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

A study in contrasts, this colorful skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in the vicinity of NGC 6914. The interstellar complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away, toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Obscuring interstellar dust clouds appear in silhouette while reddish hydrogen emission nebulae, […]

PM Showers today! With a high of 22C and a low of 22C. 69 Humidity. 13 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other on Jupiter. via NASA https://ift.tt/Voidv8S

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

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

Our sky is alive with the streams of stars. The motions of 26 million Milky Way stars are evident in the featured map constructed from recent data taken by ESA’s Gaia satellite. Stars colored blue are moving toward us, while red indicates away. Lines depict the motion of the stars across the sky. The large […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 24C and a low of 24C. 73 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

The last rays of an orbital sunset burst through Earth’s horizon as the International Space Station flew 258 miles above Brazil. via NASA https://ift.tt/O93rpdI

“Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.” – Bryan Procter