I love seeing bright Auroral arcs in a light blue, fully moonlit sky ... beautiful color contrast .... In fact I just love being out in the night during the full moon, anytime ...
Aurora Borealis, morning of February 4.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Nice Curves
Mercury Close-up: Hovnatanian Crater (NASA, MESSENGER, 01/16/12)
Mercury Close-up: Hovnatanian Crater (NASA, MESSENGER, 01/16/12), originally uploaded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Editor's note: I believe this striking crater on Mercury is named for the nineteenth century Armenian painter, Hakop Hovnatanian.
Hovnatanian crater was formed by an object that impacted at a very oblique angle, causing the crater to appear elliptical. Although impacts at most angles produce circular craters, impacts with incidence angles <15º (from the horizontal) will create elliptical craters. The rays of Hovnatanian form a "butterfly" pattern, which also indicates an oblique impact.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Original image:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/messenger...
More about the MESSENGER mission to Mercury:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html
messenger.jhuapl.edu/index.php
For information regarding the use of MESSENGER images, see the image use policy:
messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/image_use.html
View the Mercury MESSENGER photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/sets/72157626546158766/
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
the eye of the beholder
Cerro Paranal is an astronomers paradise with its stunningly dark, steady and transparent sky. Located in the barren Atacama Desert of Chile it is home to some of the world's leading telescopes. Operated by the European Southern Observatory (eso.org) the Very Large Telescope (VLT) is located on Paranal, composed of four 8 m telescopes which can combine their light to make a giant telescope by interferometry. Four smaller auxiliary telescopes, each 1.8 m in aperture, are important elements of the VLT interferometer. This footage is made during an imaging expedition to Paranal assigned by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). All video rights reserved by Babak Tafreshi (btafreshi@twanight.org) of The World at Night (TWAN) program. The music is composed by Thomas Nordwest (thomasnordwest.com) and provided by the Ars Electronica (aec.at).
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Achaia Clauss Wine Co., Achaia, Peloponnesus, Greece
via flickr.com
Today, the Achaia Clauss Wine Co. is one of the largest wineries in Greece and the largest exporter of cork-sealed Greek wine exporting to forty-two countries. Its portfolio includes thirty-two wines and four spirits ranging from young, refreshing wines to boutique-style wines with depth and richness. The winery produces an excess of three million cases of wine each year on facilities capable of handling 20,000 bottles per hour. In the recent past, Nick Karapanos, the owner of Achaia Clauss, invested over $10 million in state-of-the-art equipment and has contracted with growers all over Greece to meet the company's growing needs. Its most famous products are Demestica, Mavrodaphne, Muscat, Nemea, Chateau Clauss, Danielis, Santa Helena, Retsina, and Ouzo. These wines have won resounding critical acclaim and have withstood the test of time. Each year, the winery receives 250,000 visitors, who have the opportunity to taste these beautiful wines, and to visit cellars, which house ornate casks dedicated to visiting dignitaries that date back to Empress Elizabeth of Austria in 1885.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
παγκοσμιοποίηση 10 χρόνια μετά
σαν σήμερα πριν από 10 χρονιά άρχισε η μάχη, για την εδραίωση της παγκοσμιοποίησης, με την ετήσια προεδρική ομιλία του Πρόεδρου των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών Τζώρτζ Μπους, με θέμα «καθεστώτα που στηρίζουν τον τρόμο» και την περιγραφή τους ως «Άξονα του Κακού».
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Auroras Galore
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