Art Quote of the Day
By iftttauthorways4eu on Sat Dec 23 2023
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso
Colours of a serene evening sky are captured in this 8 minute exposure, made near this December’s solstice from New Zealand, southern hemisphere, planet Earth. Looking south, star trails form the short concentric arcs around the rotating planet’s south celestial pole positioned just off the top of the frame. At top and left of center […]
PM Light Rain today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 86 Humidity. 7 C currently. 27 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 23, 2023: Christ and the Apostles on the facade of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey in commune of Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of the Trebia. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The battle of the Trebia was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army under Sempronius Longus on 22 or 23 December 218 BC near modern Piacenza in northern Italy. […]
Four reindeer walk past the BARREL payload on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The BARREL team was at Esrange Space Center launching a series of six scientific payloads on miniature scientific balloons. The NASA-funded BARREL – which stands for Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses – primarily measured X-rays […]
“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.” – Hedy Lamarr
“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A single 183 day exposure with a pinhole camera and photographic paper resulted in this long-duration solargraph. Recorded from solstice to solstice, June 21 to December 21, in 2022, it follows the Sun’s daily arcing path through planet Earth’s skies from Mertola, Portugal. On June 21, the Sun’s highest point and longest arc represents the […]
Showers today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 79 Humidity. 8 C currently. 27 Km/h Wind from Southwest.