Imagens do Mundo - Estradas alucinantes - Panamericana - Peru

América de punta a punta

Dos continentes, 18 países y unos 47.000 kilómetros. La red de carreteras conocida como Panamericana se extiende desde el lejano norte de Alaska hasta Ushuaia, la ciudad más austral, en Argentina. En la imagen, el tramo que recorre el desierto de Nazca, en Perú.

LINDA WHITWAM

Astronomy picture of the day - 10-01-2015 - The Windmill's Moon

The Windmill's Moon 
Image Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)

Explanation: Seen from the Canary Island of Fuerteventura, this bright Full Moon rose at sunset. Reaching its full phase on the night of January 4/5, it was the first Full Moon of the new year and the first to follow December's solstice. Of course, in North America the first Full Moon of January has been known as the Wolf's Moon. But this Full Moon, posed in the twilight above an island of strong winds and traditional windmills, suggests another name. The telephoto image, taken at a distance from the foreground windmill, creates the dramatic comparison in apparent size for windmill and Full Moon.