bury a friend by Billie Eilish, on the album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

bad guy by Billie Eilish, on the album: WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

An analemma is that figure-8 curve you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day for one year. But the trick to imaging an analemma of the Moon is to wait bit longer. On average the Moon returns to the same position in the sky about 50 minutes […]

Blooming roses at the Armstrong Flight Research Center highlighting the Bell X-IE aircraft. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ba5eSf

Wikipedia picture of the day on May 8, 2020: Ceiling fresco in the former abbey church St. Peter and Dionysius Kloster Banz created by Melchior Steidl. https://ift.tt/2xJjB2t

Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this 10 degree wide telephoto field of view. Captured on May 2 its greenish coma was about 6 light-minutes from Earth. The pretty background starfield lies near the border of the constellations Cetus and Aquarius. This comet SWAN […]

“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.” – Harry S Truman

Wikipedia article of the day is 1974 White House helicopter incident. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1RpOQ4m Summary: The 1974 White House helicopter incident occurred when U.S. Army private Robert K. Preston stole a Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopter (a “Huey”) from Tipton Field, Maryland, and, in a major breach of security, landed it on the South Lawn […]

Tu Voles by Rokia Traoré, on the album: Né So

Bonheur by Vieux Farka Touré, on the album: Samba