“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.” – E. M. Forster

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” – Henry David Thoreau

A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on August 1. Near perigee, the closest point in its almost moonthly orbit, the brighter than average lunar disk illuminated night skies around planet Earth as the second supermoon of 2023. Seen here above Ragusa, Sicily, cloud banks cast diverging shadows through the supermoonlit skies, creating dramatic […]

Rain today! With a high of 17C and a low of 17C. 85 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. via NASA https://ift.tt/f61sC3B

“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.” – Walt Whitman

“Form follows function.” – Louis Sullivan

In a photo from the early hours of July 29 (UTC), a Redstone rocket and Mercury capsule are on display at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5. Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon’s heavy communications satellite payload, at a record […]

Light Rain today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 69 Humidity. 16 C currently. 31 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

On April 28, 2023, the Crew-7 members (from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) took a moment to snap a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/fYhIr2M