airplane in position on a runway. >> but according to the ntsb that is

sky 7 is live over the scene of a home. u.s. marshals attempted to serve a weapons warrant this afternoon. the suspect refused to come out of the house. and have not released the name of the man, or the suspect i should say but we'll continue to keep you updated looking live from sky 7 hd. >> a strong earthquake jolted japan initially reported as a 6.3 quake but has been oun down graded to a 5.8. officials say the quake cause nod damage when hitting after dawn. no alert was issued but the government did say there could be a sea level change. >> giants hoping to fill the stadium with fans. it pokes fun at the mani tao story. the giants are turning the story into a two for one promotion. >> when they means bring your significant other whether image narrow or real they're going to get in free. >> since he supposedly went to stanford students from that university can also get in for free. she was said to have died of cancer but if you remember, it was a hoax. >> coming up next, more to bring you on abc 7 news at 6:00. warning issued

that big sky just got a lot smaller. why planes crash: collision course. >> a new concept in air transportation, the travail has been taken out of transportation. >> when this was released by pan am in 1958, flying was a special occasion. people got dressed up, meals were served on white linen. >> we all know that's changed. an even more significant change is the increase in air traffic. flying over the u.s. in 1960, there would have been about 1400 planes in the sky at any given time. today that number is more like 7,000. >> in 2011 we flew almost three billion people. we would fly about the population of the earth every 24 months or so, and it is expected to grow. >> with such increase in volume worldwide, it seemed there would be a greater risk of planes colliding in the sky. but technology is more sophisticated than ever. so these types of accidents are actually less frequent than in the earlier days of passenger jet travel. that doesn't mean mid air collisions don't happen any more. because sometimes technology fail

this is video from sky 7hd. police tell abc7 news they were called to the area around 7:00 after shots were fired. there are no injuries and investigators don't know what lead to the shooting, but the suspect surrendered peacefully before 10:00, about an hour ago. we'll update breaking news like this all the time on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >>> neighbors say illegal street racing caused two teen drivers to crash tonight in san jose. the force of the collision sent 1 of those cars into a home on lee avenue around the corner from lee high school in west san jose near the los gatos border. a mother and child in the house are now in the hospital. and now this developing news and the connection between those teen drivers. less be? >> reporter: it is an unbelievable scene behind me. they are out tonight, but the nine-year-old girl we hear is doing well. her mother though is listed in critical condition. they were inside the house. there is still a car in there. the driver and two passengers were also hospitalize

offering firsts like a sky kiefing experience.m goldstein, royal caribbean ceo and president on this day. today is the day, that's why we wanted you here. first of all, let's talk about the new attractions. >> thank you, it's not just sky diving, but it's a big feature, the north star brings people 300 feet above the service of the water and there's great views. the venues are terrific too. liz: the arm thing, the glass pod, what is that? the north star. >> how did you come up with the ideas? >> we challenge ourselves. it's in our dna to come up with ideas never been on the water, and we challenge and push everybody to make innovations real. liz: when is the first ship setting sail? >> in november of 2014 next year. the ship has to be constructed in germany. liz: the question is what do you think it will do for the bookings because bookings have been a little tough. listen, the cruise industry had3 bad press, couple incidents, really, really bad incidents, but what do you expect? can you gain what bookings you get? >> two things,

we are looking at a pretty sky this morning.ut 12 minutes ago or so here in washington. we've got the breaks off to the east. many areas still have the clouds overhead, including here in washington. i do believe that as we get later into the morning and into the afternoon, we'll see more sun than clouds that will help boost temperatures milder than yesterday. yesterday we got to 63. today about 76 at 5:00 p.m. back in the upper 60s by 9:00. could be a shower or two tonight, emily north of town -- especially north of town with lows around 60. this morning the clouds are hugging areas east of the continental divide. in reedville reports of many breaks in the overcast now. sunshine over there. with the breaks we have cooler temperatures in the low 50s like baden and north beach at 53. clouds kept things milder to the west, 55 in fairfax and dumfries this morning. also at round hill, germantown 54 and columbia 53. there's the sun about to go back behind the clouds again as it gets a little higher in the sky but a pretty shot with th