Graceful star trail arcs reflect planet Earth’s daily rotation in this colorful night skyscape. To create the timelapse composite, on May 12 consecutive exposures were recorded with a camera fixed to a tripod on the shores of the Ashokan Reservoir, in the Catskills region of New York, USA. North star Polaris is near the center […]
Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 92 Humidity. 11 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system. via NASA https://ift.tt/1xtj8dP
This well-composed composite panoramic view looks due south from Banks Peninsula near Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island. The base of a tower-like rocky sea stack is awash in the foreground, with stars of the Southern Cross at the top of the frame and planet Earth’s south celestial pole near center. Still, captured on May […]
Rain today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 100 Humidity. 11 C currently. 21 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
“For the girls or women in science — or in any profession or job — opportunities are more abundant than they were previously. Sometimes you need to take bold steps. Just a little push, and then you will get there.” — Dr. Yihua (Eva) Zheng, Space Physics and Space Weather Scientist, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA’s […]
A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the Moon sets near the western horizon in this rural night skyscape. Captured on May 10 before local midnight, the image overexposes the Moon’s bright waning crescent at left in the frame. A long irrigation rig stretches across farmland about 15 miles north of the city of Bainbridge. Shimmering […]
PM Thunderstorms today! With a high of 17C and a low of 17C. 100 Humidity. 11 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
An illuminated waning gibbous moon contrasts the deep black of space as the International Space Station soared 270 miles over the Southern Ocean. via NASA https://ift.tt/SceZfDn
What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun’s edge? There, AR 3664 better showed its 3D structure. Pictured, a large multi-pronged solar prominence was captured extending from chaotic sunspot region AR 3664 out into space, just one example of the particle clouds ejected from this violent […]