“The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.” – Hannah Arendt

“When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.” – Edward Steichen

The early morning planet parade continues. Visible the world over, the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn have been lining up in the pre-dawn sky since mid-April. In the featured image taken last month, these planets were captured over the Step Pyramid of Djoser, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the Saqqara necropolis of […]

Thunderstorms today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 80 Humidity. 9 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

May 2-6, 2022, is Teacher Appreciation Week! At NASA, we know the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. via NASA https://ift.tt/WNhYUT5

“Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.” – Malcolm de Chazal

“Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.” – Arthur C. Clarke

That’s no comet. Below the Pleiades star cluster is actually a planet: Mercury. Long exposures of our Solar System’s innermost planet may reveal something unexpected: a tail. Mercury’s thin atmosphere contains small amounts of sodium that glow when excited by light from the Sun. Sunlight also liberates these molecules from Mercury’s surface and pushes them […]

Thunderstorms today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 75 Humidity. 9 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

Misty Snopkowski is NASA’s program executive for the Commercial Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Development program. via NASA https://ift.tt/gUKCY43