Wikipedia article of the day is Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah took place in the Gaza Strip on 30 September 2000, during the widespread protests and riots of the Second Intifada. Jamal al-Durrah and his 12-year-old son Muhammad were filmed by Talal Abu Rahma, a Palestinian television […]
Project scientist Mark Clampin is reflected in the flight mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/3ohzvsF
“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
Have you ever seen a gigantic jet? They are extremely rare but tremendously powerful. Gigantic jets are a type of lightning discharge documented only this century that occur between some thunderstorms and the Earth’s ionosphere high above them. Pictured above is the middle and top of one such jet caught last week by a lightning […]
Rain today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 80 Humidity. 14 C currently. 11 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 29, 2021: Shrub of Euphorbia caducifolia in Kirthar National Park, Pakistan More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is U-1-class submarine (Austria-Hungary). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The two submarines of the U-1 class, U-1 and U-2, were built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Constructed according to an American design, they were launched in 1909. A diving chamber, wheels for traveling along the seabed, and other experimental features were […]
The engine on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket fires to launch the Landsat 9 satellite on a mission to observe Earth on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3EXQ5Uk
“If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.” – Charles Lindbergh
Have you ever experienced a meteor shower? To help capture the wonder, a video was taken during the peak of the recent Perseid meteor shower above the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, India, high up in the Himalayan mountains. Night descends as the video begins, with the central plane of our Milky Way Galaxy approaching […]