“Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.” – Charles Baudelaire

“Art is the daughter of freedom.” – Friedrich Schiller

Galaxies abound in this sharp telescopic image recorded on October 12 in dark skies over June Lake, California. The celestial scene spans nearly 2 degrees within the boundaries of the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. Prominent at the upper left 23.5 million light-years distant is big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4258, known to some as […]

Rain today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 93 Humidity. 13 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from East.

Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Willa. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Hurricane Willa was a powerful tropical cyclone that brought torrential rains and destructive winds to the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Nayarit in October 2018. It was the twenty-second named storm, thirteenth hurricane, and tenth major hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season, […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 20, 2023: Issued 100 years ago: “Notgeld” banknote: 1 000 000 000 Mark (1923), Trier, design: Fritz Quant (signed: “Quant”), RV: the “Hauptmarkt” in 1849 More Info

On October 14, 2023, the Moon aligned with the Sun and Earth to produce an annular solar eclipse. The spectacle bathed millions of Americans in a lunar shadow as the Moon blocked the Sun’s rays. The above image was acquired during the eclipse by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera imager aboard the Deep Space Climate […]

“Art is not a thing; it is a way.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.” – C. S. Lewis

This timelapse series captured on October 14 is set against the sunrise view from Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon, planet Earth. Of course on that date the New Moon caught up with the Sun in the canyon’s morning skies. Local temperatures fell as the Moon’s shadow swept across the high altitude scene and the brilliant morning […]