This scene would be beautiful even without the comet. By itself, the sunrise sky is an elegant deep blue on high, with faint white stars peeking through, while near the horizon is a pleasing tan. By itself, the foreground hills of eastern Slovakia are appealingly green, with the Zadňa hura and Veľká hora hills in […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 30C and a low of 30C. 85 Humidity. 16 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from South.
“To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.” – Robert Mapplethorpe
“We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.” – Walter Gilbert
What is this person doing? In 2012, an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over […]
Sunny today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 87 Humidity. 17 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
“Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.” – Edward Young
“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.” – Gustave Flaubert
Comet Nishimura is growing. More precisely, the tails C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) are growing as it nears the Sun. Discovered only last month, the comet is already near naked eye brightness as it now moves inside the Earth’s orbit. The comet will be nearest the Earth next week, but nearest the Sun the week after — […]
Sunny today! With a high of 28C and a low of 28C. 88 Humidity. 16 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.