“There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.” – Thomas Jefferson

Is this giant orange ball about to roll down that tree-lined hill? No, because the giant orange ball is actually the Sun. Our Solar System’s central star was captured rising beyond a hill on Earth twelve days ago complete with a delightfully detailed foreground. The Sun’s disk showed five sunspots, quite a lot considering that […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 16C and a low of 16C. 85 Humidity. 12 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

Wikipedia article of the day is Banksia sceptrum. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Banksia sceptrum, the sceptre banksia, is a plant that grows in Western Australia near the central west coast from Geraldton north through Kalbarri to Hamelin Pool, extending inland almost to Mullewa. It is generally a shrub up to 4 m (13 ft) in diameter […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 21, 2021: Tower of St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral and dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mont Carmel in Valletta, Malta More Info

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Acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite more than 20 years ago on Sept. 3, 2000, this image is of Greenland’s western coast. via NASA https://ift.tt/39kwvD9

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“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr

Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the dusty molecular cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped toward the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical explorations of the obscuring interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and […]