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These silvery blue waves washing over a tree-lined horizon in the eastern French Alps are noctilucent clouds. From high in planet Earth’s mesosphere, they reflect sunlight in this predawn skyscape taken on July 8. This summer, the night-shining clouds are not new to the northern high-latitudes. Comet NEOWISE is though. Also known as C/2020 F3, […]

Comet NEOWISE has been wowing photographers around much of the world during dawn and dusk, at the margins of day and night. For the most northern residents of planet Earth, however, the comet circles the North Star and never sets. The night part of this circular arc is apparent in the featured composite of images […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 15, 2020: The monumental Wittelsbacher fountain in the northern part of central Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. The sculpture on the left is of a woman seated on a bull, holding a bowl, and depicts the healing qualities of water; on the right, a man sits astride a horse […]

“When artists make art, they shouldn’t question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.” – Sol LeWitt

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 14, 2020: Large White (Pieris brassicae) butterfly on a Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) flowerhead, Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria https://ift.tt/3eveli1

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 13, 2020: 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, illuminated in honor of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. https://ift.tt/2W9xC2b

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-71F

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 12, 2020: Musk-mallow (Malva moschata) with raindrops, Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria https://ift.tt/2OiFgTS

Wikipedia picture of the day on July 11, 2020: A composite imaginary view of Japan: silk textile from the Meiji era, now in the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art https://ift.tt/3gKtopM