“Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.” – Robert Smithson

“Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.” – Honore de Balzac

This pretty starfield spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. It holds the famous pair of open star clusters, h and Chi Persei. Also cataloged as NGC 869 (top) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 light-years away and contain stars much younger and hotter than the […]

Sunny today! With a high of 30C and a low of 30C. 73 Humidity. 13 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

The last rays of an orbital sunset begin fading in Earth’s atmosphere silhouetting the cloud tops. via NASA https://ift.tt/wz0lHW5

“The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.” – James Montgomery

“The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.” – Jerzy Kosinski

On July 4, an almost Full Moon rose in planet Earth’s evening skies. Also known as a Buck Moon, the full lunar phase (full on July 3 at 11:39 UTC) was near perigee, the closest point in the Moon’s almost monthly orbit around planet Earth. That qualified this July’s Full Moon as a supermoon, the […]

Sunny today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 79 Humidity. 12 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar and the runway – at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023. via NASA https://ift.tt/7tJZTK6