If spacecraft are to visit the outer solar system, they must cross the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Pioneer mission was faced with the question of just how dangerous this asteroid belt would be to a spacecraft passing through it. via NASA https://ift.tt/NSwJWbE
“The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.” – Voltaire
“The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.” – Herbert Read
No, the Moon is not a bow, and no, it did not shoot out a plane like an arrow. What is pictured is a chance superposition. The plane’s contrail would normally appear white, but the large volume of air toward the rising Sun preferentially knocked away blue light, not only making the sky blue, but […]
Rain/Snow today! With a high of 3C and a low of 3C. 84 Humidity. -3 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Wikipedia article of the day is Abishabis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Abishabis (died 1843) was a Cree religious leader and prophet of a movement that spread during the 1840s among the Cree communities in what is now northern Manitoba and Ontario. His preaching, an admixture of Christianity and Cree beliefs, caused some Cree people […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 4, 2023: Panorama of the Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina More Info
“Good design doesn’t date.” – Harry Seidler
“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.” – William Wordsworth
These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. Luna appears so large here because she is being photographed through a telescopic lens. What is moving is mostly the Earth, whose spin causes the Moon to slowly disappear behind Mount Teide, a volcano […]