“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” – Hal Borland

“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” – George Jean Nathan

An arid expanse of the Tengger Desert in north-central China, planet Earth fills the foreground of this starry scene. A widefield panoramic view, it was recorded shortly after moonset in the local predawn hours of December 14. Pictured in the still dark sky, stars of the northern winter hexagon surround a luminous Milky Way. Seen […]

Mostly Sunny today! With a high of 6C and a low of 6C. 89 Humidity. 4 C currently. 14 Km/h Wind from Northeast.

This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming star that is accumulating gas and dust. via NASA https://ift.tt/3e2jzUE

“Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.” – Jack Levine

“Colors are the smiles of nature.” – Leigh Hunt

Fireflies flash along a moonlit countryside in this scene taken on the night of December 13/14 from southern Uruguay, planet Earth. On that night meteors fell in the partly cloudy skies above during the annual Geminid meteor shower. Frames recorded over a period of 1.5 hours are aligned in the composite image made with the […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 7C and a low of 7C. 86 Humidity. 4 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from Southeast.

Dr. Eugene Parker (seated), a pioneer in heliophysics, watches the liftoff of the mission named in his honor. via NASA https://ift.tt/3dRW299