Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., attired in his Mercury pressure suit, poses for a photo on May 5, 1961, prior to his launch in a Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission – the first U.S. manned spaceflight. via NASA https://ift.tt/LmYWRJ8
“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” – William Allingham
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
Light pollution is usually not a problem in Qeqertaq. In western Greenland the remote coastal village boasted a population of 114 in 2020. Lights still shine in its dark skies though. During planet Earth’s recent intense geomagnetic storm, on November 6 these beautiful curtains of aurora borealis fell over the arctic realm. On the eve […]
Rain today! With a high of 8C and a low of 8C. 97 Humidity. 6 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on November 17, 2023: This 18th-century stained glass window depicts Elizabeth of Hungary, whose feast day is today. It is located in the City Museum of Ljubljana (Ljubljana, Slovenia). More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Australiformis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Australiformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) that infest marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. The worm’s body consists of a long trunk and a proboscis armed with hooks which it uses to pierce and hold the gut […]
NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/LgeS0wT
“Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.” – Robert Delaunay
“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.” – Thomas Hood