Can a gas cloud grab a galaxy? It’s not even close. The “claw” of this odd looking “creature” in the featured photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule. This globule, however, has ruptured. Cometary globules are typically characterized by dusty heads and elongated tails. These features cause cometary globules to have visual […]
Thunderstorms today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 83 Humidity. 18 C currently. 10 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 26, 2021: Clementines – peeled and unpeeled More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Siege of Calais (1346–1347). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Battle of Caen on 26 July 1346 was an assault on the French-held town by a force of archers and men-at-arms, part of an invading English army under King Edward III during the Hundred Years’ War. This force, nominally […]
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Gliding silently through the outer Solar System, the Voyager 2 spacecraft camera captured Neptune and Triton together in crescent phase. The elegant picture of the gas giant planet and its cloudy moon was taken from behind just after closest approach in 1989. It could not have been taken from Earth because Neptune never shows a […]
PM Thunderstorms today! With a high of 25C and a low of 25C. 86 Humidity. 19 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia article of the day is Oryzomys dimidiatus. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Oryzomys dimidiatus, also known as the Nicaraguan oryzomys, Thomas’s rice rat, or the Nicaraguan rice rat, is a rodent in the genus Oryzomys of the family Cricetidae. It is known from only three specimens, all collected in southeastern Nicaragua (range pictured) since […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on July 25, 2021: Branches of a jade plant (Crassula ovata), potted in a teal glazed ceramic jar. More Info