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The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor or ASIM, mounted outside the European laboratory of the International Space Station, enters its second year of science operations.
Launched in April 2018, the payload began operating on 14 June 2018 and has been studying thunderstorms 400 km above Earth ever since.
Specifically, ASIM is on the hunt for elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere, or lightning that extends upwards into space. These discharges have alluring names like red sprites, blue jets and elves and have been reported by pilots over the years.
Besides these phenomena ASIM is also studying terrestrial Gamma-ray flashes. These are high-energy discharges of photons that propagate out into space.
All these light shows appear to be more common than originally thought and scientists are eager to know more about how they could influence Earth’s climate.
ASIM is outfitted with a collection of optical cameras, photometers and an X- and gamma-ray detector designed to track and record the ‘transient luminous events’ and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes.
Scientists knew these terrestrial Gamma-ray flashes existed because they were detected by astronomy spacecraft in the 1990s, but the ‘MXGS’ instrument on ASIM is looking down at Earth from the International Space Station and scans the globe to pinpoint where the gamma-rays are coming from, the first high-energy instrument to generate images of our planet in X-rays.
After just one year in operation, the ASIM science team published the first image of Earth in X-rays at high spatial resolution.
As ASIM can better detect terrestrial gamma-ray flashes it is revealing more details than ever before, as well as showing where they originate. Scientists can then pool data from other spacecraft and ground-based weather stations to complete the overview.
“ASIM is working really well for what is was built for, but it is also producing great secondary science,” says Astrid Orr, ESA’s physical sciences coordinator. “We sometimes get nice bonuses from ASIM.”
In addition to terrestrial gamma rays, ASIM is also catching glimpses of other types of events from its vantage point on the International Space Station. The payload has clocked meteorites, for instance.
“What really inspires me is that, besides doing fantastic experiments inside the Station, we have an external payload giving us more than what it was launched for. This illustrates what a multipurpose scientific laboratory the International Space Station is” adds Astrid.
The data ASIM is generating are now available for download and can be consulted at the ASIM Science Data Center website upon submission of a proposal to the science team.
ASIM was developed by TERMA for ESA for the ASIM Science Team, coordinated by the Technical University of Denmark, and is operated from the Belgian User Support and Operations Centre.
Credits: NASA
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song and
Let me sing forever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing forever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and I adore
In other words, please be true
In other words
In other words, I love you
Airbus A320-232
EC-MXG
Vueling
Mercedes Intouro Hybrid (III)
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Francisco Larrea - 191 | 7655 MXG
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672 - Cerceda (por Mataelpino) > Madrid (Moncloa)
Mercedes Intouro Hybrid (III)
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Francsico Larrea - 191 | 7655 MXG
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672 - Cerceda (por Mataelpino) > Madrid (Moncloa)
For my video; youtu.be/MXg_-eQH9t0?si=1EpTgD23xql-rC4V
Century Gardens,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
The majority of Fuchsia species are native to Central and South America. A small additional number are found on Hispaniola (two species), in New Zealand (three species) and on Tahiti (one species).
Car: Ford Focus Zetec pick-up.
Year of manufacture: 2001.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st September 2001.
Place of registration: Luton.
Date of last MOT: 8th August 2018.
Mileage at last MOT: 117,522.
Date of last change of keeper: Not known.
Date taken: 11th September 2016.
Location: Queen Square, Bristol, UK.
Seen here at Meole Brace Park & Ride site is this Arriva Midlands Mercedes-Benz O.530G Mercedes-Benz Citaro registered BX04MXG with the fleet number of 5001 about to work a Park & Ride Service back to Shrewsbury.
Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II 80-0218/ID “124 MXG“ 190th FS USAF
ETSL Lechfeld AB
12.06.2023
Car: DAF 33 Variomatic.
Date of first registration: 16th May 1973.
Region of registration: Middlesbrough.
Latest recorded mileage: 41,664 (MOT 23rd May 2019).
Date taken: 20th July 2019.
Location: Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Found a random roll of expired Mitsubishi Super MXG 100 (???) film and decided to shoot it. Looks kind of Kodak-y? Dunno. Yay for the 4th of July!
No edit.
Nikon D200
Voigtländer MACRO APO-LANTHAR 125mm F2.5 SL
コモチカイソウ (子持海葱)
アルブカ・カウダタム (異名 / Synonym Name)
Ornithogalum caudatum Aiton, 1789
Abbreviation: Ornithogalum caudatum
First published in Hortus Kew. 1: 442 (1789)
This name is a synonym of “Albuca canaliculata”.
Confirmation Date: 06/01, 2026.
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コモチカイソウ (子持海葱)
アルブカ・ブラクテアタ (異名 / Synonym Name)
Albuca bracteata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning et Goldblatt, 2009
Abbreviation: Albuca bracteata
First published in Taxon 58: 93 (2009)
This name is a synonym of “Albuca canaliculata”.
Confirmation Date: 06/01, 2026.
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コモチカイソウ (子持海葱)
アルブカ・カナリクラタ (正名 / Accepted Name)
Albuca canaliculata (Medik.) S.S.Ying, 2025
Abbreviation: Albuca canaliculata
First published in New Taxa New Names 8: 262 (2025)
This species is accepted.
Confirmation Date: 06/01, 2026.
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Family: Asparagaceae (APG IV)
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Authors:
Medik. – Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736-1808)
S.S.Ying – Shao Shun Ying (fl. 1970)
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Publication:
New Taxa and New Names
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Collation:
8: 262
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Date of Publication:
30 Nov 2025
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The native range of this species is E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.
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Distribution Native to:
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal
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Introduced into:
Arkansas, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Morocco, Spain, St.Helena
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Synonyms:
Has 13 Synonyms:
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Basionym/Replaced Synonym:
Stellarioides canaliculata Medik., Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. vi. Phys. (1790) 369.
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Homotypic Synonyms:
Stellarioides canaliculata Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 369 (1790)
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Heterotypic Synonyms:
Albuca bracteata (Thunb.) J.C.Manning et Goldblatt in Taxon 58: 93 (2009)
Eliokarmos caudatum (Aiton) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 2: 24 (1837)
Fenelonia bracteata (Thunb.) Raf. in Atlantic J. 1: 145 (1832)
Loncomelos caudatum (Aiton) Dostál in Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 15 (1984)
Ornithogalum bracteatum Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 62 (1794)
Ornithogalum caudatum Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 442 (1789)
Ornithogalum longibracteatum Jacq. in Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 18 (1777)
Ornithogalum massonii J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 551 (1791), nom. illeg.
Ornithogalum scilloides Jacq. in Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 46 (1797)
Stellarioides longibracteata (Jacq.) Speta in Stapfia 75: 173 (2001)
Urginea mouretii Batt. et Trab. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 438 (1921 publ. 1922)
Urophyllon caudatum (Aiton) Salisb. in Gen. Pl.: 36 (1866), not validly publ.
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Publications:
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Kew Backbone Distributions:
(2020). www.floramontiberica.org/Bouteloua/Bouteloua_29.pdf. epublication.
Danton, P. & Perrier, C. (2004). Liste de la Flore vasculaire de l'île Robinson Crusoe archipel Juan Fernández, Chili. Journal de Botanique Société de Botanique de France 24: 67-78.
Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
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This name is Accepted by:
Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Tips on how to grow:
Grow carefully, this Bulb Plant Place the semi-shade. Then, the size of the Bulb will grow the size of the ball of "handball" until (≒ φ20cm). In places of high humidity, this Bulb Plant will give a larger amount of fertilizer. Then, the great length of the leaf is extended to about 150cm. Leaves from coming out a lot, this Plant can enjoy as great Hanging Plants. Bulb beautiful jade in color, in order to make a Bulbil inside the skin of the Bulb, called "Pregnant Onion". Small baby Bulb is obtained when the peeling is this one. Please do not expect too much flowers. :o)
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Distribution:E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
(20) mor 27 CPP NAT (28) sth (78) ark (79) mxc mxg (85) jnf
Lifeform:Bulb geophyte
Original Compiler:R.Govaerts
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