“It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.” – Cyril Connolly

“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.” – Auguste Rodin

Venus has returned as a brilliant morning star. From a window seat on a flight to Mexico City, the bright celestial beacon was captured just before sunrise in this astronomical snapshot, taken on September 12. Venus, at the upper right, shared the early predawn skies with an old crescent Moon. Seen from this stratospheric perspective, […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 25C and a low of 25C. 85 Humidity. 12 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite captured this image of fragmented ice in Hudson Bay on June 28, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/Jh38QCk

“And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.” – Beatrice Wood

“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is often touted as an analog to our own Milky Way. About 50 million light-years distant in the northern constellation Pegasus, NGC 7331 was recognized early on as a spiral nebula and is actually one of the brighter galaxies not included in Charles Messier’s famous 18th century catalog. Since […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 21C and a low of 21C. 92 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from North.

Justin Hall lands the Dryden Remotely Operated Integrated Drone 2 (DROID 2) aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 22, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/pMq1ncI