Imagens de Lisboa - Interiores secretos - Capela da Universidade Lusíada

A noble residence, built in 1740 on Rua da Junqueira in the Belém district, is now occupied by Lusíada University. It maintains a small chapel from 1740, with beautiful tile panels depicting Christ's crucifixion, and four stucco medallions on the ceiling with the images of the four Evangelists. In order to see these works of art that very few get to see, join the Thursday Mass at 1:10PM.

Uma casa nobre na Rua da Junqueira em Belém, construída em 1740, é hoje ocupada pela Universidade Lusíada. Mantém uma pequena capela, de 1740, com belíssimos painéis de azulejos ilustrando a crucificação de Cristo, e quatro medalhões no teto com as figuras em estuque dos quatro Evangelistas. Para poder admirar estas obras que muito poucos conhecem, assista à missa às quintas-feiras, às 13H10.

Pictures from my mind - "Bouquet"

"Bouquet"

07-03-2015

JoanMira

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 October 16 - Cylindrical Mountains on Venus

Cylindrical Mountains on Venus 
Image Credit: Magellan Spacecraft Team, USGS, NASA

Explanation: What could cause a huge cylindrical mountain to rise from the surface of Venus? Such features that occur on Venus are known as coronas. Pictured here in the foreground is 500-kilometer wide Atete Corona found in a region of Venus known as the Galindo. The featured image was created by combining multiple radar maps of the region to form a computer-generated three-dimensional perspective. The series of dark rectangles that cross the image from top to bottom were created by the imaging procedure and are not real. The origin of massive coronas remains a topic of research although speculation holds they result from volcanism. Studying Venusian coronas help scientists better understand the inner structure of both Venus and Earth.