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They often say that Swiss trains run like clockwork, which in the case of the train to Zermatt is also literally true, as it runs on a cogwheel system!
The train engages the cog system on steep parts to avoid slipping back down the hill, or going down too quickly in the other direction.
In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the centre of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right).
Interacting galaxies, such as these, are so named because of the influence they have on each other, which may eventually result in a merger or a unique formation. Already, these two galaxies have seemingly formed a sideways waterspout, with stars from NGC 2799 appearing to fall into NGC 2798 almost like drops of water.
Galactic mergers can take place over several hundred million to over a billion years. While one might think the merger of two galaxies would be catastrophic for the stellar systems within, the sheer amount of space between stars means that stellar collisions are unlikely and stars typically drift past each other.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, SDSS, J. Dalcanton, CC BY 4.0
; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
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brown coffee and blue bottle (my favorite)
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The cookie on the saucer is a Madeleine, which Proust immortalized in Remembrance of Things Past.
Off work today and not too much to do so just taking it easy.
A short walk earlier -this is the little wood just a field away from my house.
A Northern Cardinal on Avery Island, Louisiana, near dusk, hence the very soft focus. They must have been the models for angry birds, right?
Piedra llamada "El Centinela" que le da nombre al cerro que se encuentra a unos 5km de la ciudad de Tandil
A threatening sky above a row of beach cabins in Bredene on the Belgian coast.
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'Beach cabins, Bredene 2021' by fragandaphoto, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
one side planted up - slowly but surely getting there. Good to get a bed filled and then plant out stuff in it before filling the next bed.
The Fireworks - Getting Nowhere Fast
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Look at the camera instead. A Red-winged Blackbird keeps watch over their nesting area, these birds nest in the reeds by the side of a lake, and the males keep watch for hawks from various vantage points along the shore, taking shifts. They're very cooperative, equally spaced out about 20 feet from each other, keeping watch right down the side of the lake.
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Spotted this guy looking through the window last night, casing the joint I guess. Please don't comment on the smudgy window.
Today is day 133 of Project 365 (Thursday).
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Assignment for our photography course using special effects. The effect isn't added in Photoshop but created while taking the picture. In PS I adjusted the colors, reduced noise and sharpened the image.
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I took this shot at the hypocenter of the nuclear blast in Hiroshima, which is the surface location directly below the nuclear explosion.
On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, and detonated approximately 600m directly above this exact spot, immediately killing at least 70,000 and destroying 70% of the city's buildings. In short, with a vanishingly small number of exceptions, anybody standing within 3/4 kilometer of where I was standing ceased to exist instantaneously. Of course the casualty numbers expanded dramatically over the coming days, and indeed months.
Truth be told, I'm not a bleeding heart, and can understand those who rationalize the necessity of this event, as much as those who believe it is an inexcusable horror that should never have happened. It did happen though, and the consequences were real and undeniable, and still can be felt when you stand in a place such as this. If you have the means and opportunity to visit Hiroshima sometime in your life, do.
Most of day 2 we spent driving along the Fjords on roads something like this. This is in the North West of Iceland. This was about 10 pm on our way back. Still full daylight.
Day 2, Iceland 2017
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Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the glorious spiral galaxy NGC 5643, which is located roughly 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus. NGC 5643 is what’s known as a grand design spiral, referring to how the galaxy’s two large, winding spiral arms are clear to see. The spiral arms are defined by bright blue stars, lacy reddish-brown dust clouds and pink star-forming regions.
As fascinating as the galaxy appears at visible wavelengths, some of NGC 5643’s most interesting features are invisible to the human eye. Ultraviolet and X-ray images and spectra of NGC 5643 show that the galaxy hosts an active galactic nucleus: an especially bright galactic core powered by a feasting supermassive black hole. When a supermassive black hole ensnares gas from its surroundings, the gas collects in a disc that heats up to hundreds of thousands of degrees. The superheated gas shines brightly across the electromagnetic spectrum, but especially at X-ray wavelengths.
NGC 5643’s active galactic nucleus isn’t the brightest source of X-rays in the galaxy, though. Researchers using ESA’s XMM-Newton discovered an even brighter X-ray-emitting object, called NGC 5643 X-1, on the galaxy’s outskirts. What could be a more powerful source of X-rays than a supermassive black hole? Surprisingly, the answer appears to be a much smaller black hole! While the exact identity of NGC 5643 X-1 is not yet known, evidence points to a black hole that is about 30 times more massive than the Sun. Locked in an orbital dance with a companion star, the black hole ensnares gas from its stellar companion, creating a superheated disc that outshines the galactic centre.
NGC 5643 was also the subject of a previous Picture of the Week. The new image incorporates additional wavelengths of light, including the red color that is characteristic of gas heated by massive young stars.
[Image Description: A close-up of a spiral galaxy, seen face-on. Its center is a bright white point, surrounded by a large yellowish oval with thin lines of dust swirling in it. From the sides of the oval emerge two bright spiral arms which wind through the round disc of the galaxy, filled with shining pink spots where stars are forming and more dark reddish dust. Many stars can be seen in the foreground, over and around the galaxy.]
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, D. Thilker, D. De Martin (ESA/Hubble), M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble); CC BY 4.0
Poor night heron trying to get some daylight zzz's, but the Grackles are back, as noisy and boisterous as ever, no wonder he's red-eyed.