“Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.” – Rene Magritte

Yes, but can your aurora do this? First, yes, auroras can look like rainbows even though they are completely different phenomena. Auroras are caused by Sun-created particles being channeled into Earth’s atmosphere by Earth’s magnetic field, and create colors by exciting atoms at different heights. Conversely, rainbows are created by sunlight backscattering off falling raindrops, […]

Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 10C and a low of 10C. 92 Humidity. 6 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.

Wikipedia picture of the day on December 27, 2023: Eiffel Tower, seen from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France. The tower’s designer, Gustave Eiffel, died on this day 100 years ago. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Niels Bohr. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Niels Bohr (1885–1962) was a Danish physicist who created the first widely accepted model of atomic structure. In three articles published in 1913, he proposed the Bohr model of the atom. Faced with the opposing particle and wave interpretations of atomic phenomena […]

Seen here by Webb, ice giant Uranus is a dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, extreme seasons, and more. Webb’s sensitivity has even captured the close-in Zeta ring, faint, diffuse, and elusive. These new images reveal detailed features of Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, as well as bright storms near and below the southern border […]

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” – Socrates

“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” – Albert Einstein

Why is this jellyfish swimming in a sea of stars? Drifting near bright star Eta Geminorum, seen at the right, the Jellyfish Nebula extends its tentacles from the bright arcing ridge of emission left of center. In fact, the cosmic jellyfish is part of bubble-shaped supernova remnant IC 443, the expanding debris cloud from a […]

AM Showers today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 74 Humidity. 8 C currently. 26 Km/h Wind from Southwest.