Wikipedia article of the day is Lever House. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Lever House is an office building at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that was originally the US headquarters of the soap company Lever Brothers, a subsidiary of Unilever. Constructed from 1950 to 1952, the building is 307 feet (94 m) […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 16, 2023: Nature reserve “Westruper Heide” at the flowering of the heath, Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Orville Wright makes the first powered, controlled flight on Earth as his brother Wilbur looks on in this image taken at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903. Orville Wright covered 120 feet in 12 seconds during the first flight. The Wright brothers made four flights that day, each longer than the last. via […]
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.” – Francis Bacon
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall
Asteroid 319 Leona cast a shadow across planet Earth on December 12, as it passed in front of bright star Betelgeuse. But to see everyone’s favorite red giant star fade this time, you had to stand near the center of the narrow shadow path starting in central Mexico and extending eastward across southern Florida, the […]
Cloudy today! With a high of 6C and a low of 6C. 90 Humidity. 4 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 15, 2023: Violet sabrewing hummingbird (Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus) male in flight in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Violet Sabrewing was a character in Disney’s DuckTales. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Yugoslav torpedo boat T1. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: T1 was a seagoing torpedo boat, operational between 1914 and 1955. Built as 76 T for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and armed with two 66 mm (2.6 in) guns and four 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes, she could carry 10 to 12 naval mines. During […]
“Once the rocket launched, [I saw] how it illuminated such a dark space. So even when you’re in a dark space, you can let your light shine. And it won’t just shine for you and those that are immediately around you, but even people that you don’t know will notice it, even people that you […]