Un paisaje helado rodea a dos turistas en la estación de montaña Tianmen en Zhangjiajie (China), el 29 de enero de 2015.
2015-03-22
Astronomy picture of the day - 22-03-2015 - A Double Eclipse of the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Thierry Legault
Explanation: Can the Sun be eclipsed twice at the same time? Last Friday was noteworthy because part of the Earth was treated to a rare total eclipse of the Sun. But also on Friday, from a part of the Earth that only saw part of the Sun eclipsed, a second object appeared simultaneously in front of the Sun: the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. Although space station eclipses are very quick -- in this case only 0.6 seconds, they are not so rare. Capturingthis composite image took a lot of planning and a little luck, as the photographer had to dodge a series of third objects that kept, annoyingly, also lining up in front of the Sun: clouds. The above superposed time-lapse sequence was taken from Fregenal de la Sierra in southern Spain. The dark disk of the Moon dominates the lower right, while the Sun's textured surface shows several filaments and, over an edge, a prominence.
2015-03-21
Aconteceu a 21 de março de...1846 - Nasce Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
A 21 de Março de 1846, nasce, em Lisboa, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, desenhador e ceramista português. Foi o criador da figura do Zé Povinho.
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Astronomy picture of the day - 21-03-2015 - Northern Equinox Eclipse
Image Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda
Explanation: Snowy and cold is weather you might expect at the start of spring for Longyearbyen on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. But that turned out to be good weather for watching the Moon's umbral shadow race across northern planet Earth. The region was plunged into darkness for 3 minutes during the March 20 total solar eclipse while insulated eclipse chasers witnessed the dark Sun in the cold clear sky. In this well-timed snapshot captured near the end of totality, the Moon's shadow sweeps away from the horizon and the solar corona fades as the lunar disk just begins to uncover the Sun. Streaming past the Moon's edge, direct rays of sunlight create the fleeting appearance of a glistening diamond ring.
2015-03-20
De plus en plus de candidats d'origine portugaise sur les listes FN
"Un quart des candidats d'origine portugaise qui se présentent aux élections départementales sont sur les listes de l'extrême droite française", titre O Observador.
Le 25 février dernier, le site d'information reprenait les chiffres d'un recensement réalisé par le LusoJornal, un hebdomadaire portugais francophone, selon lesquels la part de candidats d'origine portugaise se présentant aux élections départementales sous les couleurs du Front national serait en augmentation (plus d'une centaine candidats d'origine portugaise sur un total de 3200 candidats FN).
Interrogé par O Observador, Carlos Pereira, le directeur du LusoJornal, explique que, "dans les élections précédentes, les Verts comptaient de nombreux candidats d'origine portugaise sur leurs listes, ce qui n'est plus du tout le cas aujourd'hui. Ils continuent d'être nombreux sur celles du PS et de l'UMP. Mais le fait que l'augmentation soit si nette au sein du FN, c'est inhabituel."
Contre le droit de vote des étrangers
Si le recensement est discutable (basé uniquement sur le patronyme des candidats) et que le phénomène reste à analyser, il pourrait être un signe supplémentaire de la "normalisation" du parti d'extrême droite. O Observador rappelle "que le FN est [pourtant] contre le droit de vote des étrangers".
Pour expliquer ce qui pourrait motiver un tel comportement, Carlos Pereira rapporte que "les Portugais ont été mis du côté des 'bons immigrés' [par la société française] et que, du coup, certains d'entre eux pensent que d'autres peuvent être désignés comme de mauvais immigrés".
Au Portugal, l'équivalent du Front national, le Parti national rénovateur (PNR), ne dépasse guère 0,3 % des votes.
Courrier International - France
Hiroshima 1948 - Fotos historicas do bombardeamento nuclear do Japão
Imagem mostra o antes e o depois da explosão devastar áera da cidade de Hiroshima
Imagens do Mundo - Ascensor da Bica - Lisboa - Portugal
Uma foto do Ascensor da Bica abre o artigo do The Guardian sobre os melhor fotógrafos de cidades no Instagram. O autor é o português @rodrigoo que mostrou Lisboa aos seguidores do jornal.
@RodrigooTribunal decide penhora de bens do Consulado de Portugal em São Paulo
Por causa de uma dívida de pouco mais de 10 mil e 700 euros, bens do Consulado Geral de Portugal em São Paulo, no Brasil, serão penhorados. O Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST) confirmou, no início deste mês de março, a sentença que, numa primeira decisão, estabeleceu a penhora. O Consulado poderá recorrer desta decisão.
O Consulado contratou o Grupo Pires Serviços Gerais para assegurar serviços de vigilância, a empresa faliu, um dos trabalhadores desse grupo reclamou uma dívida próxima dos 11 mil euros e recorreu aos tribunais. A justiça brasileira deu-lhe razão e condenou a representação consular “subsidiaramente pelas verbas trabalhistas não pagas.” Ou seja, o Consulado e o grupo seriam obrigados a pagar. Só que o grupo faliu.
Ler mais em: http://observador.pt/2015/03/19/tribunal-decide-penhora-de-bens-do-consulado-de-portugal-em-sao-paulo/
Astronomy picture of the day - 20-03-2015 - Sunshine, Earthshine
Image Credit: Dylan O'Donnell
Explanation: Today's date marks an Equinox and a New Moon. Remarkably, while the exact timing of both geocentric events occur within a span of only 13 hours, the moon also reaches its new phase only 14 hours after perigee, the closest point in its orbit. That makes the Equinox New Moon the largest New Moon of 2015, though hard to see since that lunar phase presents the Moon's dark, night side to planet Earth. Still, in this well composed image of a young lunar phase from late January you can glimpse both night and day on the lunar surface, the night side faintly illuminated by Earthshine next to the day side's brightly sunlit crescent. But some will see today's Equinox New Moon in silhouette! The Equinox Solar Eclipse will be total across stretches of the Arctic Ocean, visible in partial phases from Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.
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