A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

El Greco Painting Found Hidden Beneath a Forgery in the Vatican Conservators from the Vatican Museums recently found out that a new El Greco painting had been hiding under their noses for decades.

The forgery looks better than the El Greco underneath!

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A full rainbow with a hint of a secondary bow. A drystone wall in the foreground and distant hills.

I don't think I've ever been wetter than on today's walk round Walla Crag. In recompense, nature laid on a superb rainbow.

#LakeDistrict #Rainbow

I shall listen!

I'll go to the Lake District and sketch around Lake Coniston, I thought to myself.

Lake Coniston today:

The view from the top of Wansfell Pike. Very misty and grey with a lone figure on the foreground looking out over the scene.

Not much of a traditional view from the top of Wansfell Pike today, but look closely and you'll see a symphony of subtle greys, gradually shading into white. The question is: can I make an interesting painting out of it? #lakedistrict #art

In my dreams ...

Looks great and will buy but the link doesn't work for me?

My constituents want me to focus on cost-of-living, jobs, NHS services, tackling crime & providing opportunities for young people.

They're not interested in who is comms director in No 10 or PM's chief of staff.

That's why we need to focus on the country & not look inwards.

PM has my support.

We elected Starmer for five years not two. Anyone who thinks some other candidate will magically fix our problems hasn't been concentrating for the past 15 years.

Snow Across The Valley, Rossendale, Lancashire, painting by Caroline Johnson.

Hiking Quote of the Day

“I'm losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”

John Muir

'Sunrise in the Lake District.' (1915)
An intriguing picture by James Hamilton Hay. The only painting of his that I can recall combining the influence of Caspar David Friedrich with a love for Japanese printmaking.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

A coastal scene with the horizon 1/3 of the way up the square canvas. In the lower 2/3 there is a coastal cliff edge with sea visible beyond.

Starting today wit a Fred Cumming painting.

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#seascape #art #fredcumming

Actually it is what was said but the original adds "if gender is unclear". A minor point that seems important in this day and age.

This quote worried me from the article "advising writers to refer to [... subjects...] as a ‘person’ or ‘people’ to avoid assigning gender" annoyed me but it's not actually what the person quoted by the writer said. Naughty. Read the original here: www.nga.gov/visit/access...

Nearly finished this painting of a tree lines lane near Ambleside. It was near twilight and the lane was darkening.

A pair of tall elm trees in winter in a Victorian photo.

Much missed. I just about remember the dutch elm disease from the 1970s. Much to my amazement I saw some big elms at Stanley Park in Blackpool in the early 2000s. Even those are gone I think.

Back to their roots: a brief history of trees – in pictures Over 120 years ago, a monumental work recording more than 500 species of tree in Britain and Ireland was published. A new version focuses on the pioneering images it contained

Fascinating Victorian photos of trees. Elms like this are now completely missing from our landscape.

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A painting of a lane. With autumn trees lining the road. It's an unfinished work in progress.

I always seem to be painting one season behind. It’s winter, yet I’m still absorbed in autumn’s colours. Maybe I just need a whole season to digest all the visual riches it offers.

Fishing Boats by the Beach and the Cliffs of Pourville - 1882
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Rowland Hilder's watercolours are amazing. No one did winter, or elm trees, better.

While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.

I just came across some photos I took at Buttermere eight years ago and thought I would share a couple😊

A painting of Loughrigg Tarn in the English Lake District. The tarn reflects the distant Langdale fells.

Added the finishing touches to this Lake District landscape tonight. Next week I'm posting it to it's new owner.

#Cumbria #Lakedistrict #art #landscapeart

The Guardian view on art and health: the masterpiece can cure the body as well as the soul | Editorial Editorial: From a Van Gogh self-portrait to Gauguin’s dreamscapes, new studies show that seeing original art can calm stress and boost health

”going to art galleries is good for you – relieving stress and cutting heart disease risk, as well as boosting the immune system.”

Of course! I reckon it's the mindfulness that looking at great art instills.

I should be really healthy...😁

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Borrowdale, Early Spring Size: 24×18 inches Media: Acrylic on panel Unframed Signed on the front Location: Borrowdale, Lake District

Painting of Borrowdale on a bright spring morning.

#art #painting #cumbria

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Glad to hear I'm not the only one that dislikes Prison Band. The clue's in the name, I suppose!

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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