“I realize that every picture isn’t a work of art.” – Conrad Hall

“Behind every cloud is another cloud.” – Judy Garland

One year ago a Space Launch System rocket left planet Earth on November 16, 2022 at 1:47am EST carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I mission, the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems. Over an hour after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39B, one of Orion’s external video […]

PM Light Rain today! With a high of 9C and a low of 9C. 97 Humidity. 4 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

Wikipedia picture of the day on November 18, 2023: Daedalea quercina. Location, De Famberhorst. Focus stack of 21 photos. More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Alan Shepard. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Alan Shepard (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961 he became the second person and the first American to travel into space, and in 1971 he walked on the Moon (pictured). Shepard saw […]

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., attired in his Mercury pressure suit, poses for a photo on May 5, 1961, prior to his launch in a Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission – the first U.S. manned spaceflight. via NASA https://ift.tt/LmYWRJ8

“Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.” – William Allingham

“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali

Light pollution is usually not a problem in Qeqertaq. In western Greenland the remote coastal village boasted a population of 114 in 2020. Lights still shine in its dark skies though. During planet Earth’s recent intense geomagnetic storm, on November 6 these beautiful curtains of aurora borealis fell over the arctic realm. On the eve […]