Wikipedia article of the day is Kyriakos Pittakis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Kyriakos Pittakis (1798–1863) was a Greek archaeologist. The first Greek to serve as the head of the country’s archaeological service, he carried out the conservation and restoration of monuments on the Acropolis of Athens. Largely self-taught as an archaeologist, he was one […]
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Want to see a ring around the Sun? It’s easy to do in daytime skies around the world. Created by randomly oriented ice crystals in thin high cirrus clouds, circular 22 degree halos are visible much more often than rainbows. This one was captured by smart phone photography on May 29, 2021 near Rome, Italy. […]
Rain today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 70 Humidity. 18 C currently. 26 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is Tinder Fire. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Tinder Fire was a wildfire that burned 16,309 acres (66.00 km2) of the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona during April and May 2018. The 2017 Arizona wildfires had been followed by drought, including a historically dry winter season. The […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 14, 2023: Shila village on the right bank of the Tsarap River, Zanskar, Ladakh, India. Surrounded by groves of birch in autumn colouration. Elev. 3,590 m (11,780 ft). More Info
“Art is born of humiliation.” – W. H. Auden
Gorgeous spiral galaxy Messier 33 seems to have more than its fair share of glowing hydrogen gas. A prominent member of the local group of galaxies, M33 is also known as the Triangulum Galaxy and lies a mere 3 million light-years away. The galaxy’s central 30,000 light-years or so are shown in this sharp galaxy […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 60 Humidity. 17 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 13, 2023: Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar. Today is actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s birthday. He voiced King Julien XIII, a ring-tailed lemur, in the 2005 film Madagascar More Info