The Old Astronomer's Milky Way arcs through this peaceful northern sky. Against faint, diffuse starlight you can follow dark rifts of interstellar dust clouds stretching from the galaxy's core. They lead toward bright star Antares at the right, almost due south above the horizon. The brightest beacon in the twilight is Jupiter, though. From the camera's perspective it seems to hang from the limb of a tree framing the foreground, an apple tree of course. The serene maritime nightscape was recorded in tracked and untracked exposures on June 16 from Dover, Nova Scotia, planet Earth. ... Read more |
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Lauterbrunnen Switzerland . . .Posted by:
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The space agency gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the sun, which have now been stitched together to form the video
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Mossy Arch, Ireland . . .Posted by:
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Dark Sky Reflections . . .Posted by:
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Dark Sky Reflections When the lake calmed down, many wonders of the land and sky appeared twice. Perhaps the most dramatic from the dark sky was the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, visible as a diagonal band. Toward the right were both the Small (SMC) and Large (LMC) Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of our Milky Way. Faint multicolored bands of airglow fanned across the night. Numerous bright stars were visible including Antares, while the bright planet Jupiter appears just above the image center. The featured image is a composite of exposures all taken from the same camera and from the same location within 30 minutes in mid-May from the shore of Lake Bonney Riverland in South Australia. Dead trees that extend from the lake were captured not only in silhouette, but reflection, while lights from the small town of Barmera were visible across the lake. In July, Jupiter and Saturn will rise toward the east just as the Sun sets in the west. ... Read more |
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The Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona in Italy The Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona sits on an outcropping almost 2,500 feet high overlooking the Adige River Valley in northern Italy, near the city of Verona. Since the Middle Ages, this spot has been a destination for religious pilgrimages. The faithful are drawn no doubt by the views and, perhaps, the dangerous path to get there—enlightenment shouldn't come easy. ... Read more |
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers Here above the chilly seas off Iceland, we're peering down at a tall ship called the Gorch Fock—a training vessel of the German navy. Built in 1958, it replaced the original 1933 Gorch Fock, which was seized by the Soviets in the wake of World War II (but is now back home in Stralsund, Germany, as a museum ship). Because traditionally rigged tall ships are valued as tools for learning general sailing skills, the '58 Gorch Fock is still in official service—but for much of the 21st century, it's been in and out of dry dock for repairs and safety improvements. ... Read more |
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Midsummer in Sweden . . .Posted by:
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Midsummer light captured at a lake near the city of Örebro, Sweden This mirrorlike lake—pictured not at dawn nor dusk, but under the tireless midnight sun that marks Scandinavian summers—lies just outside Örebro, a midsized city in south-central Sweden. To Swedes, late June is synonymous with Midsummer, a solstice festival with roots in ancient, pagan Europe that was later combined with the June 24 Christian feast of John the Baptist. ... Read more |
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Inverted City Beneath Clouds . . .Posted by:
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Inverted City Beneath Clouds How could that city be upside-down? The city, Chicago, was actually perfectly right-side up. The long shadows it projected onto nearby Lake Michigan near sunset, however, when seen in reflection, made the buildings appear inverted. This fascinating, puzzling, yet beautiful image was captured by a photographer in 2014 on an airplane on approach to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The Sun can be seen both above and below the cloud deck, with the latter reflected in the calm lake. As a bonus, if you look really closely -- and this is quite a challenge -- you can find another airplane in the image, likely also on approach to the same airport. ... Read more |
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Despite two attempts to fix it, the Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting has been left unrecognisable.
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Restauration horribly gone wrongPosted by:
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A new restoration fiasco in Spain makes many laugh - and the experts shake their heads and scold. According to media reports, a copy of one of the portraits of the great Spanish baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, which was very valuable according to media reports, was defaced in Valencia by a restorer commissioned to repair it.
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Flowers by the sea . . .Posted by:
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Bull Point in Devon, England It might be hard to believe that this breathtaking stretch of coastline near Bull Point on the northern coast of Devon, England, was once notorious for smugglers and wreckers. Today, it's a respite from the crowds, boasting views of dramatic cliffs, rocky headlands, and sandy bays. Along these shores in summertime you can spot colorful patches of wildflowers, which have become a less common sight in the UK over the last hundred years or so. In fact, the country has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows since the 1930s as land has been turned over to grow food crops. Some once-common species like the crested-cow-wheat, spiked rampion, and man orchid are so rare they can only be found at the edges of rural roadsides and small, family-owned farms. ... Read more |
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Ancient ruins of Hierapolis . . .Posted by:
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In the hills around Pamukkale, Turkey, you'll find the ancient ruins of Hierapolis, which thrived here as holy and healing destination through Greek, Roman, and Ottoman times. The city was founded as a thermal spa in 190 BCE by Eumenes II, the king of Pergamon, and was likely named after the wife of the legendary founder of the Pergamene dynasty, Hiera. ... Read more |
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Don't go chasing waterfalls . . .Posted by:
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Beaver Falls on Havasu Creek in the Grand Canyon, Arizona The stunning limestone travertine steps of Beaver Falls are the last in a series of five waterfalls along Havasu Creek, near the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The water gets its turquoise color from calcium carbonate, which reflects the beautiful hue and creates an ever-changing tableau; the minerals are deposited, moved, and redeposited to create new formations. ... Read more |
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The Dourbie Gorge Corps Mill and adjoining bridge in Grands Causses Regional Nature Park, France It may look peaceful now, but on warm days the river below this mill attracts swimmers, kayakers, and the occasional sport fisherman. ... Read more |
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Big sky at Big Bend . . .Posted by:
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Santa Elena Canyon under the Milky Way in Big Bend National Park, Texas Seventy-six years ago today, on June 12, 1944, Big Bend officially became a US national park. The park covers more than 800,000 acres in West Texas along the Mexico border. ... Read more |
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A midsummer twilight's dream . . .Posted by:
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Griboyedov Canal and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg, Russia The Russian language classifies light and dark shades of blue as separate colors—which comes in especially handy if you venture north to Saint Petersburg in midsummer. The seaport metropolis sits less than 500 miles outside the Arctic Circle, so at the height of summer, the twilit 'blue hour' coveted by photographers lasts virtually all night long as the sun hovers just below the horizon. It's a phenomenon also dubbed the 'White Nights' and it usually lasts for around 80 days, starting in May and lasting until July. ... Read more |
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Women of Antifa "The Clubber"Posted by:
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Women of Antifa "The Londoner"Posted by:
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