Nature quote of the day
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” – Wallace Stevens
These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this deep telescopic image shows off the Iris Nebula’s range of colors and symmetries embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. […]
AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 94 Humidity. 13 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” – Ansel Adams
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” – Henry David Thoreau
In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, “This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent.” Of course, M13 is now less modestly recognized as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern […]
Showers today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 82 Humidity. 16 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Hurricane Idalia is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico from the International Space Station. via NASA https://ift.tt/sY3clOi
“Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature’s monotony.” – Guillaume Apollinaire
“Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.” – David Hockney