What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas. Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust […]
Showers today! With a high of 12C and a low of 12C. 90 Humidity. 5 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
“The view of Earth is spectacular.” – Sally Ride
A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year was 2004, and no space aliens were involved. The saucer, pictured here, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study […]
AM Fog/PM Sun today! With a high of 11C and a low of 11C. 86 Humidity. 4 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
“Nature is never finished.” – Robert Smithson
A darker Moon sets over Manhattan in this night skyscape. The 16 frame composite was assembled from consecutive exposures recorded during the November 8 total lunar eclipse. In the timelapse sequence stars leave short trails above the urban skyline, while the Moon remains immersed in Earth’s shadow. But the International Space Station was just emerging […]
Cloudy today! With a high of 10C and a low of 10C. 91 Humidity. 4 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Northeast.
“Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut, that held its ground.” – David Icke
On November 8 the Full Moon turned blood red as it slid through Earth’s shadow in a beautiful total lunar eclipse. During totality it also passed in front of, or occulted, outer planet Uranus for eclipse viewers located in parts of northern America and Asia. For a close-up and wider view these two images were […]