“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” – Blaise Pascal

“If you know somethin’ well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin’ chickens.” – Grandma Moses

A male Adelie penguin performed this Ecstatic Vocalization in silhouette during the December 4 solar eclipse, the final eclipse of 2021. Of course his Ecstatic Vocalization is a special display that male penguins use to claim their territory and advertise their condition. This penguin’s territory, at Cape Crozier Antarctica, is located in one of the […]

Snow today! With a high of 3C and a low of 3C. 81 Humidity. 1 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. via NASA https://ift.tt/3bSWtPy

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.” – Jean Cocteau

That’s not a young crescent Moon posing behind cathedral towers after sunset. It’s Venus in a crescent phase. About 40 million kilometers away and about 2 percent illuminated by sunlight, it was captured with camera and telephoto lens in this series of exposures as it set in western skies on January 1 from Veszprem, Hungary. […]

AM Snow Showers today! With a high of 4C and a low of 4C. 89 Humidity. 2 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.

2021 saw significant milestones achieved in the assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft (QueSST), and all eyes now look forward to a pivotal 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/3eUKS3W