Archive for Astronomy
A video of aurora borealis seen from space
Posted by: on January 4, 2009 in Tags: Astronomy, photo, USA, Video
On December 24th, the famous Earthrise photo turned 40 years old. Andrew Revkin, New York Times’ journalist and blogger at Dot Earth published that day a most interesting note on this event.
Since I use this photo for this very blog I left a comment there. The day after I had the honor of a personal answer from Mr. Revkin himself. On his e-mail he presented me a video of an aurora Borealis seen from space.
This was the occasion for me to read out more on Dot Earth and to discover the videos published on YouTube by Mr. Revkin. Continue reading »
Like every last Sunday of each month, this is time for me to present you my selection of the best pictures of the NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
Like each month, this one was packed with beautiful images and it was very difficult to select just ten. I am absolutely amazed at how many splendors can be seen at night.
The picture above shows how light pollution affects night skies in Los Angeles. Only the moon, Jupiter and Venus can be seen. Continue reading »
Like every last Sunday of each month, this is time for me to present you my selection of the best pictures of the NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
Like each month, this one was packed with beautiful images and it was very difficult to select just ten. I am absolutely amazed at how many splendors can be seen at night.
You will find below my selection. Tomorrow, I will publish an article on the Amazon deforestation. Hope you will like them both. Continue reading »
Like every last Sunday of each month, this is time for me to present you my selection of the best pictures of the NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
This month was exceptionally rich in wonderful pictures and it was very difficult to select just ten. I am absolutely amazed at how many splendors can be seen at night.
You will find below my selection. Tomorrow, I will publish an article on the UNEP works on a global and green new deal. Hope you will like them both. Continue reading »
Great astrophotographies - September 2008
Posted by: on September 28, 2008 in Tags: Astronomy, photo
This month was particularly rich in beautiful pictures of celestial objects proposed as usual by the NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
So instead of proposing you eight pictures like I generally do, I chose ten photographs of nebulae, galaxies and the likes that are worth using as a wallpaper for your computer.
The image above is a detail of the Heart and Soul nebulae - called this way because the object on the right indeed looks like a heart - featured on this great website. Continue reading »
The month of August was a chance for many people in Asia to witness a total lunar eclipse and the occasion for NASA’s astronomy picture of the day to focus on the phenomenon.
This gave us two magnificent pictures, including the crown of the sun, pictured left. But this month’s selection also includes photos of beautiful nebulae.
As usual with my previous posts you will find in today’s article the links to the very best photographies featured this month on the APOD. Continue reading »
This is now official, even if there is no life on Mars, there is at least water. This most interesting founding is due to the US NASA and its Mars Phoenix Lander mission.
The mission begun on May 25th and was extended one month until the end of September as the findings are very interesting and the progress are very successful.
This occurs as I am reading the second book of the Martian Trilogy, a great science fiction series by Kim Stanley Robinson. Continue reading »
What happens when it is Monday evening and you haven’t posted the article you generally publish on Sunday ? Well, it’s easy, you write a quick article.
My review of this month’s astrophotographies will thus be brief, very brief. As a matter of fact there won’t be any descriptions of the photos I liked, just the links.
The thumbnail above is a detail of the picture that was proposed by the NASA astronomy picture of the day on July 19th, it shows M16 and the Eagle Nebula. Continue reading »
Since my article last month, the NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of the Day has been packed with images taken from Mars, thanks to the Phoenix mission.
It also proposed us some very nice pictures from various celestial views such as Saturn’s rings (left, taken by the Cassini mission) or the usual pictures of galaxies.
An interesting month even if it lacked the truly awesome pictures of nebulae I get used to come to appreciate while browsing the APOD. Continue reading »
This month have been like the previous one, packed with beautiful pictures proposed by the NASA and it’s astronomy picture of the day.
You will find in today’s article my selection of the most beautiful photos. They will make you travel from the vincinity of Earth to the infinity of the Universe.
APOD proposed also two videos related to Mars, as today a new mission starts there : Phoenix. Continue reading »
