The plan was to capture a picturesque part of the sky that was hosting an unusual guest. The result included a bonus — an additional and unexpected guest. The beautiful background features part of the central band of our Milky Way galaxy on the far left, and the colorful clouds of Rho Ophiuchi in the […]
AM Rain today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 88 Humidity. 14 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a section of the spiral galaxy nicknamed the Needle’s Eye. via NASA https://ift.tt/f8b4gO2
“Nature uses as little as possible of anything.” – Johannes Kepler
“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This picture of Andromeda shows not only where stars are now, but where stars will soon be. Of course, the big, beautiful Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is a spiral galaxy — and a mere 2.5 million light-years away. Both space-based and ground-based observatories have been here combined to produce this intriguing composite image of Andromeda, at […]
Thunderstorms today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 64 Humidity. 17 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southeast.
“Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.” – Ambrose Bierce
“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.” – Evelyn Waugh
Tsunamis this large don’t happen on Earth. During 2006, a large solar flare from an Earth-sized sunspot produced a tsunami-type shock wave that was spectacular even for the Sun. Pictured here, the tsunami wave was captured moving out from active region AR 10930 by the Optical Solar Patrol Network (OSPAN) telescope in New Mexico, USA. […]