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Pallas-Athene-Brunnen/Athena Fountain - Austrian Parliament, Vienna, Austria 2014..... At the entrance of Austrian Parliament building, is the 5,5 m high statue of Pallas Athene which stands in the middle of a large fountain. The sculptor Carl Kundmann created the statue according to the plans from architect Hansen.
The goddess of wisdom Pallas Athene holds in her right hand a small figure of Nike the goddess of victory and in her left hand a spear. www.city-walks.info/Vienna/Parliament.html
I put my old camera tripod to use again, and this was the result in some very low light. My tripod has not been in use since the late 80's... I only used it for taking portraits, so no wear and tear on it at all... still looks brand new! It was a strange feeling to be using it again with such a different kind of camera.
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This is a shot from my descent down from the Matterhorn. From this high up, it truly is a birds eye view of the valley below. Again, it's another shot from a week or two ago. I'm back in California now.
Two merging galaxies in the VV689 system — nicknamed the Angel Wing —feature in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Unlike chance alignments of galaxies which only appear to overlap as seen from our vantage point on Earth, the two galaxies in VV689 are in the midst of a collision. The galactic interaction has left the VV689 system almost completely symmetrical, giving the impression of a vast set of galactic wings.
This angelic image comes from a set of Hubble observations inspecting the highlights of the Galaxy Zoo citizen science project. This crowdsourced astronomy project relied on hundreds of thousands of volunteers to classify galaxies and help astronomers wade through a deluge of data from robotic telescopes. In the process, volunteers discovered a rogues’ gallery of weird and wonderful galaxy types, some of which had not previously been studied. A similar, ongoing project called Radio Galaxy Zoo is using the same crowdsourcing approach to locate supermassive black holes in distant galaxies.
Noteworthy objects from both projects were chosen for detailed follow-up observations with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. In keeping with the crowdsourced nature of the Galaxy Zoo project, the targets for follow-up observations with Hubble were chosen via roughly 18 000 votes cast by the public. The selected targets include ring-shaped galaxies, unusual spirals, and a striking selection of galaxy mergers such as VV689.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel.; CC BY 4.0
Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt
it has taken me a while & multiple attempts to upload this - Away for a while and on dodgy wifi, I brought this picture with me - I never like to miss posting for webwednesday!
In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. In 2014 the light from a supernova explosion in NGC 3568 reached Earth — a sudden flare of light caused by the titanic explosion accompanying the death of a massive star. Whilst most astronomical discoveries are the work of teams of professional astronomers, this supernova was discovered by amateur astronomers from the Backyard Observatory Supernova Search in New Zealand. Dedicated amateur astronomers often make intriguing discoveries — particularly of fleeting astronomical phenomena such as supernovae.
This Hubble observation comes from a hoard of data built up to pave the way for future science with the upcoming NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. By combining ground-based observations with data from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3, astronomers have built a treasure trove of data on the connections between young stars and the clouds of cold gas in which they form. One of Webb’s key science goals is to explore the life cycle of stars — particularly how and where stars are born. Since Webb observes at infrared wavelengths, it will be able to peer through the clouds of gas and dust in stellar nurseries and observe the fledgling stars within. Webb’s superb sensitivity will even allow astronomers to directly investigate faint protostellar cores — the earliest stages of star birth.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Sun; CC BY 4.0
The ultra-diffuse galaxy GAMA 526784 appears as a tenuous patch of light in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This wispy object resides in the constellation Hydra, roughly four billion light-years from Earth. Ultra-diffuse galaxies such as GAMA 526784 have a number of peculiarities. For example, their dark matter content can be either extremely low or extremely high — ultra-diffuse galaxies have been observed with an almost complete lack of dark matter, whereas others consist of almost nothing but dark matter. Another oddity of this class of galaxies is their anomalous abundance of bright globular clusters, something not observed in other types of galaxies.
Hubble captured GAMA 526784 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed in 2002 by astronauts during Hubble Servicing Mission 3B. Since then, the instrument has played a pivotal role in some of Hubble’s most impressive scientific results, including capturing the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The ACS has also photographed Pluto in advance of the New Horizon mission, observed gargantuan gravitational lenses and found fully formed galaxies in the early Universe.
This image comes from a set of Hubble observations designed to shed light on the properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies. Hubble’s keen vision allowed astronomers to study GAMA 526784 in high resolution at ultraviolet wavelengths, helping to gauge the sizes and ages of the compact star-forming regions studding the galaxy.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. van der Burg; CC BY 4.0
Acknowledgement: L. Shatz
The star nicknamed Earendel (indicated here with an arrow) is positioned along a ripple in spacetime that gives it extreme magnification, allowing it to emerge into view from its host galaxy, which appears as a red smear across the sky. The whole scene is viewed through the distorted lens created by a massive galaxy cluster in the intervening space, which allows the galaxy's features to be seen, but also warps their appearance—an effect astronomers call gravitational lensing. The red dots on either side of Earendel are one star cluster that is mirrored on either side of the ripple, a result of the gravitational lensing distortion. The entire galaxy, called the Sunrise Arc, appears three times, and knots along its length are more mirrored star clusters. Earendel's unique position right along the line of most extreme magnification allows it to be detected, even though it is not a cluster.
With this observation, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the Universe’s birth in the Big Bang (at a redshift of 6.2) — the most distant individual star ever seen. This sets up a major target for the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope in its first year.
Learn more here.
Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU), D. Coe (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI); CC BY 4.0
Especially lazy this morning, the sun's got up before me. A view from the bedroom window.
Today is day 170 of Project 365 (Saturday).
This was our neighbor's house, he lived here when I was growing up. Of course he's passed on now, and the house is abandoned. So many of the places that were once occupied are now empty, either repurposed as farm buildings or slowly decaying.
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The stars are in constant motion. To the human eye this movement – known as proper motion – is imperceptible, but Gaia is measuring it with more and more precision. The trails on this image show how 40 000 stars, all located within 100 parsecs (326 light years) of the Solar System, will move across the sky in the next 400 thousand years. These proper motions are released as part of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3). They are twice as precise as the proper motions released in the previous Gaia DR2. The increase in precision is because Gaia has now measured the stars more times and over a longer interval of time. This represents a major improvement in Gaia EDR3 with respect to Gaia DR2.
Credits: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Acknowledgement: A. Brown, S. Jordan, T. Roegiers, X. Luri, E. Masana, T. Prusti and A. Moitinho.
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La terre est bleue comme une orange...
La terre est bleue comme une orange
Jamais une erreur les mots ne mentent pas
Ils ne vous donnent plus à chanter
Au tour des baisers de s’entendre
Les fous et les amours
Elle sa bouche d’alliance
Tous les secrets tous les sourires
Et quels vêtements d’indulgence
À la croire toute nue.
Les guêpes fleurissent vert
L’aube se passe autour du cou
Un collier de fenêtres
Des ailes couvrent les feuilles
Tu as toutes les joies solaires
Tout le soleil sur la terre
Sur les chemins de ta beauté.
[Paul ELUARD] - L'Amour la poésie - (1929)
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Lines have been drawn in the fungal community, with some choosing to join the dark side.
105mm, f/5.6, 1/1000, iso100
A quick drive down to the Grand Canyon (3 days) before returning to work tomorrow. Spectacular as always, with lots of snow on the rim, and a dusting on the walls.
A 'nymph' watches over a community garden.
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
10 April 2024.
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▶ In the recent past, Global Growers' website said this about the community garden: "Decatur’s Kitchen Garden is a unique garden space for refugee and immigrant growers, led by Global Growers in collaboration with the City of Decatur. The garden currently offers 36 large community growing plots for international families, most of whom came to Atlanta as refugees." As of 2024, however, the website no longer specifically mentions refugees or immigrants.
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A Western Bluebird dropped by yesterday afternoon. Although they're around, I think this is the first time, I've ever had one at my house.
Not Black & White ; original colors, no post-process
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Help with identification appreciated. Estero Bluffs State Park California - from the Franciscan Complex or Assemblage - Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
This is the vibrant liquid light from the stained glass windows of the Sagrada Familia. The color comes from 100% filtered sunlight. Astonishing genius from Gaudi, the light changed continuously while I was there.
I am a bit short of current fly pictures these days ...must try to correct that this weekend.
Happy FlyDay Friday!
... because chives blossoms are very special - they taste juicy, sweet flavor of chives with a little nectar. Simply delicious!
Hier ein Rezept für Euer Sonntagsfrühstück :-))
Rührei mit Schnittlauchblüten
Scrambled eggs with chive blossoms
Zutaten: Eier, Salz, Pfeffer, Muskat, Milch
Petersilie, Schnittlauchröllchen und eine Handvoll Schnittlauchblüten
Die Eier mit Salz, Pfeffer und Muskat sowie der Milch verschlagen.
Butter in der Pfanne zerlassen und die verschlagenen Eier hinzufügen.
Bei schwacher Hitze 1 bis 2 Min. unter ständigem Rühren garen, bis das Rührei
gerade zu stocken beginnt.
Dann die Kräuter und Blüten hinzufügen.
Guten Appetit !!!
Verarbeitung der Blüten:
Im allgemeinen setzt sich jeder Blütenkopf aus 30 bis 40 Einzelblüten zusammen.
Die Blütenköpfe von den Halmen abschneiden und dann die einzelnen Blüten mit der
Schere von ihren kleinen Stielen trennen. Geht auch mit abzupfen!!!
Not original. This is a extreme closeup of a painting in the lobby of a building somewhere in the Chicago loop.