Wikipedia picture of the day on June 8, 2020: Flower buds in development of Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’. https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6L6

“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” – Leo Tolstoy

Wikipedia article of the day is Mary van Kleeck. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2QnlvhD Summary: Mary van Kleeck (1883–1972) was an American social scientist and social feminist who advocated for scientific management and a planned economy. She began her career in the settlement movement, investigating women’s labor in New York City. In 1916 she became the […]

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Comet PanSTARRs, C/2017 T2, shared this stunning telescopic field of view with galaxies M81 and M82 on May 22/23. Of course, the galaxies were some 12 million light-years distant and the comet about 14 light-minutes away, seen in planet Earth’s sky toward the Big Dipper. A new visitor from the Oort Cloud, this Comet PanSTARRs […]

The stars of the globular cluster NGC 6441 sparkle peacefully in the night sky, about 13,000 light-years from the Milky Way’s galactic center. via wordpress https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6KG

Still bathed in sunlight the International Space Station (ISS) arced through this Manhattan evening sky on May 30. Moving left to right, its bright trail was captured in this composite image with a series of 5 second long exposures. Stars left short trails and lights were reflected in still waters looking toward the north across […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 7, 2020: View of Étretat, France https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6KO

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 6, 2020: Friends Towers, Munich, a residential high-rise complex – detail of facade. https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6KI

Wikipedia picture of the day on June 5, 2020: Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) with Brachycera https://wp.me/p4wJUi-6K5