NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from right, NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana, far right, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (back to camera) speak with the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Upon completion of two years of training they could be assigned […]
“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