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 […]
Mostly Cloudy today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 87 Humidity. 12 C currently. 3 Km/h Wind from South.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 28, 2021: Piece of chocolate cake, sprinkled with cocoa powder, on a white plate decorated with chocolate sauce. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Lettuce. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the daisy family, Asteraceae, often grown as a leaf vegetable, and sometimes for its stem or seeds. Often used for salads, lettuce is also seen in other kinds of food, such as soups, sandwiches and […]
On Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at 2:12 ET a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the Landsat 9 satellite is slated to lift off on a mission to observe Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/3EOwaXQ
“God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.” – Arthur Young
Here is one of the most famous pictures from the Moon — but digitally reversed. Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969 and soon thereafter many pictures were taken, including an iconic picture of Buzz Aldrin taken by Neil Armstrong. The original image captured not only the magnificent desolation of an unfamiliar world, but […]
Cloudy today! With a high of 19C and a low of 19C. 84 Humidity. 16 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 27, 2021: View of Hohenbeilstein castle (on top) and of the Unteres Schloss (below) in Beilstein, Germany. The Unteres Schloss is a listed villa built from 1906 to 1908 in historicist style. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Transandinomys. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Transandinomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of the family Cricetidae—a grouping of medium-sized, soft-furred rice rats. It includes two species—T. bolivaris and T. talamancae—found in forests from Honduras in Central America to southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela in South America. The […]