Palacios cariocas - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)

A Fundação ocupa um belo palácio em estilo neomourisco em Manguinhos, região cercada por favelas.Construído em 1905, com base em croquis de Oswaldo Cruz, o prédio fora construído sobre uma das colinas da região, tendo a sua fachada voltada para o mar. 

 

O palácio, que se assemelha aos palácios ingleses do período Elisabetano, abriga a Fundação homônima criada por Oswaldo Cruz, que é a mais importante instituição de ciência e tecnologia em saúde da América Latina.

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 December 21 - Traces of the Sun

Traces of the Sun 
Video Credit & Copyright: György Bajmóczy

Explanation: This year the December Solstice is today, December 21, at 10:44 UT, the first day of winter in the north and summer in the south. To celebrate, watch this amazing timelapse video tracing the Sun's apparent movement over an entire year from Hungary. During the year, a fixed video camera captured an image every minute. In total, 116,000 exposures follow the Sun's position across the field of view, starting from the 2015 June 21 solstice through the 2016 June 20 solstice. The intervening 2015 December 22 solstice is at the bottom of the frame. The timelapse sequences constructed show the Sun's movement over one day to begin with, followed by traces of the Sun's position during the days of one year, solstice to solstice. Gaps in the daily curves are due to cloud cover. The video ends with stunning animation sequences of analemmas, those figure-8 curves you get by photographing the Sun at the same time each day throughout a year, stepping across planet Earth's sky.

Palacios cariocas - Palacio da Ilha Fiscal

Como diz o nome, o palácio fica na Ilha Fiscal, ocupando 1.000 metros quadrados da ilha de Guanabara.

Construído em 1889, em estilo neogótico, este palácio serviu de quartel da guarda de fiscalização do porto e, posteriormente, ficou se famoso por abrigar o último baile do Brasil Imperial

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 December 20 - Sharpless 308: Star Bubble

Sharpless 308: Star Bubble 
Image Credit & Copyright: Anis Abdul

Explanation: Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge. Cataloged as Sharpless 2-308 it lies some 5,200 light-years away toward the constellation of the Big Dog (Canis Major) and covers slightly more of the sky than a full moon. That corresponds to a diameter of 60 light-years at its estimated distance. The massive star that created the bubble, a Wolf-Rayet star, is the bright one near the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars have over 20 times the mass of the Sun and are thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova phase of massive star evolution. Fast winds from this Wolf-Rayet star create the bubble-shaped nebula as they sweep up slower moving material from an earlier phase of evolution. The windblown nebula has an age of about 70,000 years. Relatively faint emission captured in the expansive image is dominated by the glow of ionized oxygen atoms mapped to a blue hue.

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 December 19 - Supermoon over Spanish Castle

Supermoon over Spanish Castle 
Image Credit & Copyright: Tomeu Mas

Explanation: No, this castle was not built with the Moon attached. To create the spectacular juxtaposition, careful planning and a bit of good weather was needed. Pictured, the last supermoon of 2016 was captured last week rising directly beyond one of the towers of Bellver Castle in Palma de Mallorca on the Balearic Islands of Spain. The supermoon was the last full moon of 2016 and known to some as the Oak Moon. Bellver Castle was built in the early 1300s and has served as a home -- but occasional as a prison -- to numerous kings and queens. The Moon was built about 4.5 billion years ago, possibly resulting from a great collision with a Mars-sized celestial body and Earth. The next supermoon, defined as when the moon appears slightly larger and brighter than usual, will occur on 2017 December 3 and be visible not only behind castles but all over the Earth.

Palacios cariocas - Palacio do Catete

Localizado no bairro do Catete, este palácio é um dos exemplos da arquitetura neoclássica no país. Construído no ano de 1858, abrigou a sede do poder executivo brasileiro de 1897 a 1960, até que a sede do poder executivo fosse transferida para Brasília, então recém-inaugurada.

Anos mais tarde, na década de 1970, o palácio passou a abrigar o Museu da República, função que ainda mantém até hoje, abrigando biblioteca com mais de 10 000 obras e publicações sobre Ciências Sociais e História do Brasil.

Imagenes del Mundo - Un avion en Sudafrica

Un avión 'American Boeing Stearman' fotografiado desde otra aeronave, cerca del aeropuerto de Stellenbosch (Sudáfrica).

RODGER BOSCH AFP

Imagenes del Mundo - Papa Noel en Finlandia

Una persona disfrazada de Papa Noel se prepara para la Navidad, cerca de Rovaniemi (Finlandia).

PAWEL KOPCZYNSKI REUTERS

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 December 18 - 2016 December 18

The Cartwheel Galaxy from Hubble 
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble

Explanation: To some, it looks like the wheel of a cart. In fact, because of its outward oval appearance, the presence of a central galaxy, and their connection with what looks like the spokes of a wheel, the galaxy on the right is known as the Cartwheel Galaxy. To others, however, it looks like a complicated interaction between galaxies awaiting explanation. Along with the two galaxies on the left, the Cartwheel is part of a group of galaxies about 400 million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. The large galaxy's rim spans over 100,000 light years and is composed of star forming regions filled with extremely bright and massive stars. Pictured, the Cartwheel's ring-like shape is the result of gravitational disruption caused by a smaller galaxy passing through a large one, compressing the interstellar gas and dust and causing a star formation wave to move out like a ripple across the surface of a pond.

Imagens do Mundo - Tempestade tropical na Flórida

Tempestade tropical na  Flórida

Brian Blanco/Reuters