Every Full Moon of 2021 shines in this year-spanning astrophoto project, a composite portrait of the familiar lunar nearside at each brightest lunar phase. Arranged by moonth, the year progresses in stripes beginning at the top. Taken with the same camera and lens the stripes are from Full Moon images all combined at the same […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 13C and a low of 13C. 81 Humidity. 9 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.
“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” – Francis Bacon
This timelapse gif tracks the James Webb Space Telescope as it streaks across the stars of Orion on its journey to a destination beyond the Moon. Recorded on December 28, 12 consecutive exposures each 10 minutes long were aligned and combined with a subsequent color image of the background stars to create the animation. About […]
Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 14C and a low of 14C. 85 Humidity. 9 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
This composite image made from seven frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun. via NASA https://ift.tt/3h8GYVM
“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” – Theodore Roethke
“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.” – Oscar Wilde
Comet Leonard, brightest comet of 2021, is at the lower left of these two panels captured on December 29 in dark Atacama desert skies. Heading for its perihelion on January 3 Comet Leonard’s visible tail has grown. Stacked exposures with a wide angle lens (also displayed in a reversed B/W scheme for contrast), trace the […]