“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

“What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?” – Emil Cioran

Locked in a cosmic embrace, two large galaxies are merging at the center of this sharp telescopic field of view. The interacting system cataloged as Arp 93 is some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Aquarius in planet Earth’s sky. Individually the galaxies are identified as NGC 7285 (right) and NGC 7284. Their bright […]

Strong Storms today! With a high of 27C and a low of 27C. 92 Humidity. 18 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from East.

On August 8, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of dense plumes of smoke streaming from dozens of large fires in the Northwest Territories. via NASA https://ift.tt/Z4qawYn

“Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.” – Miguel de Unamuno

“The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.” – Thomas Carlyle

The Sun is not the quiet place it seems. It expels an unsteady stream of energetic electrons and protons known as the solar wind. These charged particles deform the Earth’s magnetosphere, change paths, and collide with atoms in Earth’s atmosphere, causing the generation of light in auroras like that visible in green in the image […]

PM Thunderstorms today! With a high of 27C and a low of 27C. 87 Humidity. 19 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

While wearing clean room suits, the Artemis II crew members check out their Orion crew module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 7, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/39aCTKb