A serendipitously timed photo taken near Arnhem by Dutch photographer Vincent Cornelissen.
The goose is performing a manoeuvre known as ‘whiffling’ in which – to maximise the speed of its descent – it inverts its body while twisting its head 180 degrees.
Notions, some say.
Behold: the battered, pockmarked southern highlands of the Moon – home to impact sites old and young. To wit:
Captured on July 20, the lunar landscape features the Moon’s young and old, the large craters Tycho and Clavius. About 100 million years young, Tycho is the sharp-walled 85 kilometre diameter crater near centre, its 2 kilometre tall central peak in bright sunlight and dark shadow. Debris ejected during the impact that created Tycho still make it the stand out lunar crater when the Moon is near full, producing a highly visible radiating system of light streaks, bright rays that extend across much of the lunar near side. In fact, some of the material collected at the Apollo 17 landing site, about 2,000 kilometres away, likely originated from the Tycho impact. One of the oldest and largest craters on the Moon’s near side, 225 kilometer diameter Clavius is due south (above) of Tycho. Clavius crater’s own ray system resulting from its original impact event would have faded long ago. The old crater’s worn walls and smooth floor are now overlayed by smaller craters from impacts that occurred after Clavius was formed. Observations by the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) published in 2020 found water at Clavius. Of course both young Tycho and old Clavius craters are lunar locations in the science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.
(Image: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau)
Work taken from two projects by Argentine artist Karen Navarro: El Pertenecer en Tiempos Modernos (Belonging in Modern Times) and The Constructed Self.
Photographer Jan Langer’s ‘Faces Of Century’ project in which Czech centenarians re-enact the poses of photographs taken of themselves 70 or 80 years earlier.
Short biographies of the subjects can be found at the ⓘ below each pair of photographs on the site.
The paintings of Jessica Brilli – acrylic on wood panel minimalist works combining American Realism and 20th century graphic design aesthetics.
No it’s not Kinnegad.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt explores black holes – how they grow and how the biggest one in the cosmos came to be.
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Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow
Colum Cronin tweetz:
“August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.” Joseph Wood Krutch.
Behold: a flashing object that streaked across the sky against the backdrop of the Milky Way nearly three years ago, leaving a bright green trail that took 30 minutes to dissipate. To wit:
Given the day, August 12, and the direction, away from Perseus, it was likely a small bit from the nucleus of Comet Swift-Tuttle plowing through the Earth’s atmosphere — and therefore part of the annual Perseids meteor shower. The astrophotographer captured the fireball as it shot across the sky in 2018 above a valley in Yichang, Hubei, China. The meteor’s streak, also caught on video, ended near the direction of Mars on the lower left. Next week, the 2021 Perseids meteor shower will peak again. This year the Moon will set shortly after the Sun, leaving a night sky ideal for seeing lots of Perseids from dark and clear locations across planet Earth.
(Image: Dandan Huang)
