“Art is the triumph over chaos.” – John Cheever

This shadowy landscape of majestic mountains and icy plains stretches toward the horizon on a small, distant world. It was captured from a range of about 18,000 kilometers when New Horizons looked back toward Pluto, 15 minutes after the spacecraft’s closest approach on July 14. The dramatic, low-angle, near-twilight scene follows rugged mountains formally known […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 15, 2021: Sadhu sitting inside Pandra Shivalaya in Pasupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal https://ift.tt/3ieRnPJ

Wikipedia article of the day is Mercenary War. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2KCzWZt Summary: The Mercenary War, also known as the Truceless War, was a mutiny by troops employed by Carthage at the end of the First Punic War (264 to 241 BC), backed by an uprising of African settlements against Carthaginian control. The war began in […]

Inside star cluster NGC 602, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, bright, blue, newly formed stars are blowing a cavity in this nebula. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oIW7zz

Ein bisschen Lügenpresse im Puppenkabarett (4 Min.)🤣 Unbedingt das Ende gucken. Das Ende ist das Beste!! https://t.co/f8hnKagylJ — Katharina (@KatharinaStehr) January 14, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.” – Theodore Dreiser

Like salsa verde on your favorite burrito, a green aurora slathers up the sky in this 2017 June 25 snapshot from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays. Aurorae have the signature colors of excited molecules and atoms […]

Wikipedia article of the day is James P. Hagerstrom. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3nFG6Jt Summary: James Hagerstrom (January 14, 1921 – June 25, 1994) was a fighter ace of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in World War II and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in the Korean War. He is one of seven American pilots to have achieved ace […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on January 14, 2021: Organic home-grown tomatoes arranged in a circle https://ift.tt/3nI3plK