Wikipedia article of the day is Robert Nimmo. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Robert Nimmo (1893–1966) was a senior Australian Army officer and the chief military observer (CMO) of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from 1950 until his death. Nimmo graduated early from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to […]
NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines participate in STEM demonstrations with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/1hDN8XE
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.” – Annie Dillard
What is that unusual red halo surrounding this aurora? It is a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc. SAR arcs are rare and have only been acknowledged and studied since 1954. The featured wide-angle photograph, capturing nearly an entire SAR arc surrounding more common green and red aurora, was taken earlier this month from Poolburn, New […]
Showers/Wind today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 79 Humidity. 9 C currently. 31 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on January 3, 2024: Experiment with lens ball and light stick More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Boston Braves 1 (26 innings). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: A 1–1 tie in 26 innings was played by the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves on May 1, 1920, at Braves Field in Boston, still the most innings played in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Leon […]
Jupiter, top, and Venus, bottom, are seen with the crescent Moon above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations continued for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission was the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket […]
“If Botticelli were alive today he’d be working for Vogue.” – Peter Ustinov
“Tears are the summer showers to the soul.” – Alfred Austin