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You may be able to see it again for the next day or two as a result of the solar flare we're currently experiencing, I'm jealous. I haven't seen them since leaving Alaska back in 1977.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Absolutely beautiful. Seeing the northern lights is the only thing I have left on my bucket list.
My favorite view of the northern lights:
Thanks Nasa
https://youtu.be/I32QDjSbmcs
I'd love to see the Northern Lights sometime. They're not terribly uncommon in northern Minnesota. But I am. :D Lovely picture, bae.
Yes, beautiful pictures, bae!
Has anyone seen the viral video of William Shatner's reaction to his foray into space with Bezos the other day? It was touching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfQVMH5SuI
That was touching. Thanks for sharing, Catherine.
Not only William Shatner was moved to tears. Many of his original fans did.It is remarkable for a person in his 90's to go fo the mission. Anyone in any age will feel that, ‘something that I didn’t experience before’. And being a man with that legacy, it is something that not any fan would experience, I believe.Getting old, one starts to appreciate the smallest and the biggest things in a more pure way, ‘the air keeping us alive is thinner tan the skin’ - he said.William Shatner is just as old as the space technology race. Sci-Fi has a good part of science behind it, it is not a fantasy series. And now he participated in an important manned mission with precise landing control. Unbelievable strength and legacy of the man.
Just a quick handheld shot from the deck last night, during a brief period of clear sky:
https://i.imgur.com/Jj0Ig67.jpg
The clarity!
Could you explain this phenomenon from a picture my friend sent from your area today? (red tide? toxic spill?)
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By pure coincidence, I went to a training class a couple weeks ago to become certified to work at a marine observatory right near there. That is likely not "red tide" or a spill, and is very likely to be Noctiluca scintillans, a harmless, very colorful dinoflagellate. It comes in gold and green colors too, and some of the year is all over the place here.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Thank you!
They'll be relieved.
Just took a shot out the window, looking down into the sound, by the oyster farm. There's a lot of it today:Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
https://i.imgur.com/v7isals.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Need more light on that back side there, LOL.
Although I think I like Alan's telescope photo's a little bit more (James Webb telescope). I am intrigued with what we might learn from it.
I sent Elon a note the other day to see about getting one of my strobes up there, but I haven't heard back yet. Soon though!Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
Love these pics. Thanks so much for posting.
Last night, a bit after midnight, the Northern Lights popped out.
View from my deck, looking north towards Vancouver BC.
https://i.imgur.com/C5pABRd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/a6I9uNg.jpg
Those northern lights are stunning as background for the dark trees. how beautiful!
I love the views you get, bae! Absolutely beautiful!
https://www.wikiart.org/en/eyvind-earle/nocturne-1991
Bae this latest set of Photos reminds me so much of the work of artist/illustrator Eyvind Earle. Many of his subjects were black trees in the forefront of highly colored evening backgrounds.
Gorgeous, bae!
Very cool painting. I never heard of the art style "magic realism"!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
i’ve always been drawn to what is called “commercial art “ or “illustration art” of the fantasy variety. Eyvind Earl worked for Walt.Disney studios but of course sold his own works as well. Another illustrator who did some work for Disney in set designs and film was Kay NielsenQuote:
Originally Posted by catherine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_..._Nielsen_9.jpg
Just today I saved to my "inspiration journal" this artist a saw on the FB page Illustrious Botanical Illustrations. Here's an article about her--her name is Katie Scott. Scroll down to the painting I was really drawn to called Botanicum--Wild Flower. It's kind of in the same style you're talking about.
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...4ZTiU5Q4LSRRxA
Beautiful work. I do tend to like things with black backgrounds. I recently bought three small works by a local artist that are lovely little still life paintings, and they all have a black background and for my eyes they are striking.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I’d like this artist’s Nike shoe work, funny.
Great art pointers, inspiring!
I’ve often wondered: if the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Get your camera out, bae. There is going to be a parade of planets tonight.
https://www.space.com/5-planet-align...ng-opportunity
I'm hoping it's a clear sky when I get home from work tonight!Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
This is a terrible photo, technically, as I just held an iPhone up to the eyepiece of a specialized solar telescope I am experimenting with. Still, it shows you just how scary the nearest star to our planet is!
I expect to have vastly better photos once I manage to mount a real camera to the eyepiece, or figure out how to get the phone mounted to it - the eyepiece has a terribly small amount of eye relief, so hand-holding the phone is nearly impossible - I took about 10 photos to get even this vaguely useful one.
With the naked eye, it's quite terrifying to watch the features on the sun's surface move around, and the flares and prominances soaring above the surface. Especially when you consider the scale!
https://i.imgur.com/FL11c8x.png
Yes---Space is reallly, reallly big. Yup. What I was thinking, since the US is king of the world, is that we should go ahead and claim the Universe as US territory. Yup. Then, expand the USGS to begin surveying the Universe, so we can parcel it out & sell space. Not only will this help pay off the national debt, this greatly-enlarged gummint agency will provide much-needed employment for the homeless, illegal immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Thankk mee for this very(x4444) brilliant solution.
Got a nice show up here tonight:
https://i.imgur.com/yDfJkPY.jpg
Spectacular!
Wow! That is a fabulous show!
So pretty!
Very nice!
Last night:
A nice little green Perseid meteor and Andromeda(M31), pointing at my chimney, along with the tail end of the Milky Way.
https://i.imgur.com/3iq6zmV.jpg
Another experiment tonight catching space rocks:
https://i.imgur.com/bq84HAX.jpg
Magnificent. Moving up here one of the first things I noticed were the stars, and that light pollution steals the opportunity for many people in urban/suburban areas to appreciate the star-lit sky.
Strange alien fusion reactor sighted directly above my garden just now!!!
https://i.imgur.com/abBx50r.jpg
Wow the big round ball is nice
is interesting, seeing its craters