“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” – Orson Welles

Yes, but can your tree do this? If you look closely at the ground in the featured image, you will see many images of yesterday’s solar eclipse — created by a tree. Gaps between tree leaves act like pinhole lenses and each create a small image of the partially eclipsed Sun visible in the other […]

AM Showers today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 86 Humidity. 9 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 15, 2023: View of the Tower of Hercules near the center of A Coruña, Galicia, north-western coast of Spain. The 55 metres (180 ft) hight tower, an ancient Roman lighthouse, is the oldest (almost 1900 years) Roman lighthouse in use today and the second tallest lighthouse in Spain (after […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Kyriakos Pittakis. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Kyriakos Pittakis (1798–1863) was a Greek archaeologist. The first Greek to serve as the head of the country’s archaeological service, he carried out the conservation and restoration of monuments on the Acropolis of Athens. Largely self-taught as an archaeologist, he was one […]

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Want to see a ring around the Sun? It’s easy to do in daytime skies around the world. Created by randomly oriented ice crystals in thin high cirrus clouds, circular 22 degree halos are visible much more often than rainbows. This one was captured by smart phone photography on May 29, 2021 near Rome, Italy. […]

Rain today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 70 Humidity. 18 C currently. 26 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia article of the day is Tinder Fire. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Tinder Fire was a wildfire that burned 16,309 acres (66.00 km2) of the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona during April and May 2018. The 2017 Arizona wildfires had been followed by drought, including a historically dry winter season. The […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on October 14, 2023: Shila village on the right bank of the Tsarap River, Zanskar, Ladakh, India. Surrounded by groves of birch in autumn colouration. Elev. 3,590 m (11,780 ft). More Info