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2017 August 30 Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails Image Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees, TWAN) Explanation: What was happening in the sky during last week's total solar eclipse? This featured little-planet, all-sky, double time-lapse, digitally-fused composite captured celestial action during both night and day from a single location. In this 360x180 panorama, north and south are at the image bottom and top, while east and west are at the left and right edges, respectively. During four hours the night before the eclipse, star trails were captured circling the north celestial pole (bottom) as the Earth spun. During the day of the total eclipse, the Sun was captured every fifteen minutes from sunrise to sunset (top), sometimes in partial eclipse. All of these images were then digitally merged onto a single image taken exactly during the total solar eclipse. Then, the Sun's bright corona could be seen flaring around the dark new Moon (upper left), while Venus simultaneously became easily visible (top). The tree in the middle, below the camera, is a Douglas fir. The images were taken with care and planning at Magone Lake in Oregon, USA. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.

APOD: 2017 August 30 - Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#photography #art #nature #science #Space #earth #astrophotography #astroart

Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails
* Image Credit & Copyright: Haitong Yu

Explanation:
On January 31, a leisurely lunar eclipse was enjoyed from all over the night side of planet Earth, the first of three consecutive total eclipses of the Moon. This dramatic time-lapse image followed the celestial performance for over three hours in a combined series of exposures from Hebei Province in Northern China. Fixed to a tripod, the camera records the Full Moon sliding through a clear night sky. Too bright just before and after the eclipse, the Moon's bow tie-shaped trail grows narrow and red during the darker total eclipse phase that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. In the distant background are the colorful trails of stars in concentric arcs above and below the celestial equator.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180208.html

#space #earth #astrophotography #photography #astroart #art #science #nature

2018 February 8 Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails * Image Credit & Copyright: Haitong Yu Explanation: On January 31, a leisurely lunar eclipse was enjoyed from all over the night side of planet Earth, the first of three consecutive total eclipses of the Moon. This dramatic time-lapse image followed the celestial performance for over three hours in a combined series of exposures from Hebei Province in Northern China. Fixed to a tripod, the camera records the Full Moon sliding through a clear night sky. Too bright just before and after the eclipse, the Moon's bow tie-shaped trail grows narrow and red during the darker total eclipse phase that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. In the distant background are the colorful trails of stars in concentric arcs above and below the celestial equator. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.

APOD: 2018 February 8 - Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#photography #art #nature #science #Space #earth #astrophotography #astroart

2018 July 13 Star Trails and the Bracewell Radio Sundial * Image Credit & Copyright: Miles Lucas at NRAO Explanation: Sundials use the location of a shadow to measure the Earth's rotation and indicate the time of day. So it's fitting that this sundial, at the Very Large Array Radio Telescope Observatory in New Mexico, commemorates the history of radio astronomy and radio astronomy pioneer Ronald Bracewell. The radio sundial was constructed using pieces of a solar mapping radio telescope array that Bracewell orginaly built near the Stanford University campus. Bracewell's array was used to contribute data to plan the first Moon landing, its pillars signed by visiting scientists and radio astronomers, including two Nobel prize winners. As for most sundials the shadow cast by the central gnomon follows markers that show the solar time of day, along with solstices and equinoxes. But markers on the radio sundial are also laid out according to local sidereal time. They show the position of the invisible radio shadows of three bright radio sources in Earth's sky, supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, active galaxy Cygnus A, and active galaxy Centaurus A. Sidereal time is just star time, the Earth's rotation as measured with the stars and distant galaxies. That rotation is reflected in this composited hour-long exposure. Above the Bracewell Radio Sundial, the stars trace concentric trails around the north celestial pole. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)

APOD: 2018 July 13 - Star Trails and the Bracewell Radio Sundial

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#photography #art #nature #science #Space #earth #astrophotography #astroart

Little Planet Lookout
* Image Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai

Explanation:
Don't panic. This little planet projection looks confusing, but it's actually just a digitally warped and stitched, nadir centered mosaic of images that covers nearly 360x180 degrees. The images were taken on the night of October 31 from a 30 meter tall hill-top lookout tower near Tatabanya, Hungary, planet Earth. The laticed lookout tower construction was converted from a local mine elevator. Since planet Earth is rotating, the 126 frames of 75 second long exposures also show warped, concentric star trails with the north celestial pole at the left. Of course at this location the south celestial pole is just right of center but below the the little planet's horizon. the little planet's horizon.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181109.html

#space #earth #astrophotography #photography #astroart #art #science #nature

2018 November 9 Little Planet Lookout * Image Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai Explanation: Don't panic. This little planet projection looks confusing, but it's actually just a digitally warped and stitched, nadir centered mosaic of images that covers nearly 360x180 degrees. The images were taken on the night of October 31 from a 30 meter tall hill-top lookout tower near Tatabanya, Hungary, planet Earth. The laticed lookout tower construction was converted from a local mine elevator. Since planet Earth is rotating, the 126 frames of 75 second long exposures also show warped, concentric star trails with the north celestial pole at the left. Of course at this location the south celestial pole is just right of center but below the the little planet's horizon. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.

APOD: 2018 November 9 - Little Planet Lookout

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#photography #art #nature #science #Space #earth #astrophotography #astroart

Mount Everest Star Trails
* Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

Explanation:
The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape. On September 30, the digital stack of 240 sequential exposures made with a camera fixed to a tripod at an Everest Base Camp captured the sheer north face of the Himalayan mountain and foreground illuminated by bright moonlight. Taken over 1.5 hours, the sequence also recorded colorful star trails. Reflecting the planet's daily rotation on its axis, their motion is along gentle concentric arcs centered on the south celestial pole, a point well below the rugged horizon. The color of the trails actually indicates the temperatures of the stars. Blueish hues are from hotter stars, and yellow to reddish hues are from stars cooler than the Sun.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181201.html

#space #earth #astrophotography #photography #astroart #art #science #nature

2018 December 1 Mount Everest Star Trails * Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) Explanation: The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape. On September 30, the digital stack of 240 sequential exposures made with a camera fixed to a tripod at an Everest Base Camp captured the sheer north face of the Himalayan mountain and foreground illuminated by bright moonlight. Taken over 1.5 hours, the sequence also recorded colorful star trails. Reflecting the planet's daily rotation on its axis, their motion is along gentle concentric arcs centered on the south celestial pole, a point well below the rugged horizon. The color of the trails actually indicates the temperatures of the stars. Blueish hues are from hotter stars, and yellow to reddish hues are from stars cooler than the Sun. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.

APOD: 2018 December 1 - Mount Everest Star Trails

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#photography #art #nature #science #Space #earth #astrophotography #astroart

These #starFruit flowers are tiny but very attractive...
They bloom and fruit whole year round..
#Nature
#Nikon
#MyPhotos
#nature #myphotos #Nikon #StarFruit

We visited for free this amazing cave. I think it has the tallest formation of stalactites in the world. 32 meters.

There are people in these photos if you look carefully 😁

In this care there were people living some 25.000 years ago. Nuts! And cave hyenas. And they discovered cave paintings there that could be the oldest in all human species history, some 42.000 years ago made by Neanderthals. But still they need to confirm this.

The Nerja Cave - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_Nerja

This is me down there...

Mind blowing experience. You have to visit this cave if you can. Put it on your bucked list. The photos do no justice to how amazing the experience was. And from 9:30 every day they provide free tickets if you manage to book them.

Fantastic!

Of course we will make a video about this for our TROMhome channel - https://videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/videos

#cave #nerja #nature #spain

#nature #Spain #Cave #nerja

I rarely see such articles:

"Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead" - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/children-unicorns-dinosaurs-living-animals-environmentalists

Congrats. We need more of these! And TROMnews is meant to bring such articles to light.

The real world is many times more mindblowing than any movie, book, or story humans have invented. Not to mention it is real. If we want people to care about it, then they have to know about it. Expose children to real wonders, real stories, real life.

#nature #education


Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead

Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada
Isabel Losada (The Guardian)
#nature #education

Sometimes for an artist, gaining appreciation matters less than quality. Doing the job well can be enough. At the least, it may be enough to make the artist keep creating great works.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/03/not-zen-103-job-well-done.html

#notzen #zen #taoism #nature #isolation #mywork #zensunday

Not Zen 103: Job Well Done

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #mywork #Zen #isolation #taoism #notzen #zensunday

Property is not a universal concept. It must grow from place to place and from time to time. So we have grown to understand the concept of ownership must include responsibility for the consequences of it.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/06/not-zen-114-property.html

#notzen #nature #property #selfishness #samsara #ownership #land #environment #buddhism #dao #taoism

Not Zen 114: Property

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
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#nature #Samsara #environment #buddhism #ownership #taoism #property #notzen #dao #selfishness #land

You've probably heard that "we are stardust," but this graphic breaks it down further & tells you what kind of stars your dust came from--and which elements didn't come from stars at all.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13873/ #science #nature #space

This periodic table depicts the primary source on Earth for each element: from the Big Bang, massive stars, white-dwarf supernovae, merging neutron stars, low-mass stars, or other processes. In cases where two sources contribute fairly equally, both appear.

Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements

This periodic table depicts the primary source on Earth for each element. In cases where two sources contribute fairly equally, both appear. || PeriodicTableOrigins2_print.jpg (1024x682) [251.7 KB] || PeriodicTableOrigins2_Large.
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
#nature #science #Space

You perceive what a dog is thinking. You understand a bee, a crab, or a raccoon. And they know you.

We are connected.

http://www.notzen.net/2014/12/not-zen-141-logos.html

#notzen #taoism #stoicism #nature #mywork #empathy #zensunday

Not Zen 141: Logos

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
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#nature #mywork #empathy #stoicism #taoism #notzen #zensunday

We may be loving and merciful out of the kindness of our spirits. But it is practical, too. Kind deeds may return to us. They can fill the whole world, even in bitter times.

https://www.notzen.net/2012/01/not-zen-2-mercy-in-summer-when-land-was.html

#notzen #mercy #dao #taoism #love #nature

Not Zen 2: Mercy

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #love #taoism #notzen #dao #mercy

There is no virtue in arguing to prove one's cleverness but there's no virtue in ignorance, either.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/02/not-zen-148-immunity.html

#notzen #taoism #nature #disease #immunity #vaccination #laotze #zensunday

Not Zen 148: Immunity

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #taoism #notzen #zensunday #disease #immunity #vaccination #laotze

I think if I lived 678 years I would never get bored and I would have new projects to do all the time. I feel like I want to do a lot. And I do a lot every day, but the days are too short for my motivation and drive. The weeks, the months, are flying by so fast. The years, still more ahead than behind, but soon they will balance, and then you'll ride the ones ahead. But it's all about making the best of this ride, even tho too short.

This year we have a motorhome, very little money, and a lot of plans.

Make sure you follow us on Peertube https://videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/videos - we will go chase the darkest skies in Spain, meet with some wonderful friends from the project, volunteer, and do a lot.

#trom #tromsite #motorhome #spain #vanlife #exploring #nature #tromhome

#nature #Spain #trom #tromsite #vanlife #motorhome #tromhome #exploring

On dirait une forêt, mais il s'agit en réalité d'un seul arbre de 47 000 troncs qui couvre une superficie de 42,6 hectares dans l'Utah 🇺🇸.

Son âge est estimé entre 16 000 et 80 000 ans, faisant de lui le plus vieil organisme vivants sur Terre 👇

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03570-4

#nature #terre


The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest

A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.
Kudiabor, Helena
#nature #terre

A little break from my recent Scotland photography run.

With the recent trend of murky, overcast and windless conditions here, we enjoyed a stroll around the Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail in Clapham, to capture the last of this year's autumn colours. 👍

#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #travel #yorkshiredales #northyorkshire #yorkshire #uk #britain #england #autumn #fall

A peaceful autumn woodland path through the Ingleborough Estate shows walkers strolling beneath a natural canopy of beech trees, their leaves displaying brilliant shades of amber and gold. The well-maintained gravel path, carpeted with fallen leaves, stretches into the misty distance whilst tall, grey-barked trees stand sentinel on either side, creating a tranquil tunnel effect that frames both the lone walker in the foreground and the small group of ramblers ahead. A moss-covered stone bridge with curved walls leads to traditional Yorkshire stone cottages in the village of Clapham, whilst two walkers pause on the path ahead. The narrow footbridge, dusted with autumn leaves, curves gently upward between weathered walls topped with verdant moss, creating a charming scene typical of Yorkshire Dales architecture, with the grey-stone houses and their distinctive sash windows providing a quintessentially British backdrop.
A stone footpath strewn with autumn leaves winds its way through verdant woodland towards a dramatic waterfall, which cascades through an ancient stone arch bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. The stepped path, bordered by a wooden handrail and lush vegetation, leads viewers' eyes naturally to the tumbling white waters of Clapham Beck as it flows through multiple tiers beneath the weathered stonework, whilst the surrounding trees display the golden hues of autumn. A dreamy woodland scene captures the essence of autumn in the Yorkshire Dales, where Japanese maples display vibrant coral-red leaves amongst the yellowing foliage of native trees. The misty atmosphere softens the forest's depths, whilst the rough-barked trunk of a silver birch stands prominently in the foreground, creating a striking contrast with the ethereal blend of emerald, amber and crimson leaves that dance throughout the composition.
#nature #Fall #Britain #landscape #UK #travel #autumn #landscapephotography #england #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #northyorkshire

I feel like we could all use some good news right now, so here you go: Bright comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will become visible in the evening sky starting tomorrow night.

Clear view to the west essential. Sharp eyes highly recommended. Pointers at the link.

https://skyandtelescope.org/press-releases/bright-comet-evening-view/ #space #science #astronomy #nature #photography

The bright Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will first become visible in the evening sky on October 11th, appearing between Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, and Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes. While opening night will have it competing against twilight, it will be both higher in the sky and more visible against darker skies on subsequent evenings.
#photography #nature #science #Space #Astronomy

The Grab - https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/26145/the-grab/

Watch this documentary to see how governments and companies go after buying Earth resources from other tribes, in all sorts of terrible ways. From arable land to water. In a crazy race to get enough for their own tribe because of the impacts of climate change that will devastate vast areas on this planet.

This terrible mentality of trying to survive and thrive at the expense of the rest, as if we are not living on the same planet. Same spaceship.

Very telling documentary. Some 10 years in the making.

#documentary #nature #resources #water #agriculture #TradeRuinsEverything #climatechange #climate

#nature #ClimateChange #water #climate #resources #TradeRuinsEverything #documentary #agriculture

An early morning visitor. Think it flew in while I had the windows open last night. Description in alt-text.

📍 #Aizawl, #Mizoram

#Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Mothstodon #mothmania #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Lepidoptera

A moth sits still on the left corner of a wide monitor. It is light brown in color with patterns of a dead leaf. You also see three small prominent black spots on each of its wings. On the monitor, you see the fediverse site open.
#nature #Wildlife #insects #lepidoptera #aizawl #mizoram #mothsmatter #mothstodon #teammoth #mothmania

What is "normal" anyway?

Astronomers have found multi-planet systems around a number of nearby stars, but none that's much like our own. They're not a lot like each other, either.

We still don't know what a normal planetary system looks like, or if there even is such a thing.

https://astrobiology.com/2024/01/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-planet-formation-and-evolution-in-a-distant-solar-system.html #science #nature #astronomy

We highlight the disparate architectures of the highest-known multiplicity planetary systems, as well as a few systems similar to TOI-1136. We highlight that the candidate seventh planet in TOI-1136 does not have a confidently detected orbital distance. Planet and stellar radii are scaled for comparison to other systems, though we emphasize that the planet-star size is not to scale. None of the systems exhibits a clear analog to any of the others, and all have the potential for very interesting, future study. — UC Irvine

Unraveling The Mysteries Of Planet Formation And Evolution In A Distant Solar System - Astrobiology

A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution.
Keith Cowing (Astrobiology)
#nature #science #Astronomy

Young marmot, last year somewhere in Switzerland. We spent the night nearby, and were planning to shoot the Milky Way in the night. Unfortunately, the night turned out cloudy, so no luck there! But the luck returned in the morning, with a family of young marmots frolicking around.

#cute #marmot #mountains #nature #pets #switzerland #wildanimals #wildlife #wildlifephotography

#nature #Cute #pets #Wildlife #wildlifephotography #mountains #switzerland #Marmot #wildanimals

Dreaming of Provence
By Ludmila Gorbunova ©

#art #nature #landscape #France

Painting of a landscape with a lot of bright blue and purple foliage in the foreground, and mountains on the horizon. Behind the blue and purple foliage, the field is coloured mainly in shades of green, with touches of purple and yellow. In the background on the left is a small white house with a purple roof with many green trees behind it. In the background on the right is a small light green and brown coloured hill with two green trees on it. On the horizon are two high greyish green and purple coloured mountains with touches of white on them. The sky is blue with some white clouds.
#France #art #nature #landscape

Lieu de Reve
By Lee Campbell ©

leecampbell.co.uk

#art #nature #landscape

Bit dreamy painting of a lake in nature. The lake is coloured soft pink, with some soft blue at the edges. In the foreground is a lot of dark blue foliage, among which a big plant on the right, of which your see the small blue leaves above in the painting. At the water front is a small strip of yellow grass. On the left in the middle of the painting is soft green coloured soil, with several mainly soft purple coloured full trees on it. On te horizon are soft blue coloured mountains with blue foliage in front of them on the right. The sky is coloured in light shades of pink, yellow and blue.
#art #nature #landscape

Flowery Countryside
By Andrea Borella ©

modiarte.shop

#art #nature #flowers #trees #landscape
Painting of a countryside with two greyish purple houses with orange roofs in the background. In the foreground on the left is a big plant with many rather large pink and purple coloured flowers, with light green leaves. On the right is a sandy path with light green grass in it, leading to the houses. On the left of the path are more large purple flowers and a red bush. Left next to the houses are green and purple coloured trees. There is a brownish bordeaux stone wall behind these trees and the houses. Behind this wall are more trees in the colours dark green, and various shades of purple. Behind the houses you see the top of a green tree, and right next to the houses are little yellow trees and a pink tree. On the horizon are blue hills. The sky is blue with white clouds with some touches of light pink on them.
#art #nature #trees #landscape #Flowers

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