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The dark shadow of the New Moon reached out and touched planet Earth on June 21. A high definition camera outside the International Space Station captured its passing in this snapshot from low Earth orbit near the border of Kazakhstan and China. Of course those along the Moon’s central shadow track below could watch the […]

We don’t see the beautiful spiral arms of galaxy NGC 5907 in this Hubble image because we are viewing it edge-on, like looking at the rim of a plate. It is for this reason that NGC 5907 is also known as the Knife Edge galaxy. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6Vy

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 28, 2020: Panoramic view of Reykjavik and the Atlantic Ocean during sunset seen from the Shore Walk, Capital Region, Iceland. The city concentrates, with 123,300 inhabitants, 35% of the country population and was founded in around AD 870 by Norwegian settlers. https://ift.tt/31nVgf2

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 27, 2020: Adult purple heron (Ardea purpurea) capturing a zander (Sander lucioperca) fry. https://ift.tt/384aneQ

“You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.” – Pierre Bonnard

Wikipedia article of the day is Baby Driver. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2uxiGuF Summary: Baby Driver is an action film written and directed by Edgar Wright. First released on June 28, 2017, it tells the story of a young Atlanta-based getaway driver, played by Ansel Elgort (pictured), who is on a quest for freedom from a life […]

“Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don’t know in your own soul.” – Emily Carr

Wikipedia article of the day is The Goldfinch (painting). Check it out: https://ift.tt/1P3VnOK Summary: The Goldfinch is a painting of a chained goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, a Dutch Golden Age artist. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. The work is a trompe-l’œil oil on […]

Want to watch a solar eclipse safely? Try looking down instead of up, though you might discover you have a plethora of images to choose from. For example, during the June 21st solar eclipse this confusing display appeared under a shady bamboo grove in Pune, India. Small gaps between close knit leaves on the tall […]