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Beskrivelse / Description: Postkort / postcard.
Dato / Date: ca. 1920
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Mittet & Co.
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: postkort farge, trykt
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_06414
Description:
I've heard many descriptions of the targets I capture with my telescope over the years. Some people see a ship's anchor where others might see a horse, interpreting the nebulous structures in their own unique ways. These cosmic formations are often called beautiful, breathtaking, surreal or etherea. However, when it comes to this particular target—the Ghost Nebula—there seems to be a common thread in the reactions it elicits. Most people, regardless of their background or perspective, described it to me as terrifying.
This consensus is unlike anything I've encountered with other celestial objects. While many nebulae inspire awe and admiration, the Ghost Nebula stirs something deeper, a sense of trepidation towards acknowledging the beauty of the target. Its shadowy, spectral form and the way it seems to loom out of the darkness of space evoked in me, and others, a sense of unease, as if it is a harbinger of something unknown and unsettling.
As you peer into the depths of the Ghost Nebula, the unsettling feeling intensifies with the emergence of shadowy figures seemingly hidden within its swirling mists. These figures, faint yet unmistakable, appear to raise their hands toward the void, as if reaching out in silent supplication or warning. Their forms are nebulous and indistinct, but the impression they leave is chillingly clear, a gathering of ghostly silhouettes frozen in a moment of eerie, eternal stillness. The way these figures blend into the nebulous clouds gives the impression that they are part of the very fabric of the nebula itself, their raised hands emerging from the darkness as if in a silent plea to the universe. The longer you gaze, the more these phantom shapes seem to take on a life of their own, deepening the sense of unease that the Ghost Nebula, 1200 light years away in the constellation Cepheus, so uniquely provokes.
Acquisition details:
Dates:
Aug. 1, 2024
Aug. 8, 2024
Aug. 10, 2024
Frames:
Lum: 75×300″(6h 15′)
Red: 60×300″(5h)
Green: 48×300″(4h)
Blue : 50×300″(4h 10′)
Tota Integration:
19h 25′
Equipment:
Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25"
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
Filters: Chroma 36 mm LRGB
Accessories: Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD925
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Kindest regards,
Ali Alobaidly.
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Description 📄:
A lot of snow covers the mountains of the Swiss Alps, snow that allows most of the ski resorts to open their lifts. One famous ski resort is Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, which attracts skiers from all over the world with its approximately 185 km of ski slopes. The ski area is very large, but all the lifts are interconnected with several slopes of varying difficulty. Only between Sedrun and Dieni are there no slopes connecting the Milez-Flyer ski lifts with the Strem platter or the Cuolm da Vi cable car. The only option for travelling between Dieni and Sedrun is therefore by train, thanks to the R45 Andermatt-Disentis/Mustér line, which, however, can only be taken once an hour. For this reason, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which operates the line between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér, has organised a special shuttle service between Dieni and Sedrun, also known as the ‘Sportzug’ (Sports Train). It operates every half-hour in both directions, and consists of a composition of two carriages plus a Bt-type pilot carriage, all pulled by the Deh 4/4 locomotive number 23. The locomotive is one of four in the MGB fleet, numbers 21 to 24. They were built by the cooperation of SLM (today Stadler) for the bogies, SIG (at the time Schweizerische Waggonfabrik) for the body and SAAS for the electrical equipment. The composition runs on MGB routes more and more rarely, as it is being replaced by the new Orions, which by around 2030 should replace all old compositions that are not yet compliant with European accessibility laws.
Information ℹ️:
Date 📅: 07.01.2025, 10:56
Place 📍: Sedrun
Train 🚄: Deh 4/4 23
Train Company 🏢: MGB
Line 🔢: R46 427 "Sportzug"
Start 🚩: Sedrun
Destination 🏁: Dieni
©️The photo was taken and edited by Nathan Urriani. Use of the image by others is only allowed with my permission.
Description: As the New Horizons spacecraft approached Jupiter en route to Pluto in February 2007, Chandra took exposures of the gas giant. In this composite image, Chandra data from three separate observations were combined, and then superimposed on an optical image of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope. The purpose of the Chandra observations is to study the powerful X-ray auroras observed near the poles of Jupiter.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2007
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/jupiter/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SwRI/R.Gladstone
Accession number: jupiter
Description from Wikipedia: USS Salem (CA-139) is one of three Des Moines-class heavy cruisers completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II. Commissioned in 1949, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and the only one still in existence. She was decommissioned in 1959, after serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She is open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts (photos taken a few days ago)
Description (1955) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the pit, where the rocket plane was hoisted by belly straps into the bomb bay. By the early 1950's a hydraulic lift had been installed on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station to elevate the launch aircraft and then lower it over the rocket plane for mating.
There were four versions of the Bell X-1 rocket-powered research aircraft that flew at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, Edwards, California. The bullet-shaped X-1 aircraft were built by Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y. for the U.S. Army Air Forces (after 1947, U.S. Air Force) and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The X-1 Program was originally designated the XS-1 for EXperimental Supersonic. The X-1's mission was to investigate the transonic speed range (speeds from just below to just above the speed of sound) and, if possible, to break the "sound barrier." Three different X-1s were built and designated: X-1-1, X-1-2 (later modified to become the X-1E), and X-1-3. The basic X-1 aircraft were flown by a large number of different pilots from 1946 to 1951. The X-1 Program not only proved that humans could go beyond the speed of sound, it reinforced the understanding that technological barriers could be overcome. The X-1s pioneered many structural and aerodynamic advances including extremely thin, yet extremely strong wing sections; supersonic fuselage configurations; control system requirements; powerplant compatibility; and cockpit environments.
The X-1 aircraft were the first transonic-capable aircraft to use an all-moving stabilizer. The flights of the X-1s opened up a new era in aviation. The first X-1 was air-launched unpowered from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress on January 25, 1946. Powered flights began in December 1946. On October 14, 1947, the X-1-1, piloted by Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager, became the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound, reaching about 700 miles per hour (Mach 1.06) and an altitude of 43,000 feet. The number 2 X-1 was modified and redesignated the X-1E. The modifications included adding a conventional canopy, an ejection seat, a low-pressure fuel system of increased capacity, and a thinner high-speed wing. The X-1E was used to obtain in-flight data at twice the speed of sound, with particular emphasis placed on investigating the improvements achieved with the high-speed wing. These wings, made by Stanley Aircraft, were only 3-3/8-inches thick at the root and had 343 gauges installed in them to measure structural loads and aerodynamic heating. The X-1E used its rocket engine to power it up to a speed of 1,471 miles per hour (Mach 2.24) and to an altitude of 73,000 feet. Like the X-1 it was air-launched. The X-1 aircraft were almost 31 feet long and had a wingspan of 28 feet. The X-1 was built of conventional aluminum
stressed-skin construction to extremely high structural standards. The X-1E was also 31 feet long but had a wingspan of only 22 feet, 10 inches. It was powered by a Reaction Motors, Inc., XLR-8-RM-5, four-chamber rocket engine. As did all X-1 rocket engines, the LR-8-RM-5 engine did not have throttle capability, but instead, depended on ignition of any one chamber or group of chambers to vary speed.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: E55-02072
Date: 1955
Description: A new study of the Perseus galaxy cluster, shown in this image, and others using Chandra and XMM-Newton has revealed a mysterious X-ray signal in the data. The signal is also seen in over 70 other galaxy clusters using XMM-Newton. This unidentified X-ray emission line - a spike of intensity centered on about 3.56 kiloelectron volts - requires further investigation to confirm both the signal's existence and nature. One possibility is this signal is from the decay of sterile neutrinos, one proposed candidate to explain dark matter.
Creator: Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Record URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014/perseus/
Anthony van Dyck - Sketch book from Italy with description of his encounter with the old paintress Sofonisba Anguissola [1624]
London BM; MN 1957,1214.207.110
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1957-1214-207-110
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Inscribed in pen and brown ink:
"Rittratto della Sigra. Sofonisma pittricia fatto dal vivo in Palermo l'anno 1624 li 12 di Julio: l'età di essa 96 havendo ancora la memoria et il serverllo (cervello) prontissimo, cortesissima, et sebene per la vecciaia la mancava la vista, hebbe con tutto cio gusto de mettere gli quadri avanti ad essa et congran stenta mettendo il naso sopra il quadro, venne a discernere qualche poca et piglio gran piacere ancora in quel modo, facende il ritratto de essa, mi diede diversi advertimenti non devendo pigliar il lume troppo alto, accio che le ombre nelle ruge della vecciaia non diventassero troppo grande, et molti altri buoni discorsi come ancora conto parte della vita di essa per la quale se conobbe che era pittora de natura et miraculaso et la pena magiore che hebbe era per mancamento di vista non poter piu dipingere: la mano era ancora ferma senza tremula nessuna".
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English translation:
"Portrait of the paintress Signora Sofonis(b)a, done from life in Palermo in the year 1624, on 12th of July: her age being 96 years, still with her memory and brain most quick, and most kind, and although she has lost her sight because of her old age, she enjoyed to have paintings put in front of her, and with great effort by placing her nose close to the picture, she could make out a little of it, and still takes great pleasure in that. While I was making her portrait she alerted me to various things: not to hold the light too high, so the shadows aren’t too deep in the lines of an old person’s face, for instance; and she told me many good things about her life, too. It was clear that she was a born painter and a wonderful one, and it pains her greatly not to be able to paint any more because of her vision. Her hand was steady, without the slightest tremor."
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Later, van Dyck claimed that “he had learned more from a sightless old woman than from all the master painters in Italy”.
I usually don't put any description for my pictures. However today I will.
6am in Montreal, a cold Saturday morning of the shortest month of the year... but perhaps the longest when it's cold. Montreal is in black and white like in one of those "B" movies from the past. The city is still sleeping and I am walking through its streets. I wanted to capture a glimpse of the big lady waking-up but instead I saw her lost children. Their gaze is empty, they wander the city. I'm cold walking down The Main. The wind cuts like a knife while I hear the sound of my boots in the snow. The sunlight sneaks between the buildings and near an alley I see a man. He's sitting down sleeping or is he? I continue walking but I can't stop thinking of his hands. His hands where lifeless. I turn the corner and continue walking around the block. I came back to look at him, for sure he moved, for sure one of his friends came to wake him up. I see him and he hasn't move. A gust of wind blows some snow between him and me... "Sir are you ok?", no answer and the city is silence... "Sir can you hear me?" … I walk backwards to the nearest shelter... "Please a man outside needs help". They rush and follow me... he hasn't move, his hands are still lifeless but he breathes they tell me. "Thank you Sir, we will take from here..." I walkway still holding my camera not feeling my finger's by this cold Saturday morning and then only thing I can think is his lifeless hands!
Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre
Paris :De l'Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné,1813 [i.e., 1812-1817]
Beskrivelse / Description: Postkort / Postcard
Dato / Date: 1916
Kunstner / Artist: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: ukjent / unknown
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: postkort, farge, trykt
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_05643
Description of Temple
Koviloor, at present, is a small village, 2 kilometres away from Karaikudi, an educational and commercial centre. The main features of Koviloor are our temple and the mutt.
On the main road, two magnificent chariots constructed with concrete, on both sides of entrance, welcome us to Koviloor Mutt and Temple and from that point a well laid road, leads us to the southern tower of the temple.
The temple is surrounded by four broad Mada Streets. In front of the temple, on the eastern side is the tank "Madhu Puskarani" with a mandapam in the centre of the tank. Surprisingly, by the grace of the lord, the tank is always full with water even during hot summer months. On the southern side, our mutt stands like a palace with granite structure. Northern and western side of the temple, residential quarters for the temple and mutt employees are built. The main temple tower, Rajagopuram, is built with seven tiers according to 'Agama' tradition. It is full of beautiful sculptures.
The History
The Koviloor temple of "Sri Kotravaleeswarar" was initially built by one Pandiya King "Veerasekara Pandiyan" approximately thousand years ago. At that time Koviloor was known as Saliwadi (Land of Rice) and Kalani Vasal (Land of Agriculture). It had been a laterite construction.
Later during the 18th century, His Holiness Shri la Sri Mukthiramalinga Gnana Desika Swamigal had started reconstruction work. Simultaneously he had established our Vedanta Mutt, when it came to be known as Koviloor.
Once Pandiya King Veerasekaran went for hunting near Saliwadi village and lost his sword and later recovered. He ordered the construction of the temple and named the deity as Kotravaleeswarar or Raja Katka Parameshwar (God who saved King's sword, valour and there by citizens)
A legend explains how merciful and considerate has been the Goddess towards the truthful devotees. In ancient times there was a devotee by name Sivagupthan, living at Saliwadi with his wife Sudanmai and daughter Aradhanavalli. One day Sudanmai asked her daughter to go to their farm to protect the rice grains from birds. At noon, the mother went to the farm and fed her child with curd rice. The child relished the food and happily ate it.
But to the surprise of Sudanami, after some time Aradhavalli came running and requested for lunch. On enquiry it was explained that she had not gone to the farm at all, instead gone to play with her friends. Immediately Sivagupthan and Sudanmai realised that Mother Universe had come down to save their rice grains. They rushed to the temple and saw the Mother sitting with a smile and remains of curd rice on her lips. From that day onwards She came to be known as "Thirunellai Amman" (Goddess who saved rice grain).
Description (1953) The aircraft in this 1953 photo of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) hangar at South Base of Edwards Air Force Base showed the wide range of research activities being undertaken. On the left side of the hanger are the three D-558-2 research aircraft. These were designed to test swept wings at supersonic speeds approaching Mach 2. The front D-558-2 is the third built (NACA 145/Navy 37975). It has been modified with a leading-edge chord extension. This was one of a number of wing modifications, using different configurations of slats and/or wing fences, to ease the airplane's tendency to pitch-up. NACA 145 had both a jet and a rocket engine. The middle aircraft is NACA 144 (Navy 37974), the second built. It was all-rocket powered, and Scott Crossfield made the first Mach 2 flight in this aircraft on November 20, 1953. The aircraft in the back is D-558-2 number 1. NACA 143 (Navy 37973) was also carried both a jet and a rocket engine in 1953. It had been used for the Douglas contractor flights, then was turned over to the NACA. The aircraft was not converted to all-rocket power until June 1954. It made only a single NACA flight before NACA's D-558-2 program ended in 1956. Beside the three D-558-2s is the third D-558-1. Unlike the supersonic D-558-2s, it was designed for flight research at transonic speeds, up to Mach 1. The D-558-1 was jet-powered, and took off from the ground. The D-558-1's handling was poor as it approached Mach 1. Given the designation NACA 142 (Navy 37972), it made a total of 78 research flights, with the last in June 1953. In the back of the hangar is the X-4 (Air Force 46-677). This was a Northrop-built research aircraft which tested a swept wing design without horizontal stabilizers. The aircraft proved unstable in flight at speeds above Mach 0.88. The aircraft showed combined pitching, rolling, and yawing motions, and the design was considered unsuitable. The aircraft, the second X-4 built, was then used as a pilot trainer for approach and landing studies. This data was used in designing later rocket-powered aircraft. Almost hidden in the back of the hangar is the ETF-51D (NACA 148/Air Force 44-84958). This two-seat trainer was used as a low-speed chase aircraft, as well as for support flights and liaison missions. It arrived at the NACA High Speed Flight Research Station on September 5, 1950, and was retired from NASA service after a taxi accident on April 15, 1959. The U.S. Army unit at Edwards AFB repaired the aircraft, and used it for helicopter chase work. On the right side of the photo the B-47A (NACA 150/Air Force 49-1900) and YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) are visible. The B-47A was the first production aircraft built by Boeing. The aircraft was transferred from Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory to the High-Speed Flight Research Station on March 17, 1953, where it was used for a wide range of research, including handling qualities, dynamic stability, gust loads, noise level measurements, aeroelasticity (the bending of the wings in flight), and a survey of the X-15 High Range. The YF-84A, in front of the B-47A, was used for vortex generator studies. The Dryden Flight Research Center, NASA's premier installation for aeronautical flight research, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1996. Dryden is the "Center of Excellence" for atmospheric flight operations. The Center's charter is to research, develop, verify, and transfer advanced aeronautics, space, and related technologies. It is located at Edwards, Calif., on the western edge of the Mojave Desert, 80 miles north of Los Angeles. Dryden's history dates back to the early fall of 1946, when a group of five aeronautical engineers arrived at what is now Edwards from the NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, Hampton, Va. Their goal was to prepare for the X-l supersonic research flights in a joint NACA-U.S. Army Air Forces-Bell Aircraft Corp. program. NACA--the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics--was the predecessor of today's NASA. Since the days of the X-l, the first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound, the installation has grown in size and significance and is associated with many important developments in aviation -- supersonic and hypersonic flight, wingless lifting bodies, digital fly-by-wire, supercritical and forward-swept wings, and the space shuttles. Its name has changed many times over the years. From 14 November 1949 to 1 July 1954 it bore the name NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: E-959
Date: 1953
Description 📄:
A lot of snow covers the mountains of the Swiss Alps, snow that allows most of the ski resorts to open their lifts. One famous ski resort is Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, which attracts skiers from all over the world with its approximately 185 km of ski slopes. The ski area is very large, but all the lifts are interconnected with several slopes of varying difficulty. Only between Sedrun and Dieni are there no slopes connecting the Milez-Flyer ski lifts with the Strem platter or the Cuolm da Vi cable car. The only option for travelling between Dieni and Sedrun is therefore by train, thanks to the R45 Andermatt-Disentis/Mustér line, which, however, can only be taken once an hour. For this reason, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which operates the line between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér, has organised a special shuttle service between Dieni and Sedrun, also known as the ‘Sportzug’ (Sports Train). It operates every half-hour in both directions, and consists of a composition of two carriages plus a Bt-type pilot carriage, all pulled by the Deh 4/4 locomotive number 23. The locomotive is one of four in the MGB fleet, numbers 21 to 24. They were built by the cooperation of SLM (today Stadler) for the bogies, SIG (at the time Schweizerische Waggonfabrik) for the body and SAAS for the electrical equipment. The composition runs on MGB routes more and more rarely, as it is being replaced by the new Orions, which by around 2030 should replace all old compositions that are not yet compliant with European accessibility laws.
Information ℹ️:
Date 📅: 07.01.2025, 11:26
Place 📍: Sedrun
Train 🚄: Deh 4/4 23
Train Company 🏢: MGB
Line 🔢: R46 429 "Sportzug"
Start 🚩: Sedrun
Destination 🏁: Dieni
©️The photo was taken and edited by Nathan Urriani. Use of the image by others is only allowed with my permission.
description not needed (((;
well - maybe yes, for the title after all!
ok- first of all those prawns were out-of-this-world!!! i asked the guys to all 'go for it' for my capture - later when i saw the image it reminded me on a joke - where at a dinner party the lights have gone out and a few seconds later when they came on again there were 5 forks stuck in the food (or a hand) on a serving platter - ..... well something like that ((((;
(Description by Grok AI):
Large-format illustrated promotional poster from Ruby Foo's Montreal, the legendary Chinese-American restaurant known for its glamorous Polynesian/tiki bar vibe. Photographed at the McCord Stewart Museum's fine-dining history exhibit near the Ruby Foo's section. Features a colorful circular wreath arrangement of exotic rum-based cocktails including the house signature Rangoon Ruby, Cocokow (coconut specialty), Zombie, Fog Cutter, Polynesian Flame, Wainini Wench, Pina Paradise, To-Night or Never, Mystery Blossom, and more—with fresh fruit garnishes, mint, flames, and descriptive blurbs. Central blank banner likely for custom text or pricing. Classic 1950s–1960s mid-century ephemera capturing Montreal's retro restaurant and cocktail scene.
From an exhibit on Montreal restaurant history @ McCord-Stewart Museum of Canadian History; Montreal, Quebec.
Description: At 15, Henry Cole, later to find fame as organiser of the Great Exhibition began working with the records of the British government. Shocked at their poor condition he pioneered reform of what became known as the Public Record Office - now The National Archives.
This rat, with a stomach full of chewed document, was used as evidence for the poor condition of the records.
Date: c.1830
Our Document Reference: E 163/24/31
This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.
For the past time I've posted photos on Flickr and have gotten a good amount of followers but I realized that since I don't post pictures that often I decided to change that so starting next week I will post 1 picture every week
Description: View of Gallipoli from the sea
Location: Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Date: 1915
Our catalogue reference: WO 317/12a
This image is part of the War Office photographic collection held at The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
Please use the comments section below the pictures to share any information you have about the people, places or events shown.
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Sooo you might have noticed I ain't online a lot ..like a lot
I'm on vacation ! And I don't have much internet and Flickr uses it a lot ..A LOT
So tag me in what you wish for me to see , and yea that's that .
BTW sorry for my behavior on the 7-8-9 of August , were getting ..drunk since its the fair in Krk and we always do some crazy shit on it
bye xD
DESCRIPTION
Philly Cheese Steak heads south with the addition of taco seasonings.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 lb beef flank steak
1 package (1 oz) Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix
6 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Unsalted or Salted Butter, melted
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup water
2 cans (11 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated crusty French loaf
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons CRISCO® Pure Canola Oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 medium green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 medium red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro, if desired
1 jar (8 oz) cheese dip
1 can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso® chopped green chiles
DIRECTIONS
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Spray large cookie sheet with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Cut beef steak against the grain into thin strips; set aside. Reserve 2 teaspoons of the taco seasoning mix.
2.In large bowl, mix 3 tablespoons of the butter, remaining taco seasoning mix, garlic, lime juice and water. Add beef; toss to coat. Refrigerate beef mixture while baking bread.
3.Place bread loaves, at least 2 inches apart, on cookie sheet. With sharp knife, make slits on top of each loaf. In small bowl, stir remaining 3 tablespoons butter, reserved 2 teaspoons taco seasoning mix and the garlic powder until well mixed. Brush seasoning mixture on tops and sides of each loaf. Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.
4.Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and bell peppers; cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender. Remove vegetables from skillet; set aside.
5.In same skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over high heat. Add half of the beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender and browned. Transfer cooked beef to a plate; cook remaining half of beef. Return beef and vegetables to skillet. Stir in cilantro. Keep warm.
6.In small microwavable bowl, stir cheese dip and chiles. Cover with microwavable plastic wrap, folding back one edge 1/4 inch to vent steam. Microwave on High 3 minutes, stirring after 1 minute 30 seconds, until warm.
7.Cut each bread loaf in half crosswise, then cut each half horizontally 3/4 of the way through. To serve, fill each roll with 1/4 of the beef mixture; drizzle with cheese sauce. Serve immediately.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Black Heaven
Description: All I know is that this is a member of the order Coleoptera, suborder Polyphaga, infraorder Scarabaeiformia, superfamily Scarabaeoidea, family Scarabaeidae and subfamily Aphodiinae. I suspect upon the tribe Eupariini and genus Ataenius but I can't be sure, so I'll leave this as unidentified for now. This micro beetle measured around 1,5mm in length and 1mm in width. The elytra had many stretch marks with shallow and short inbetweens. The body is elongate and the beetle itself was flat. The head was smooth. From what I could see, the metatibiae possessed a reddish-brown coloring and three apical spurs distally from the body. I'm not sure about the exact appearance of the pronotrum; in the images it seems smooth without any bigger details but pictures can deceive and I didn't take notice personally. The antennae seemed to possess around 9 segments, with no certainty on this. Further information will be appreciated and credited, although I'm unsure if it is possible with these pictures alone. You can find more pictures of the same individual in my Flickr.
These are the links:
www.flickr.com/gp/137358035@N02/8Fj34k
www.flickr.com/gp/137358035@N02/NU9h86
www.flickr.com/gp/137358035@N02/A4y576
www.flickr.com/gp/137358035@N02/67435w
www.flickr.com/gp/137358035@N02/5j6108
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/408078474
Description:
The Sunflower Galaxy, M63, is a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici and lies some 30 million light years away. It is a flocculent (meaning fluffy) spiral galaxy which has no defined spiral arms, in contrast to grand design spiral galaxies like M81 or M101. Self propagating star formation is one explanation for the structure of these galaxies.
Details:
Scope: ONTC1010 f/4 reflector
Coma corrector: Paracorr Type 2
Camera: QSI690-wsg8
Guide Camera: SX Ultrastar
Mount: AP1100
L: 45x3min 1x1 binning
RGB: 48x5min 2x2 binning each
Total exposure: 6.2 hours
Software: Voyager, PHD2, APCC, Pixinsight
Shine Sprite
Description: Eulepidotis persimilis is a moth in the order Lepidoptera, subdivision Bombycina, superfamily Noctuoidea, family Erebidae, subfamily Eulepidotinae and tribe Eulepidotini.
The moth's patterning gives the impression that the head is at the rear end. The moth is mostly white with a downcurved head. The thorax is also white. The forewings' dorsal view contain two brownish-golden bands; one about halfway through them and another one below the first. Below the second band, a brownish-golden patch can be seen with a black irregular stripe near the outer margin at the tip of the forewings and another just below it at the submarginal area. The hindwings are mostly white and slowly changes into a light golden hue, culminating in a brownish-golden spot at the tip of them. This spot contains a black spot that is reminiscent of an eye. Two small filaments can be seen that resemble antennae. These two traits along with the gradual yellow above the brownish-golden spot that resembles a pronotum may fool predators into thinking that those spots are compound eyes and that the filaments are antennae, indicating erroneously where the head is located and attacking it instead of the true head, possibly resulting in minimum damage to the moth. The downcurved head may also be part of this mechanism by hiding more vital parts. The bold brownish-golden bands may function as "disruptive patterning", breaking up natural lines and cause the various parts of an organism to more or less blend with a background's random clutter, depending where the moth is.
www.backyardnature.net/n/10/100124.htm
A synonym includes: Palindia persimilis (Guenée, 1852)
It measured approximately 1,7cm in length and 2,1cm in width as if seen in the picture.
In nature, they are mostly seen in forests, shrublands and weedy places; this one was found on the 16th floor of a flat in an urban habitat.
Eulepidotis once belonged to the Calpinae but were transferred into Eulepitodinae. "DNA results by Zahiri et al., 2010, suggest that the Eulepidotini and Panopodini are not clades within Erebidae, so the Eulepidotini was raised to subfamily status and includes the tribes Eulepidotini and Panopodini. The female genitalia have the ostial opening in the membrane between the seventh and eighth abdominal sternite, not displaced anteriorly into the seventh sternite as it is in many tribes of the Erebidae, such as Euclidiini, Phaphilini and Ophiusini. We place it on the list after these tribes because males of Eulepidotini and Panopodini have the same form of long mid-tibial hair pencils arising from a groove covered with flat translucent white scales"; differently structured, Eulepidotis have hair pencil on the hind tibia.
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.886.360...
These are some of the host plants of three different species within Eulepidotis: direct.biostor.org/reference/56976
The plants are, for E. merricki, Melicoccus bijugatus (Jacq.) (Sapindaceae) ("Spanish lime"); for E. juncida, Inga fagifolia ((L.) Wildd.) (Leguminosae (Mimosoideae); some place them into Fabaceae) ("ingá-mirim" - PTBR); for E. superior, Quararibea asterolepis (Pitt.) (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) ("cinco-dedos"... - PTBR).
More informations on the species above with larval morphological details can also be found in the same link.
Apparently, they can be found in Brazil, Costa Rica and Honduras.
I do not know any further info on the species persimilis as it is currently undergoing revision according to this study, in which they mention that a full report of the occurence of these two species, Eulepidotis dominicata and Eulepidotis persimilis, are being prepared by Ed Knudson and associates: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3234417/
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.886.360...
www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/dit...
www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulepidotis_persimilis
www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b800d65c27...
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/548336094
Description: Snow White.
Technique: Gouache.
Support: Montval.
Açu Aizawa © 2012. All rights reserved.
A gouache study I made last year! ^^
I love fairytales and I wish I can make more illustrations based in this subject soon!!! ^___^
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Estudo de guache feito no ano passado! ^^
Adoro contos de fadas e me deu uma super vontade de representar alguns deles em meus estudos!!! ^___^
Essa foi a primeira, mas gostaria de fazer mais algumas ilustrações baseadas nesse tema em breve!!! ^___^
Fiz um post mais detalhado no meu blog e ficarei muito contente com a visita de vcs por lá tb! ^.~
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Description on the backside: "Vor dem Theater in Yoshino, fertig zum Abmarsch.
Lord, Mons, Hansen, Fehling, Clarke, Voges, Richter, Temme."
"Outside the theater in Yoshino, ready to leave.
Lord, Mons, Hansen, Fehling, Clarke, Voges, Richter, Temme."
Description: Carmel Passover Record
Creator: Carmel Wine Company Inc.
Object Origin: New York or New Jersey
Medium: vinyl
Date: 1963
Persistent URL: museums.cjh.org/Display.php?irn=14292
Repository: Yeshiva University Museum, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
Accession Number: 2005.103
Rights Information: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights. For more copyright information, click here.
See more information about this image and others at CJH Museum Collections.
Description Famed astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Dryden Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory (later NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and today the Glenn Research Center) in 1955. Later that year, he transferred to the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards as an aeronautical research scientist and then as a pilot, a position he held until becoming an astronaut in 1962. He was one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be chosen. As a research pilot Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100A and F-100C aircraft, F-101, and the F-104A. He also flew the X-1B, X-5, F-105, F-106, B-47, KC-135, and Paresev. He left Dryden with a total of over 2450 flying hours. He was a member of the USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar Pilot Consultant Group before the Dyna-Soar project was cancelled, and studied X-20 Dyna-Soar approaches and abort maneuvers through use of the F-102A and F5D jet aircraft. Armstrong was actively engaged in both piloting and engineering aspects of the X-15 program from its inception. He completed the first flight in the aircraft equipped with a new flow-direction sensor (ball nose) and the initial flight in an X-15 equipped with a self-adaptive flight control system. He worked closely with designers and engineers in development of the adaptive system, and made seven flights in the rocket plane from December 1960 until July 1962. During those fights he reached a peak altitude of 207,500 feet in the X-15-3, and a speed of 3,989 mph (Mach 5.74) in the X-15-1. Armstrong has a total of 8 days and 14 hours in space, including 2 hours and 48 minutes walking on the Moon. In March 1966 he was commander of the Gemini 8 orbital space flight with David Scott as pilot - the first successful docking of two vehicles in orbit. On July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 lunar mission, he became the first human to set foot on the Moon.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: E56-2607
Date: January 1956
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
Union Point United Church, a small wooden country church built in 1940, is set on open space between the north- and southbound lanes of Highway 75, about six kilometres south of Ste. Agathe. The municipal designation applies to the church, an adjacent cemetery and the grounds they occupy.
HERITAGE VALUE
Union Point United Church and its cemetery are significant as the last built features that remain on the original site of the former Union Point settlement. The cemetery's earliest burial, from 1879, recalls the agricultural community's pioneer origins. The landmark building, an enduringly simple Gothic Revival-style structure that succeeded an 1887 Presbyterian facility, likewise serves as a prominent and poignant memorial to Union Point because of its dramatic location between the lanes of one of the busiest divided highways in southern Manitoba.
Description: Using Chandra and several other telescopes, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star - the dense core of a star like the Sun that has run out of nuclear fuel - may have ripped apart a planet as it came too close. This composite image provides one of the clues: Chandra shows that the X-rays (pink) are not coming from the cluster's center, as is evident when combined with visible light data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red, green, and blue). Instead, the details of the combined datasets point to a possible tidal disruption where one astronomical object destroys another through powerful gravitational forces.
Creator: Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Record URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/ngc6388/
Description The South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina and Uruguay is a rich mixing bowl of different water masses. The nutrient-rich waters from the combined Paraná and Uruguay Rivers empty into the South Atlantic through the Rio de la Plata. Under the right conditions, especially in spring and early summer, the nutrients fertilize the offshore surface waters allowing for large plankton blooms.
This unique image captures traces of several different water masses just southeast of Montevideo, Uruguay, and the Rio de la Plata. Close to the coast of Uruguay, the muddy fresh water plume snakes along the coast. Farther offshore, broad swirls of light blue-green and darker water mark a bloom of plankton. To the right, deep blue water covered by puffy clouds suggests another, warmer water mass just north of the bloom.
The patterns of the interfaces between these water masses is complicated and dynamic. One of the objectives of International Space Station crew members is to document regions of plankton blooms. These images can be combined with other data sources such as the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Space Shuttle and International Space Station photographs frequently supply higher levels of detail than satellite imagery because the astronauts use cameras equipped with long telescopic lenses. In this case, the image is oblique (the spacecraft was approximately 45 degrees south), so exact field-of-view and resolution determinations are difficult. However, we estimate the resolution of the near part of the bloom to be between 50 to 100 meters per pixel. If a station crew can capture blooms on successive days or weeks, scientists may be able to determine something about the finer structure of the interacting water masses, the conditions necessary for blooms, and the evolution of the blooms over time.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ISS008-E-6009
Date: December 2, 2003
Description
The Brown Quail is a small, plump ground-dwelling bird. It is variable in colour, ranging from red brown to grey brown with fine white streaks and black barring above, and chestnut brown below. The eye is red to yellow, the bill black and the legs and feet orange-yellow. In Tasmania, this species is called the Swamp Quail and tends to be larger and darker than mainland birds, with a pale yellow eye. Female Brown Quails are larger and may be more heavily marked with black and paler below than males. Young birds are like adult females, with less distinct markings and a dark brown eye. Quails rarely fly, preferring to hide unless an intruder flushes them; then they fly low to the ground, with a rapid whirring flight.
Similar Species
The similar Stubble Quail, C. pectoralis, is paler brown with a pale to white eyebrow and males have a distinctive chestnut brown throat patch while females have a creamy, flecked throat patch. In flight, the Brown Quail has dark flanks and plain upperparts, where other quails have pale flanks and more patterned upperparts.`The Brown Quail prefers dense grasslands, often on the edges of open forests, and bracken. May sometimes be seen alongside roads.
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DESCRIPTION
Sugar flavor of refrigerated cookie dough can be substituted for peanut butter in these yummy and versatile cookie cups.
INGREDIENTS
1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookies
1 cup Hershey®'s premier white baking chips (6 oz)
1 1/2 cups JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter
1 cup Hershey®'s semi-sweet baking chips (6 oz)
4 Nature Valley® oats 'n honey crunchy granola bars (2 pouches from 8.9-oz box), crushed (3/4 cup)*
DIRECTIONS
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 24 mini muffin cups with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray, or grease with shortening. Cut cookie dough into 24 slices. Press 1 slice in bottom and up side of each mini muffin cup, forming 1/4-inch rim above top of cup (sprinkle fingers with flour if necessary). Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are deep golden brown. Cool in pans on cooling racks 5 minutes. With tip of handle of wooden spoon, press dough down in center of each cup to make room for 2 tablespoons filling.
2.Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, melt white chips and 3/4 cup of the peanut butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Divide mixture evenly into cookie cups (about 1 tablespoon each). Refrigerate 10 minutes.
3.In same 2-quart saucepan, melt semi-sweet baking chips and remaining 3/4 cup peanut butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Divide chocolate mixture evenly on top of peanut butter mixture in each cup (about 1 tablespoon each). Sprinkle crushed granola bars over top of each. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour. Remove from muffin cups before serving.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Break up cookie dough into bowl; knead or stir 1/4 cup flour into dough. Divide dough into 24 pieces; press 1 piece in each cup.
Description: Pipe Organ, grand piano and empty wooden benches at the Perkins Institution in South Boston.
Creator: America Illustrated
Date: circa 1890
Format: Stereographs
Accession note: Gift of Larry Melander, 2016
Digital Identifier: AG16-33f
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA