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Die katholische Kirche St. Nicolai in Kalkar bei Kleve am Niederrhein ist unter anderem bekannt für ihre neun geschnitzten Retabel, ihre Kirchenfenster, ihr Chorgestühl, die historische Seifert-Orgel und ihren Marienleuchter.
Die Nicolaikirche ist eine dreischiffige Halle mit zwei parallelen Chören und einem eingebauten Westturm.
Wahrscheinlich wurde der Bau schon 1230 begonnen.
1409 kam es zu einem Brand, nach dem in verschiedenen Bauabschnitten die heute bestehende dreischiffige Halle errichtet wurde.
Die schweren Kriegsschäden sind behoben worden.
Was St. Nicolai jedoch endgültig einzigartig macht, ist die Verbindung dieser mittelalterlichen Kunstwerke mit den neuzeitlichen Kirchenfenstern. Um das Jahr 2000 gestaltete der Wiesbadener Biologe, Physiker und Glasmaler Karl-Martin Hartmann eine Reihe der vormals zerstörten und bis dahin schmucklos gehaltenen Kirchenfenster neu. Als Motive verwendete er u. a. Feynmandiagramme, Abbildungen von Drei-Jet-Ereignissen, Spektroheliogramme (inkl. einer Darstellung des Kometen Hale-Bopp), eine fotografische Aufnahme des Galaxienhaufens Abell 2218, bei dem der von Albert Einstein vorhergesagte Gravitationslinseneffekt beobachtet werden konnte.
The Catholic Church of St. Nicolai in Kalkar in Kleve on the Lower Rhine is known among other things for its nine carved altarpiece, its stained glass windows, its choir stalls, the historical Seifert organ and its Marie chandelier.
The Nicolai Church is a three-aisled hall with two parallel choirs and a built west tower.
Probably the construction was started already in 1230.
1409 there was a fire, according to the existing today with three naves was built in various stages.
The heavy war damage have been rectified.
What makes St. Nicolai however definitively unique is the combination of these medieval art with modern stained glass windows. Around 2000, designed the Wiesbaden biologist, physicist and glass painter Karl-Martin Hartmann a number of formerly destroyed and until then held unadorned church window again. As motives he used, inter alia, Feynman diagrams, pictures of three-jet events, spectroheliograms (incl. A representation of the comet Hale-Bopp), a photograph of the galaxy cluster Abell 2218, in which the predicted by Albert Einstein gravitational lensing effect was observed.
Supererò le correnti gravitazionali - Lo spazio e la luce - Più veloci di aquile - I miei sogni - Attraversano il mare (Franco Battiato - La cura)
I will overcome gravitational currents - Space and light - Faster than eagles - My dreams - They cross the sea (Franco Battiato - The cure)
I really wanted to be at sunrise there, but the gravitational force of the bed did not let me go ...
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"We'll walk together through the paths that lead to the essence.
The love fragrances will intoxicate our bodies the August stillness won't calm our senses. I will weave your hair like the plot of a poem, I know the laws of the world and I'll offer them to you. I will overcome the gravitational currents the space and the light, in order not to make you grow old; I will save you from any melancholy because you're a special human being."
King Tides, the term is non-scientific and refers to when the moon, sun and Earth align at their closest points and the gravitational pull on the Earth is the greatest. This happens for three day periods during the months of November, December, and January. We finally had a break in the weather and went in January to shoot these big waves at high tide. This is at Shore Acres down by Coos Bay.
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Burning through the atmosphere. Sun below the horizon. Vancouver Island ( Across Burrard Inlet )
Freighters on the horizon
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range"). The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry. They are however only predictions, the actual time and height of the tide is affected by wind and atmospheric pressure. Many shorelines experience semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven magnitude tides a day—is a third regular category. WIKIPEDIA
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
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~Nautical me - Christie
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Greetings human creatures, of the planet you call "Earth". I have come a long way to adorn your skies, to make you gaze up into the starry firmament to admire my mysterious nature.
You have given me the strange name "NEOWISE", because a few months ago a space telescope in orbit around Earth, first spotted me as I was approaching your planet, hundreds of millions of miles away. But this is not where I come from. My cradle is located far beyond the orbits of the furthest planets and asteroids, where billions of small, icy bodies, relics of the solar system's formation, move lazily around the Sun. Although the Sun from that far is just a speck of light, its gravitational attraction keeps these frozen bodies in orbit.
Thousands of years ago, perhaps after a tiny nudge from a passing star that slightly deflected my orbit, I started ever so slowly my plunge towards the Sun. I have silently travelled the coldness of space until I first crossed the orbits of the gas giants and then entered the inner solar system, heading towards the central star.
The Sun's heat slowly but steadily warmed my frozen surface and finally my true nature was revealed: an enormous mass of ice, mixed with rocks and dust. As the icy crust that covers my nucleus began to sublimate, gases and dust particles started to form an atmosphere around my solid nucleus. The steady flow of the solar wind pushes the dust and gas into two magnificent tails: the curved, yellowish dust tail and the more straight, blue ion tail, extending for millions of miles into space, opposite the direction of the Sun. And now you can see me in the night sky not as a dark, frozen mass but as a dazzling comet, changing position in front of the distant stars from night to night.
It will not be long before I disappear from the night sky, to return to the depths of space. In the coming weeks I will become increasingly dimmer and harder to spot and my tails will diminish. I will return, but it will not be until thousands of years in the future.
People used to fear comets: for eons, comets were considered sinister omens, heralding the death of kings, and announcing the start of wars and disaster. It took the genius of giants like Isaac Newton and Halley to realize that comets, are simply celestial bodies travelling in elongated orbits around the Sun.
I apologize for not being too splashy and bright like other famous comets, like Hale-Bopp or Halley, to name just two of them. But still if you can get at a dark place, with little or no light pollution from man-made lights - hard to find nowadays - you can still see me maybe with your naked eyes or even better with binoculars. And who knows how long it will be until the next bright comet arrives, so do not miss this opportunity!
So, farewell and stay safe. You will soon forget me, but I will leave something behind, to remind you of my apparition. Specks of dust from my tail will continue around my orbit and will eventually slam into Earth's atmosphere and burn like a meteor. So, the next time you see a meteor in the night sky, it could be one that has been part of my once prominent tail. And if you do, do not forget the wish!
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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, mounted on tripod, unguided
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II@f2.5
Frames: 32 x 8 secs each, ISO 3200
Processing: Developed in Lightroom Classic 9.3, stacked with Sequator (set to Accumulation, Align stars) and final processing in Adobe Photoshop v.21
Burning through the atmosphere. Sun cresting Vancouver Island ( Across Burrard Inlet )
Freighters on the horizon
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range"). The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry. They are however only predictions, the actual time and height of the tide is affected by wind and atmospheric pressure. Many shorelines experience semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven magnitude tides a day—is a third regular category. WIKIPEDIA
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
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The moon was full. It flooded the fields and spilled light into the windows of upper rooms. And all over the country, moon gardeners were planting by it -- corn, beans, sweet peas -- because they know that a full moon will make corn grow tall and pull a vining bean right up the pole.
Moon planters believe that the same gravitational force that pulls the tides, the same cosmic rhythms that draw a horsehoe crab ashore to mate, also cause crops, especially those that bear above ground, to leap right out of the earth. And conversely, when the moon is on the wane and its light and gravitational pull are on the decrease, the earth's gravity kicks in again, and roots burrow happily into the ground.
Now, I don't know if all this is true ... but I liked the idea, so I hope you do too !
Taken a week ago today and processed with a combination of Topaz Impression and two textures by Lenabem-Anna. Thank you Anna !
Thanks as always for any faves, comments or invites - I so appreciate your friendship and support.
NGC 2442 is a galaxy in the Volans constellation, around 50 million light years from earth.
While technically a spiral galaxy, the quite distorted shape of its spiral arms is what immediately stands out. This is likely the result of gravitational interaction/merger with another galaxy in the past.
I opted to stick with a wider view (instead of cropping to just the galaxy) because the surrounding area has quite a bit of colourful stars and interstellar dust (which are both foreground elements within our own galaxy) which frames everything quite nicely I think.
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A gravitational lens refers to a distribution of matter (such as a cluster of galaxies) between a distant source and an observer, that is capable of bending the light from the source, as it travels towards the observer. This effect is known as gravitational lensing.
- Fritz Zwicky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7sJwiZhdvw
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Founded in the 11th c. and rebuilt in the 14th, this striking old bridge has a classic medieval shape of a donkey's back. The bridge is shrouded in mystery and is known as the Devil's Bridge: according to a legend, a master mason made a pact with the devil to complete the construction. The devil demanded the soul of the first that will cross the bridge.
However the master consulted with the local priest and they decided to have a dog cross the bridge first. So the Devil was defeated and he disappeared in the river, never to be seen again.
A sturdy and elegant main arch 20 m high so easily soars above the water, which cancels the law of universal gravitation :)
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The bridge of St. Magdalene - Devil's Bridge, Tuscany, Italy
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See my previous shot about tne rendevouz with the beautiful she-devil here:
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/35691129415
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See my new photos in the My Travels album:
The dramatic beauty of the Norwegian landscape
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/52809516900
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/48519533201
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/48630327531
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www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/48573875462
Дьявольское совершенство древнего моста
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Основанный в 11 в. и перестроенный в 14-ом, этот старинный мост имеет классическую средневековую форму ослиной спины. Мост окутан тайнами и получил имя Мост Дьявола: согласно легенде, мастер-каменщик, чтобы завершить строительство в срок, заключил договор с дьяволом, который взамен потребовал душу первого, который пройдет по мосту.
Однако мастер посоветовался с местным священником, и они решили первой пустить по мосту собаку. В результате дьявол потерпел поражение, в гневе бросился в пучину реки, и больше его не видели ...
Прочная и элегантная главная арка моста высотой 20 м, так легко парит над водой, что отменяет закон всемирного тяготения :)
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Мост Святой Магдалины - Мост дьявола, Тоскана, Италия
Norderney
Niedersachsen
27/x
„... Das Wechselspiel der Empfindungen... Die Welt ist nie profan. Wir nehmen sie oft nur als alltäglich wahr. Die Welt selbst ist auch nicht trist. Die so oft empfundene Tristesse hat ihren Ursprung in uns. In unseren Handlungen und ihren Auswirkungen. Und in unseren Empfindungen... Ich habe nicht die Antworten, aber ich stelle vielleicht manchmal die richtige Frage. Nichts dreht sich um mich alleine. Sondern wir drehen uns alle umeinander. Meine Gravitation ist dabei zu gering, um jemanden anzuziehen... Meine Motivation ist gestaltlos. Ich mache sie an Nichts und niemandem fest. Sondern ich ziehe sie aus dem, was mich in diesem Augenblick umgibt. Die subtile Ironie eines Momentes empfindet jeder von uns anders...“
Changing tides caused by the the Moon's gravitational forces; earthquakes; tsunamis; storm waves and surges; oil spills, drunken ship captains and more create danger for piers - that's PIER PRESSURE.
Crystal Pier, Pacific Beach, San Diego, California is the only pier where you can make overnight accommodations. The Hotel & Cottages opened in 1927.
www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/drop-tower/general-information....
With a height of 146 meters the Bremen Drop Tower is the main laboratory of ZARM and the only laboratory of this kind in Europe. Every day it offers the most economic opportunity for short-term experiments under highest-quality conditions of weightlessness, comparable to one millionth of the Earth’s gravitational force (10-6 g). Since the implementation of the catapult system, a construction developed by ZARM engineers, the experiment duration has been extended to 9.3 seconds - unmatched by any other drop facility worldwide.
Der Fallturm Bremen ist ein 1990 in Bremen fertiggestellter Fallturm, der vom Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) am Fachbereich Produktionstechnik der Universität Bremen betrieben wird. Er ist in Europa einzigartig und ermöglicht erdgebundene Experimente unter kurzzeitiger Schwerelosigkeit.
Der Fallturm Bremen hat eine 122 Meter hohe, evakuierte Fallröhre, in der eine Fallkapsel 4,74 Sekunden lang 110 m herunterfällt. Während dieser Zeit herrscht in der Kapsel Schwerelosigkeit.
NGC 3621 is a spiral galaxy in the Hydra constellation, around 22 million light years from earth.
This galaxy is a so-called “pure-disk” galaxy. Many galaxies have a “bulge” at their center. Very simply put, their central region is populated by a very tight density of stars which shows as a bulging glow when viewed from our vantage point. This galaxy doesn’t have that (and is hence labeled as “pure-disk”). So why is that?
As with many things in astronomy, we’re not quite sure yet. However, the best explanation we have so far is that these central bulges are actually the result of galaxies interacting gravitationally with another galaxy during their lifespan; causing all sorts of turmoil resulting in the central regions getting more densely populated. This galaxy (and various other ones like it for that matter) would quite simply not have been involved in such an encounter.
Setup:
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Moravian C3-61000 Pro
Planewave L-600
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M65 and M66 are two spiral galaxies in the Leo constellation, around 31 and 35 million light years from earth respectively.
If you look closely, the spiral arms of M66 (the bottom left galaxy) appear to be slighty displaced/lobsided compared to the overall disk. So why is that?
While it's difficult to be 100% certain (we can't exactly roll back time), what likely happened is that M66 had violent gravitational interaction with its two neighbour galaxies (there's one more a bit out of frame) around 800 million to a billion years ago. As the galaxies got closer and closer together, they quite literally tore each other apart to an extent before finally drifting off to their current positions. The lobsided spiral arms of M66 are a result of this interaction.
Image acquisition details:
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The history of this place is something I don't know. Thats why I don't know what fights were lost here, to enforce the abandoning of this farm near the town Melides.
It could have been a lack of income, to high expenses or just the missing successor.
What ever it was, this place has lost a lot. At first it's destiny and than the fight against wind, weather and weathering (the left roof has also lost the fight against gravitation). Right now it's looking like the fight against the plant world seems also to be decided.
What it did not loose yet (seem to have lost), is it's soul. I still can feel it. I felt it when I was standing there on that hot and dusty road and I feel it now.
Die Geschichte dieses Ortes ist mir unbekannt. Darum weiß ich auch nicht, welche Kämpfe hier verloren wurden um die Aufgabe dieser Farm in der Nähe von Melides zu erzwingen.
Es könnten mangelnde Einnahmen, zu hohe Kosten oder auch nur der fehlende Nachfolger gewesen sein.
Ganz gleich was es war, der Ort hat viel verloren. Zuerst seine Bestimmung und dann den Kampf gegen Wind, Wetter und Verwitterung (das linke Dach auch noch den Kampf gegen die Gravitation). Im Moment sieht es so aus, als wäre der Kampf gegen die Pflanzenwelt auch schon entschieden.
Was er nicht verloren hat, zu haben scheint, ist seine Seele. Ich kann sie noch fühlen. Ich habe sie gefühlt als ich dort auf dieser heißen und staubigen Strasse stand und ich fühle sie jetzt.
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"Gravity is one major force that creates tides. In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton explained that ocean tides result from the gravitational attractions of the sun & moon on the oceans of the earth. (sumich, Jolo 1996)" At low tide, the green algae once again reveals itself and a reversal of color in this seascape shot results.
The Great Salt Lakes has minimal tidal changes caused by the gravitational forces of the sun and moon. The significant impact is wind and its direction.
A few days ago, this area was surrounded by water, and now it's dry. As the winds change, the shoreline water will also change.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
Chaque vérité que je trouvois étant une règle qui me servoit après à en trouver d’autres
Each truth that I discovered became a rule which then served to discover other truths
. (René Descartes, “Discours de la Méthode“)
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”
― Hanh Nhat Thich, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdPb4mRNQuw
Wherever You Will Go by Charlene Soraia
Recognise the pure truth
of gravitational pull
the short-term solution's difficult
but you'll heal before the Fall
Peer beyond the om'nous clouds
suppressing tears of rain
pass within the Gateway
to the rainbow free of pain
I will always be here
to comfort and to guide
for now I'll glide between the Realms
transcend the Eventide
I will be like flickr
within a binary file
but when you see a butterfly
remember me and smile ...
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'copyright image please do not reproduce without permission'
The Triangulum Galaxy (known as Messier 33 or NGC 598) is a beautiful large spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. It can be (barely) seen with the unaided eye as a faint small smudge only under a truly dark, transparent sky. It is thus one of the most distant objects visible to the unaided eye, since its distance is calculated to be about 3 million light-years. However and due to its relatively large apparent size (almost as large as the area covered by four full Moons), it has a low surface brightness and therefore it is a difficult object to observe under less than ideal conditions.
M33's loosely-wound spiral arms are filled with numerous reddish HII regions (emission nebulae of ionized hydrogen), as well as bluish clouds of young stars. Many of them have their own NGC numbers, the most prominent being NGC 604 (visible at the lower left of the spiral at 8 o' clock position from the nucleus). NGC 604 has a diameter of nearly 1,500 light-years and is estimated that it contains at least 200 newly-formed hot stars.
The galaxy was probably discovered in the 17th Century by Giovanni Batista Hodierna and rediscovered later in 1764 by Charles Messier, who gave it the catalog name M33. It was among the first "Nebulae" identified as extragalactic objects and it was E. Hubble that measured its distance using pulsating stars known as Cepheids, that placed it well outside our own Milky Way.
M33 is the third-largest galaxy of the Local Group, after the Andromeda Galaxy and our own Milky Way, with an estimated diameter of 50,000 light-years, about half the size of the Milky Way. Some astronomers believe that M33 may be a remote but gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda galaxy.
Image Details:
Telescope: Orion EON ED 80/500 refractor
Mount: Modified Vixen Sphinx (NexSXW)
Camera: Canon EOS 20Da
Light frames: 34 x 3 mins (total: 102 mins), ISO 1600, Daylight WB
Support frames: Darks, Bias
Guiding: Skywatcher 80/400 refractor, Skywatcher Synguider autoguider
Date & Location: 16/10/2018 - Chalkidiki, Greece
Processing: DSS 4.1.1, Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Astronomy Tools Actions Set (spikes added to brightest stars)
Burning through the atmosphere. Sun slipping behind Vancouver Island ( Across Burrard Inlet )
Freighters on the horizon
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range"). The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry. They are however only predictions, the actual time and height of the tide is affected by wind and atmospheric pressure. Many shorelines experience semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven magnitude tides a day—is a third regular category. WIKIPEDIA
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
**Best experienced in full screen
M83 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Hydra constellation, around 15 million light years from earth.
Because of its relatively large size in our night sky and high apparent magnitude; it was one of the earliest galaxies to be discovered. When observing this galaxy, it has what's called a double nucleus. It appears to have two individual cores sitting right next to each other. So what's going on there?
For starters let me state that double nucleus galaxies aren't all that uncommon. We basically find them all over the universe. We believe there's two possible explanations for why this phenomenon exists:
1) Galactic mergers. When two galaxies collide, they'll eventually (it's a slow process) merge into a single entity. Obviously, there'll also be two galactic cores/nuclei that end up merging. The dual nucleus may simply be just that.
2) Whenever there's something strange going on near the center/core of a galaxy; the number one culprit on everyone's list will usually be the supermassive black hole present there (and with good reason). Said black hole will of course have a significant gravitational impact all throughout the central region of its galaxy. Another possible explanation for the double nucleus suggests that depending on the type of material being present around the black hole (stars, gas/dust,...); the angle/tilt of the resulting disk/trail might differ. This will create a sort of illusion of two different nuclei.
Setup:
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Abell 1060 is a galaxy cluster in the Hydra constellation, around 190 million light years from earth.
As is often the case, the two bright stars in the frame are nowhere near the galaxies (distance wise) and are performing a cosmic photobomb in the foreground.
An interesting fact about this specific cluster is that from a gravitational standpoint, it shouldn't exist. Roughly 83% of the matter necessary to explain the gravitational interactions just isn't there. This is the infamous "dark matter" you might have heard of (which in essence is just a collection name to indicate that we don't really know what's going on). Time will hopefully tell/reveal.
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What you’re looking at is a starless edit of IC2944, an emission nebula in the Centaurus constellation, around 6500 light years from earth.
While I normally almost never do starless edits (they generally don’t appeal to me), I’m making an exception for this one. As part of my editing workflow, I always split nebulosity from star fields and edit them separately (what makes stars look their best doesn’t necessarily apply to nebulae and vice versa). In this case, the resulting nebula appealed to me so much, I decided to not put the stars back in.
So what is it that’s so interesting/appealing then? If you look closely at some of the larger structures in the image, you’ll be able to make out some fine detail/patterns. This is actually the result of gravitational and stellar radiation interactions within the system, shaping the interstellar gas/dust. You can compare it to wind sculpting dunes over time, just on a much larger scale.
Setup:
Planewave CDK24
Moravian C3-61000 Pro
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I think there’s an unspoken law of photography, older than the hills and more binding than the laws of physics. It goes like this: at some point, every photographer will take a photo of their camera taking a photo. It’s inevitable. Like taxes. Or seagulls.
This is my entry into that ancient ritual. Back when I was shuffling loyalties from Canon to Olympus, I had the tripod set up, the lake glowing like a postcard, and the reeds whispering something rude about my framing. And there was the Canon, staring out across the water as if it knew better than me what to do. Which it did. But at least I had the presence of mind to immortalise one of the last times I used the old Canon, on a sunset shoot at the lake, with my tripod-free Oly. These days I barely remember what a tripod looks like — laziness being a stronger gravitational force for me than the moon.
Did I ever mention my old Canon used to enjoy playing cards - Snap was its favourite.
Have you done the taking a photo of your camera in action, with another camera or phone? If so, then it’s a grand tradition. If not, well… I’m just a ninny. 😉
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to comment, it is greatly appreciated!
Waterscape 82/100 for 2025
25-may-2021: Canin mountain range is climatologically very important for its marked snowfall (a total of 12-15m per year), the result of a geo-orographic combination that leads this particular area to be the rainiest in the Alps with over 3000l/m2 (or mm) per year, that's a value very close to that of the Julian Pre-Alps, where it reaches 3350mm (or l/m2), which is the second highest European precipitative after the Dinaric reliefs between northern Albania and Montenegro/Црна Гора.
Furthermore, again due to its geographical position and local microclimates, the Canin area is colder, on average, than the rest of the Alps at the same altitude.
Naturally, for the snowfall in the area (comparable, in the Alps, only to that of the major mountains of Styria in Austria) we mean the amount of snow that falls during a calendar year (mainly between October and May) and not the instant snow cover which, at this altitude, it is evidently variable and temporary, being able to melt (minimally) even in the mildest days of winter and melting completely in the second half of the summer.
A few years ago, now at the mercy of Global Warming, its glacier (which no longer has the gravitational movement defines it) became extinct, which, for the reasons mentioned above, was the lowest in all the Alps.
Anchored pleasure craft seemingly point to the distant moon
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
~Christie
***Best Experience in full screen mode
Without gravity... no waterfalls!
The scientific meaning of gravity (the downward acceleration of terrestrial bodies due to gravitation of the Earth) was first recorded in the 1620s.
Of course, the word "gravity" was used long before the scientists adopted it. Gravity denotes "weight, dignity, seriousness, solemnity, importance". It comes from from Old French "gravité" (seriousness, thoughtfulness) and from Latin "gravis" (heavy).
So, when the 1960's hippies said something was "heavy", it had gravity.
Sadly, it doesn't get "heavier" than this:
It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.(Hebrews 9:27)
But, thankfully, for those who are trusting in Christ, the final judgement is not to be feared:
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God." (1st Peter 3:18)
Canon EOS 6D @ ISO 6400
Stack of the best 108x30 sec subs with calibration frames added.
Celestron C11 at f7 Cropped.
Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.
Polar aligned : Polar Scope.
Acquisition : Intervalometer.
Imaged from suburbia.
Processed in APP and finished off in LR.
Burning through the atmosphere. Sun slipping behind Vancouver Island ( Across Burrard Inlet )
Freighters on the horizon
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range"). The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry (see Timing). They are however only predictions, the actual time and height of the tide is affected by wind and atmospheric pressure. Many shorelines experience semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven magnitude tides a day—is a third regular category. WIKIPEDIA
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
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Subway station "Rathaus", U 4, Hamburg, Germany.
Escape velocity "is the minimum speed needed for a free, non-propelled object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body, that is, to achieve an infinite distance from it. Escape velocity is a function of the mass of the object and distance to the center of mass of the object. (...).
The escape velocity from Earth's surface is about 11,186 m/s ( 40,270 km/h; 25,020 mph;)."
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity
"La Vitesse de libération" (engl.: Open Sky, german: Fluchtgeschwindigkeit) is the title of an essay by Paul Virilio published 1995.
Bottrop
Ruhrgebiet
NRW
„... Nichts ist selbstverständlich. Die guten Dinge im Leben fallen mir nicht einfach so vor die Füße. Darum empfinde ich auch ein gewisse Art von Dankbarkeit für die Tatsache, hier sein zu dürfen. Auch wenn ich manches falsch mache und manchen oft zu nahe trete... Die Magie des Lebens zieht mich trotzdem aus ihrem Hut und entlässt mich in diese Welt. Warum sollte ich darum ständig mäkeln, kritisieren, laut werden und verletzend sein? Diese Rolle steht mir nicht, dafür bleibe ich zu sehr ein Fluchttier. In der Einsamkeit hier fühle ich mich wohl. Weil ich weiß, dass ich hier niemanden enttäuschen kann. Es tut mir leid, wenn ich Dir eine Nachricht geschickt habe, ohne zu wissen, ob Du sie überhaupt empfangen willst. Mir war danach, mir kam es in diesem Moment einfach nur richtig vor. Aber da ich schon seit so vielen Jahren kaum noch soziale Kontakte außerhalb meines Arbeitsplatzes habe, kenne ich die sozialen Benimmregeln nicht mehr so gut... Ich selbst falle dann, beschleunigt von der Gravitation der Einsamkeit. Eine zu rasante Annäherung endet dann meist in einer Kollision... Das führt mich hier hin. Dadurch wird meine innere Kompassnadel angezogen. Hier ist mein eigener Nordpol, ein Ort der Stille. Aber nicht der Verlassenheit. Ich bin der kleine Junge, der in seiner Fantasie alles sein kann. Ein weißes Kaninchen. Ein Entdecker. Ein überlebender Gestrandeter... Um nicht daran zu denken,was ich wirklich bin. Ein wortloser Ehemann. Ein Verirrter. Und eben ein kleiner Junge, der weit davon entfernt ist, ein Mann zu sein...
Komme gut durch die Nacht und passe auf Dich auf. Ich wünsche Dir für das neue Jahr alles Liebe und Gute. Vor allem aber Gesundheit. Ich lasse Dir einen Gedanken hier. Es liegt an Dir, was Du aus ihm machst...“
n.
1. A number of things of the same kind, growing or held together;
bunch:
par example: a cluster of flowers.
2. A group of persons or things close together:
par example: That cluster of stars is held together by gravitation.
Cluster were a German musical duo consisting of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, formed in 1971 and associated with West Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scenes. Born from the earlier Berlin-based group Kluster, they relocated in 1971 into the countryside village of Forst, Lower Saxony, where they built a studio and collaborated with musicians such as Conny Plank, Brian Eno, and Michael Rother;
AllMusic described the group as "the most important and consistently underrated space rock unit of the '70s, and The Wire places the debut album in its "One Hundred Records That Set the World on Fire".
Avanti: youtu.be/l50cmJOiHv0