Wikipedia article of the day is Venus in fiction. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The planet Venus has been used as a setting in fiction since before the 19th century. Its impenetrable cloud cover gave writers free rein to speculate on conditions at Venus’s surface, which was often depicted as warmer than Earth’s but habitable. […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 17, 2023: Breil-Brigels, Panorama road between Waltensburg / Vuorz and Breil/Brigels, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. Carved out passage. More Info
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study its composition. The spacecraft also carries […]
“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.” – Anatole France
“Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
She knew everything but the question. She was well aware that there would be a complete annular eclipse of the Sun visible from their driving destination: Lake Abert in Oregon. She knew that the next ring-of-fire eclipse would occur in the USA only in 16 more years, making this a rare photographic opportunity. She was […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 88 Humidity. 2 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Walt Disney. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Walt Disney (1901–1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he holds the individual records for the most Academy Award wins (22) and nominations (59). On October 16, 1923, he founded the Disney Brothers […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 16, 2023: Golden Gate Bridge (in fog), San Francisco, California, USA More Info
“And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.” – Black Elk