“Nature is a petrified magic city.” – Novalis

Comet Hale-Bopp, the Great Comet of 1997, became much brighter than any surrounding stars. It was seen even over bright city lights. Away from city lights, however, it put on quite a spectacular show. Here Comet Hale-Bopp was photographed above Val Parola Pass in the Dolomite mountains surrounding Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Comet Hale-Bopp’s blue ion […]

Rain today! With a high of 6C and a low of 6C. 88 Humidity. 6 C currently. 13 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3IokSvr

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain

Every time two massive black holes collide, a loud chirping sound is broadcast out into the universe in gravitational waves. Humanity has only had the technology to hear these unusual chirps for the past seven years, but since then we have heard about 90 — during the first three observing runs. Featured above are the […]

AM Snow Showers today! With a high of 4C and a low of 4C. 86 Humidity. 4 C currently. 19 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

This image of our home planet shows how Earth looked from more than 950,000 miles, or 1.5 million kilometers, away during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3lFesya

“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” – Paul Cezanne