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White_Eagle.jpgThe Beauty of Nature...432 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Xmas_Truce_1914.jpgThat Day of Peace of 107 years ago214 visiteThere are times when people simply forget what they are made of and other moments when we remember the "Legacy" that should limk us all.
Today, December 24th 2021, We decided, as Lunar Explorer Italia, to wish you a Peaceful Christmas Eve and a serene Christmas Day. And, to do so, we decided to forget the Planets and the Stars for a day, and make a jump back in time. This Historical Event that we wish to remember is worldwide known as "The Christmas Truce" of 1914.
It seemed (and, perhaps, it still seems) impossible that anything like that might have happened during those war times and in those circumstances. But the "Miracle" of Christmas did happen, and we should remember it (once again) and be proud of that unbelievanle event which took place 107 years ago.
And perhaps we should remember it NOW more than ever. As you all know, we live a period where pain, death, violence and even a thick feeling of hopelessness and diffuse paranoia seem to have flooded our World.
We must look forward, of course. But, sometime, in order to walk toward a better Future, it might be good thing to look at a now far and distant past.
We want to remember that Night of the AD 1914, the Men who made the Miracle to happen a we wish a new Miracle to come, all over the Earth, by the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May the infinite Galaxies of the Universe shine bright for you all, whoever you are and wherever you live. Tonight, tomorrow and through the Time that will come. Merry Christmas!
Dr Paolo C. Fienga
Lunar Explorer Italia - Lunexit
President and FounderMareKromium
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YoungMoon.jpgYoung Moon137 visite'Luna Giovane'. L'ultima 'Luna Giovane' risale al 9 Maggio scorso (AD 2005) e questa fotografia la riprende mentre essa è giunta alla sua 34°ma ora (e 18') di 'vita'.
In effetti, quando si calcola l'età della Luna durante una completa lunazione (ossìa un intero "ciclo di tutte le sue fasi") - dalla Luna Nuova alla Luna Piena e quindi ancora alla Luna Nuova - la Luna non 'invecchia' mai più di 29 giorni e 12 ore.
A parte questa piccola curiosità, ci piace sottolineare che la Luna Giovane, quando appare come una sottilissima falce nel nostro cielo, non è solo un grande spettacolo offerto dalla Natura (ed un grande piacere 'visivo'!), ma è anche un momento assai propizio - come accade durante le eclissi - per cercare di vedere dei TLP o anche di cogliere dei bagliori da impatti sul suo lato in ombra.
Certo, ci vuole una grande dose di fortuna per cogliere questi rarissimi fenomeni mentre accadono ma...Se non si prova neppure quando il momento è favorevole, allora non si riuscirà mai a vederli!
O no?!?
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ZA-Green flash from the Sun (2).jpgA "Green Flash" from the Sun (Portugal)96 visiteCaption NASA originale: "Many think it is just a myth. Others think it is true but its cause isn't known. Adventurers pride themselves on having seen it. It's a green flash from the Sun. The truth is the green flash does exist and its cause is well understood. Just as the setting Sun disappears completely from view, a last glimmer appears startlingly green. The effect is typically visible only from locations with a low, distant horizon and lasts just a few seconds".
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ZA-Green flash from the Sun.jpgAnother "green flash" from the Sun (Finland)145 visiteThe same phoenomenon represented by the previous picture.
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ZO-Westlake3Planets061905.jpgMercury, Venus and Saturn in the Western Sky74 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 24 Giugno 2005:" This weekend three planets will grace the Western Sky, forming a lovely trio easily visible shortly after sunset. Saturday evening in particular will find Saturn, Venus and Mercury all within a 2° circle (about the size of your thumb held at arm's length) above the Western Horizon. Recorded last Sunday, June 19, this image shows the same 3 planets arrayed along the ecliptic plane above a Colorado Rocky Mountain skyline. Venus is easiest to pick out of the twilight, the brightest celestial beacon below picture center, with Saturn above and to the left of Venus and Mercury closest to the horizon, right of prominent Pinnacle Peak. By Saturday, the wandering planets will draw even closer together (...)".
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ZP-Mercuryandfriends.jpgMercury, Venus and Saturn in the Western Sky...Again!83 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 30 Giugno 2005:"Venus, Mercury, and Saturn wandered close together in western evening skies last week. On Saturday, June 25, astronomer R. Jay GaBany recorded this snapshot of their eye-catching planetary conjunction, from historic Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, California, USA. The view looks toward the Pacific shortly after sunset with the lights of San Jose and the southern San Francisco Bay area in the foreground. Of course, Venus is the brightest of the trio. Mercury is nearby on the right and Saturn is below and left, closest to the horizon. Farther to the right of the planetary triangle are Pollux and Castor, twin stars of Gemini, with Regulus, bright star of the constellation Leo, at the very upper left corner of the picture. In the coming days, Venus and Mercury remain close, while Saturn continues to drop below them, toward the horizon".
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ZQ-MercuryTransit.jpgThe "Transit" of Mercury92 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 14-11-2006:" What's that dot on the Sun? If you look closely, it is almost perfectly round. The dot is the result of an unusual type of solar eclipse that occurred last week. Usually it is the Earth's Moon that eclipses the Sun. Last week, for the first time in over three years, the planet Mercury took a turn. Like the approach to New Moon before a solar eclipse, the phase of Mercury became a continually thinner crescent as the Planet progressed toward an alignment with the Sun. Eventually the phase of Mercury dropped to zero and the dark spot of Mercury crossed our parent star. The situation could technically be labeled a Mercurian Annular Eclipse with an extraordinarily large ring of fire. From above the cratered planes of the night side of Mercury, the Earth appeared in its fullest phase. Hours later, as Mercury continued in its orbit, a slight crescent phase appeared again. The next Mercurian solar eclipse will occur in 2016". MareKromium
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ZW-The Moon and Jupiter.jpgMoon and Jupiter135 visiteUn'immagine amatoriale davvero eccellente che ci arriva dalla cittadina di Atmore - Alabama, USA - e pubblicata sul Sito NASA - Picture of the Day del giorno 9 Dicembre 2004.
Ben visibili, accanto a Giove, guardando il versante superiore della Luna (e, per l'esattezza, quella sua parte che ci appare debolmente illuminata a causa del "chiaro di Terra"), riusciamo a vedere due "Satelliti Galileiani": Ganymede (quello più prossimo a Giove) e Callisto.
Complimenti al Sig. Westlake per l'immagine!
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ZZ-Jupiter and Venus.jpgJupiter and Venus in the dawn100 visiteUna spettacolare congiunzione Giove-Venere del Novembre 2004, come ripresa, pochi minuti prima dell'alba, nei cieli della Turchia (la città che appare nello sfondo è Bursa).
Si tratta di una fotografia amatoriale - a posa breve - ottenuta con estrema semplicità e senza l'ausilio - a quanto ci è dato vedere - di particolari accortezze tecniche.
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ZZ-Sun Halo.jpgA Sun "Halo" in Tennessee86 visiteDal "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 9 Marzo 2005:"Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case there are actually millions of lenses: ice crystals. As water freezes in the upper atmosphere, small, flat, six-sided, ice crystals might be formed. As these crystals flutter down, much time is spent with their faces flat, parallel to the ground. An observer may pass through the same plane as many of the falling ice crystals near sunrise or sunset. During this alignment, each crystal can act like a miniature lens, refracting sunlight into our view. Dramatically visible behind neighborhood houses and trees and above the cloud deck is the 22° halo created by sunlight reflecting off of atmospheric ice crystals".
L'alone è spiegato in modo preciso ed accurato, ma esso non è l'unico fenomeno visibile in questa foto: alla Vostra Sx si vedono - e bene! - 2 scie chimiche. E quelle come le spieghiamo? Vapori e cristalli?!?
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ZZ-Venus from Space.jpgVenus from the Earth's orbit131 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Venus can appear as a brilliant evening star. Besides the Sun and Moon, Venus is the brightest object visible in Earth's sky. Because it is closer to the Sun than Earth, Venus never strays far from the Sun in its apparent position and is seen during the year as either a bright morning or evening star. This beautiful sunset imaged from low earth orbit by the Atlantis space shuttle crew in May 1989 also reveals the planet Venus blazing above Earth's horizon. It is a fitting image for this mission and crew. It was recorded following the successful release of the robot Venus-explorer Magellan, the first planetary probe to be deployed from a space shuttle".
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