The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, over western Canada on November 5, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/JbTL3BU
Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view of another world. The scene was recorded by Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan on December 11, 1972, one orbit before descending to land on the Moon. The stereo anaglyph was assembled from two photographs (AS17-147-22465, AS17-147-22466) captured from his vantage point on board […]
Ice to Rain today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 99 Humidity. -2 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Handel’s lost Hamburg operas. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The music for three of the four operas written by the youthful composer George Frideric Handel (pictured) between 1703 and 1706, when he lived in the German city of Hamburg, is lost apart from a few orchestral fragments. Only the […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 17, 2024: The old town of Zug, Switzerland, at blue hour. More Info
NASA and Lockheed Martin publicly unveil the X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a ceremony in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making […]
Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full Orion than you can see — an Orion only revealed with long exposure digital camera imaging and post- processing. Here the cool red giant Betelgeuse takes on a strong orange tint as […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 0C and a low of 0C. 79 Humidity. -3 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is Adamson Tannehill. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Adamson Tannehill (1750–1820) was an American military officer, politician, civic leader, and farmer. Born in Maryland, Tannehill was among the first to join the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, becoming commander of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment. He then […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 16, 2024: Part of the facade of the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, USA More Info