A recovery team member takes part in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in this image from Aug. 29, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/4X1WiI0
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.” – Jean Cocteau
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” – Walter Hagen
They may look like modern mechanical dinosaurs, but they are enormous swiveling eyes that watch the sky. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Observatory is composed of four 12-meter reflecting-mirror telescopes surrounding a larger telescope housing a 28-meter mirror. They are designed to detect strange flickers of blue light — Cherenkov radiation –emitted when charged […]
AM Clouds/PM Sun today! With a high of 30C and a low of 30C. 77 Humidity. 14 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
Voyager 1 Lifts Off Toward an Interstellar Journey via NASA https://ift.tt/6XAMWTa
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.” – William Wordsworth
“Less is more.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The last full moon was doubly unusual. First of all, it was a blue moon. A modern definition of a blue moon is a second full moon to occur during one calendar month. Since there are 13 full moons in 2023, one month has to have two — and that month was August. The first […]
“Nature’s music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.” – Mary Webb