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2015-04-02

Arte - Christoph Niemann - 20 maneiras de fazer arte com o dia-a-dia - 02-04-2015

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Christoph Niemann is an artist who’s bursting at the seams with creativity. When he’s not drawing clever and insightful cartoons for the New York Times and other prestigious publications, he creates clever illustrations for fun, using everyday objects to enrich and complete his daily creations.

Astronomy picture of the day - 2015 April 02 - Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble

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~~Carina Nebula Panorama from Hubble~~
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Explanation: In one of the brightest parts of Milky Way lies a nebula where some of the oddest things occur. NGC 3372, known as the Great Nebula in Carina, is home to massive stars and changing nebulas. Eta Carinae, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then faded dramatically. The Keyhole Nebula, visible left of center, houses several of the most massive stars known and has also changed its appearance. The entire Carina Nebula spans over 300 light years and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Carina. Pictured above is the most detailed image of the Carina Nebula ever taken. The controlled color image is a composite of 48 high-resolution frames taken by the Hubble Space Telescope two years ago. Wide-field annotated and zoomable image versions are also available.

2015-04-01

Seguidores: Os Paises que mais têm acompanhado este blogue - 01-04-2015

ESTADOS-UNIDOS - 114.450 (110.980)

[U.S. flag]

FRANCE - 45.960 - (44.330)

[French Flag]

PORTUGAL - 35.520 - (35.230)

BRASIL - 29.170 - (29.040)

[Brazil]

ALEMANHA - 14.530 - (14.230)

[Germany]

RUSSIA - 9.980 - (9.890)

Russian flag

ANDORRA - 6.780 - (6.770)

[Andorra]

REINO-UNIDO - 3.350 - (3.350)

[Flag of the United Kingdom]

CHINA - 2.190 - (2.160)

[Flag of China]

UCRÄNIA - 1.780 - (1.750)

Obrigado a todos.

01-04-2015
JoanMira

Aconteceu a 1 de abril de...1873 e 1952

A 31 de março, já tinham sido encontrados sete mortos entre os escombros da carruagem soterrada pelo desabamento de toneladas de terra e pedras sobre a linha férrea do Estoril. No dia de hoje, foram encontrados mais 3 cadáveres. Por se recear a derrocada do farol e da casa do faroleiro da Gibalta, estas construções foram espiadas com um cabo de aço. A circulação de comboios continua interrompida, até finalização dos trabalhos de recolha dos cadáveres e limpeza da via férrea.
Fonte: Diário Popular n.º 3410, de 31-03-1952, pp. 1 e 3

A 1 de Abril de 1873, nasce, em Semyonovo, o compositor, pianista e maestro russo Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff. A Rapsódia Sobre um Tema de Paganini é uma das suas obras mais conhecidas.

Un gigantesque typhon se dirige sur les Philippines

Cinq personnes ont été tuées en Micronésie, dans le Pacifique central, au passage du super-typhon Maysak et l'état d'urgence a été décrété mercredi à Chuuk, principal Etat de la fédération.

Maysak a mis trois jours pour traverser les Etats fédérés de Micronésie (EFM). Accompagné de vents violents soufflant à 260 km/h, il a déferlé sur Chuuk dimanche soir et poursuivi sa course sur le vaste archipel composé de 607 îles avant de frapper l'Etat de Yap mercredi. Il devait faire route ensuite vers les Philippines.

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D'après les services météo de Guam, le cyclone devrait demeurer un super-typhon jusqu'à vendredi matin. «La mer va rester traître pendant encore un jour ou deux. N'essayez pas de naviguer d'île en île pendant les prochains jours», ont-ils conseillé aux habitants. Météo-France a prévu que la puissance de ses rafales pourrait atteindre les 350 km/h ce mercredi 1er avril. Maysak devrait cependant perdre de sa force avant d'atteindre les Philippines pendant le week-end.

La Tribune de Genève - Suisse

Foto - "Rue du Prieuré" - Toulouse

"Rue du Prieuré"

Toulouse, 02-03-2015

JoanMira

Astronomy picture of the day - 2015 April 1 - Suiting Up for the Moon

Suiting Up for the Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Nemiroff (Michigan Tech. U.)

Explanation: How will cows survive on the Moon? One of the most vexing questions asked about space, scientists have spent decades debating this key issue. Finally, after extensive computer modeling and over a dozen midnightmilkings, engineers have designed, built, and now tested the new Lunar Grazing Module (LGM), a multi-purpose celestial bovine containment system. By now, many of you will not be surprised to be wished a Happy April Fool's Dayfrom APOD. To the best of our knowledge, there are no current plans to launch cows into space. For one reason, cows tend to be large animals that don't launch easily or cheaply. As friendly as cows may be, head-to-head comparisons show that robotic rovers are usually more effective as scientific explorers. The featured image is of a thought-provoking work of art named "Mooooonwalk" which really is on display at a popular science museum.