Picture of the day for October 23, 2023
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2023: Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female with dragonfly larva, Hungary. October 23rd marks the day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2023: Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female with dragonfly larva, Hungary. October 23rd marks the day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is The Kinks’ 1965 US tour. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The English rock band the Kinks staged their first concert tour of the United States in June and July 1965, following concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore and a tour of the United Kingdom. Initially one of […]
“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” – Albert Einstein
“My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.” – Raoul Dufy
What does this aurora look like to you? While braving the cold to watch the skies above northern Canada early one morning in 2013, a most unusual aurora appeared. The aurora definitely appeared to be shaped like something, but what? Two ghostly possibilities recorded by the astrophotographer were “witch” and “goddess of dawn”, but please […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 74 Humidity. 10 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is Second Battle of Independence. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price’s Missouri Expedition (map pictured) during the American Civil War. In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price led a Confederate force of cavalry […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 22, 2023: Demirci Rocks. Demirci Yayla Sanctuary, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. More Info
“Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.” – Hosea Ballou
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson