Nature quote of the day
“In nature there are few sharp lines.” – A. R. Ammons
“In nature there are few sharp lines.” – A. R. Ammons
Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this stereo view from lunar orbit. The 3D anaglyph was created from two photographs (AS11-44-6633, AS11-44-6634) taken by astronaut Michael Collins during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It features the lunar module ascent stage, dubbed The Eagle, rising to meet the command module in lunar orbit on […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 76 Humidity. 15 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.
Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star. via NASA https://ift.tt/nS98wGh
“Every great inspiration is but an experiment – though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration.” – Charles Ives
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” – Russell Baker
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a large reflecting telescope into the stratosphere. The ability of the airborne facility to climb above about 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere has allowed researchers to observe from almost anywhere over the planet. On a science mission flying deep […]
Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 28C and a low of 28C. 74 Humidity. 17 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from South.
As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole. via NASA https://ift.tt/Y9fk1Ty
“Time will pass and seasons will come and go.” – Roy Bean