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Saharan Dust in the Wind

on Thu Aug 29 2024

Dense bands of dust streamed offshore from southern Morocco in summer 2024. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024. via NASA https://ift.tt/izYHECe

Star Factory Messier 17

on Thu Aug 29 2024

A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1.5 degree wide field-of-view would span about 150 light-years. In the sharp color composite image faint details of the region’s gas and dust clouds are highlighted with narrowband image data against a backdrop […]

Sunny today!

on Thu Aug 29 2024

Sunny today! With a high of 31C and a low of 31C. 80 Humidity. 19 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

A SAFER Way

on Wed Aug 28 2024

Backdropped against the blue and white Earth 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system on Sept. 16, 1994. via NASA https://ift.tt/bCmfxLE

on Wed Aug 28 2024

When can you see a black hole, a tulip, and a swan all at once? At night — if the timing is right, and if your telescope is pointed in the right direction. The complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away toward the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. Ultraviolet radiation from young […]

Sunny today!

on Wed Aug 28 2024

Sunny today! With a high of 29C and a low of 29C. 90 Humidity. 16 C currently. 5 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

on Tue Aug 27 2024

What if Saturn disappeared? Sometimes, it does. It doesn’t really go away, though, it just disappears from view when our Moon moves in front. Such a Saturnian eclipse, more formally called an occultation, was visible along a long swath of Earth — from Peru, across the Atlantic Ocean, to Italy — only a few days […]

Sunny today!

on Tue Aug 27 2024

Sunny today! With a high of 27C and a low of 27C. 87 Humidity. 13 C currently. 6 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

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