Educative → If The Moon Were Replaced With Some Of Our Planets
Our moon is a pretty big object. It's big enough to be a respectable planet in its own right, if it were orbiting the sun instead of the Earth. (Actually, it is orbiting the sun in a nearly perfectly circular orbit, that the Earth only slightly perturbs... but that's a topic for another day.) The Moon is a quarter the diameter of the Earth. Only Pluto has a satellite that is larger, in proportion to the size of the planet it orbits.
29 Mar 2013 10:12:00, post received 0 comments
Appealing → Pictures Of Recent Events [July 15, 2012]
French fashion designer Zahia Dehar appears at the end of her Women's Fall Winter 2013 haute couture fashion collection in Paris, France, on July 2, 2012. (Photo by Francois Mori/AP Photo)
15 Jul 2012 07:15:00, post received 0 comments
Fact → Fly Me To The Moon...
Fly Me To The Moon... (Photo by Fred Locklear)
26 Jun 2012 09:57:00, post received 0 comments
Funny → Art Sculpture by Soasig Chamaillard
Super Marie
Soasig Chamaillard is creating quite a stir in France with her current show at the Albane Gallery located in Nantes. Featuring the Virgin Mary as a Supergirl Mary, a vampire Mary or My Little Pony Mary, the French artist is facing criticisms from the French Catholic Community which called the exhibition "blasphemous" amongst other words...
29 May 2012 11:52:00, post received 0 comments
Charming → Supermoon May 2012
LAPD chopper flies in a foregraund of the Super Moon in Los Angeles, California on May 05, 2012. Tonight's moon is set to appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter from our perspective on Earth. The Supermoon lines up much closely with perigee – the moon's closest point to Earth. The 2012 May full moon falls some six minutes after perigee, the moon's closest point to Earth for this month. At perigee, the moon lies only 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers ) away. Later this month, on May 19, the moon will swing out to apogee – its farthest point for the month – at 252,555 miles (406,448 kilometers) distant. (Photo by AFP/File, Joe Klamar)
08 May 2012 10:54:00, post received 0 comments
Charming → Full Moon Rises Over Albert Bridge In London
A plane passes the Full moon as it rises over Albert Bridge on February 7, 2012 in London, England. Albert Bridge is said to be one of the most romantic bridges in London, and will be the start point for the flotilla of boats that will make their way along the Thames as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
08 Feb 2012 10:24:00, post received 0 comments
Charming → Contrail
“Contrails (short for “condensation trails”) or vapour trails are artificial clouds that are the visible trails of condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. As the hot exhaust gases cool in the surrounding air they may precipitate a cloud of microscopic water droplets or, if the air is cold enough, tiny ice crystals”. – Wikipedia
Photo: An airplane leaves a vapor trail as it flies in front of he moon on January 17, 2007 above Hanover, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Photo: An airplane leaves a vapor trail as it flies in front of he moon on January 17, 2007 above Hanover, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
04 Jul 2011 10:39:00, post received 0 comments
Appealing → Total Lunar Eclipse In Jerusalem
A total lunar eclipse is seen through the old city walls on June 15, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. The longest lunar eclipse for a decade took place tonight. A lunar eclipse comes when the sun, Earth and moon line up and Earth's shadow falls on the moon. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
16 Jun 2011 11:25:00, post received 0 comments