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Moon Ecyipse - Stonehenge.jpgEclipse over an ancient observatory...109 visiteImmagine amatoriale molto bella e decisamente suggestiva...
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ZO-Westlake3Planets061905.jpgMercury, Venus and Saturn in the Western Sky82 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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Sundogs1.jpgThe "Dogs of the Sun"158 visiteI "Cani del Sole", un evento naturale decisamente curioso e, purtroppo, piuttosto raro dalle nostre parti (diciamo purtroppo poich si tratta di un fenomeno alquanto suggestivo). Secondo i Navajo, l'apparizione dei due (apparenti) Soli Minori (i "cani", appunto) accanto al Sole Maggiore, costituiva di regola un presagio favorevole e, per i guerrieri/cacciatori, il verificarsi di questa "apparizione" costituiva l'annuncio di una stagione di caccia (o anche di una semplice "battuta", magari) particolarmente favorevole. I "Cani del Sole" e la relativa leggenda vennero anche - incidentalmente - ripresi nel film (ormai entrato nella Storia del Cinema) "The Deer Hunter", con R. de Niro.
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Solar_Eclipse_1999-MIR.jpgMacular Degeneration on a Planetary Scale166 visiteCaption NASA, from "NASA - Picture of the Day" del giorno 2 Gennaio 2011:"Here is what the Earth looks like during a Solar Eclipse.
The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth. This shadow moved across the Earth at nearly 2000 Km-per-hour.
Only observers near the center of the dark circle can see a Total Solar Eclipse - others see a Partial Eclipse where only part of the Sun appears blocked by the Moon.
This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 Solar Eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir Space Station. The two bright spots that appear on the upper left are thought to be Jupiter and Saturn. Mir was deorbited in a controlled re-entry in 2001".MareKromium
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First_Snow-MF-LXTT.jpgFirst Snow (by Marco Faccin)234 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Lunar_Rover.jpgLuna-1 (Special Processing by Dr Marco Faccin)94 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Neptune_and_Triton-NC-LXT.jpgFather and Son, in an Ocean of Darkness: Neptune and Triton (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)74 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Sunset.jpgCrescent Moon and Mercury at Sunset72 visite"...Is anything too wonderful for the Lord?..."
Genesis - 18:14MareKromium
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LonelyQuasar.gifLonely Quasar...119 visite"...It was just before dawn,
One miserable morning in black, '44,
When the forward commander was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn,
And the generals gave thanks
As the other ranks
Held back the enemy tanks for a while,
And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives..."
Pink Floyd - "When The Tigers Broke Free"MareKromium
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Zodiacal_beletsky_big.jpgZodiacal Light and the False Dawn72 visite"...Do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart..."
- 1 Corinthians 4:5MareKromium
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The_Moon_and_Saturn.jpgSo close, and yet, so far...76 visite"...A Verbal Art like Poetry is reflective: it stops to think. Music is immediate: it goes on to become..."
W.H. Auden (1907 - 1973) - "Music and Imagination" (1952)MareKromium
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FL-Anticrepuscolar Rays.jpgInfinite82 visiteCaption NASA originale:"(...) Pictured above are anticrepuscular rays.
To understand them, start by picturing common crepuscular rays that are seen any time that Sunlight pours though scattered clouds. Now although Sunlight indeed travels along straight lines, the projections of these lines onto the spherical sky are great circles. Therefore, the crepuscular rays from a setting (or rising) Sun will appear to re-converge on the other side of the sky.
At the anti-solar point 180 around from the Sun, they are referred to as anticrepuscular rays (...)".
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