Why can we see the entire face of this Moon? When the Moon is in a crescent phase, only part of it appears directly illuminated by the Sun. The answer is earthshine, also known as earthlight and the da Vinci glow. The reason is that the rest of the Earth-facing Moon is slightly illuminated by […]
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“A weed is but an unloved flower.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Insight is the first condition of Art.” – George Henry Lewes
Most galaxies have a single nucleus — does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar. The gravitational field of the visible foreground galaxy breaks light from […]
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“Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.” – Anatole France
Only natural colors of the Moon in planet Earth’s sky appear in this creative visual presentation. Arranged as pixels in a framed image, the lunar disks were photographed at different times. Their varying hues are ultimately due to reflected sunlight affected by changing atmospheric conditions and the alignment geometry of Moon, Earth, and Sun. Here, […]
Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 13C and a low of 13C. 84 Humidity. 9 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Northeast.