The Artemis missioun doth show that the thinges that are trulye the most astoundinge yn thys worlde, the thinges that will echo on thrugh historye, are not technologye, howevir marvelous, but common human braverye, wondir, and love. These will be the themes when thys storye ys tolde for centuryes.
Earth behind the Moon
Awesome image from Artemis.
Big!
The crew of Artemis II is experiencing a total solar eclipse RIGHT NOW from just a few thousand miles above the lunar surface. Here's why it's cool and what they could see 🧪 🔭
This is a good link to bookmark to get Artemis II images hot off the presses: www.nasa.gov/gallery/jour...
L-75 hours and counting...
My timeline app: x37b.nl/artemis/
#ArtemisII
Need a break from the chaos and madness? Oh my, do I have a brain-melting JWST image for you. Behold, the Red Spider Nebula!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-red-sp...
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*salutes beaver comrades*
Decent chances for rare blue auroras right after sunset for U.S.-Canada border states! This kind of blue aurora is produced by resonant scattering from sunlight on N2+ molecules at high-altitudes.
Faint Northern lights tonight from Michigan.
Northern lights are starting to appear in the sky faintly in Central Europe now due to the ongoing G2 (moderate / Kp 6) geomagnetic storm. G3 levels are possible soon. This live view comes from Ettelsberg, Germany where diffuse red aurora can be seen. go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
Two burrowing owlets playing.
Good morning! 🪶
A chart showing a selection of swords and their associated weights, starting with a dagger weighing a can of beans, a cutlass weighing a loaf of bread, a scimitar weighing a gallon of milk, an arming sword weighing a pair of hiking shoes, a scottish sword weighing a cat, a bastard sword weighing an iron, a longsword weighing a bottle of laundry detergent, and a zweihander weighing one human baby
PSA: Swords are a lot lighter than you (and lots of video game designers) think
If you can swing a baby you can swing a Zweihänder
Star Trek rules. Pass it on!
The orbital eccentricity of Uranian moons Ariel and Miranda would have generated enough tidal heating to grant them immense oceans up till ~100 million years ago.
Ariel's ocean was 170 km deep, while Miranda would have been 53% liquid water by volume!
www.psi.edu/blog/evidenc...
Walking into a field with erected stones – whether menhir, circle or portal tomb – is to cross into a territory of wonder. Archaeologist, ley-hunter, stone botherer or pagan pilgrim, we all feel a sense of marvel rippling across our psychic skin. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
Talk to the hand!
The roots of human facial expressions might go back a very long way.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia!
Happy Solstice! ☀️🎉
Happy #DecemberSolstice! 🌞
Understanding seasons - a look at the hourly incoming solar radiation during the two solstices (23.5°N/S). I've added a red marker for ease of viewing. Dashed line shows the equator
This graphic can be found at zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
A macro photograph of a brown mantidfly insect on a stick
It's not a mantid, it's not a fly, it's a mantidfly!
#entomology #bugskye #insect #photography #macro #nature
A black and white lop-eared bunny sits on a clear plastic surface.
We otterposting? We're otter posting. Yes. That's it.
I don't know you, and yet please know you are not alone. Look for the helpers, and don't doomscroll, and if you can, go outside and put your feet on the ground or hug a tree.
