Countries around the world have been holding events to welcome in 2010.
New Year arrived first in the South Pacific. At midnight local time (1100 GMT) fireworks were set off over Auckland’s Sky Tower in New Zealand.
Spectacular displays were also enjoyed in London and Paris and other capital cities across Europe.
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Free Booklet: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the
beginning of sorrows;
Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.
ORIGINAL CAPTION: Lava flows from the crater of the cone-shaped, 8,070-foot Mayon volcano on Dec. 17. The county’s most active volcano began oozing lava two days earlier. (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)
I-76, I-80, I-81 and I-95 will have extremely dangerous travel today – Accuweather
ORIGINAL CAPTION: A pizza delivery man trudges through snow Friday in Asheville. (Scott Halleran / Getty)
ORIGINAL CAPTION: This incredible picture shows a huge meteor hurtling to Earth during the annual Geminid meteor shower. Astro-photogrpaher Wally Pacholk captured this amazing shot in the Mojave Desert area near Victorville under a dark and almost clear sky.
The annual cosmic fireworks have been growing in intensity in recent decades with up to 160 meteors visible per hour under optimal conditions. They travel across the sky at about 22/mps and are fairly easy to spot.
The Geminids are caused by the Earth crossing the debris-strewn path of the extinct comet 3200 Phaethon. The first recorded sightings were in 1862 in England and the U.S. In these early days only 14 meteors were recorded per hour.
Viewing conditions were particularly good this year because it peaked on Monday morning two days before a new Moon.
They are best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere although you can see up to 20 meteors per hour near the horizon in the Southern Hemisphere.
ORIGINAL CAPTION: Rockwall’s Horizon Auto Center is making a little lighthearted fun of the Nobel Peace Prize recently awarded to Pres. Obama. It’s clever advertising. See the sign at 5335 Horizon Dr. Good job, owner Ken Sterling! Hope you don’t lose any biz from Obama supporters – but you can’t please everybody, anyway! (submitted by George Hiscox)
ORIGINAL CAPTION: A man begs for money in the subway in Georgia, on Nov. 11. The graffiti on the wall reads “I’m hungry.” (David Mdzinarishvili / Reuter)
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