2023-01-31

PAYS BASQUE - Beau villages - Itxassou


Itxassou est un village dans la plaine des monts Urzumu, Mondarrain et Artzamendi. Un repère idéal pour des randonnées en pleine nature, la commune vous fera traverser les eaux vives du Nive et des vallées verdoyantes.

Mais visiter ce beau village du Pays basque français, c’est aussi découvrir son amour pour la cerise. Son fruit vedette fait l’objet d’une fête au mois de juin. « Errobiko festibala », un autre festival se déroulant en juillet, célèbre aussi la culture de la région.

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ASTRONOMY - A Triple View of Comet ZTF

 2023 January 31

Comet ZTF is shown high above and far beyond a row of silhouetted 
trees. The top inset image shows how the comet looked through binoculars,
while the lower inset image shows how the comet looked, last week, 
thought a small telescope. The lower inset image clearly shows the
comets coma, dust tail, ion tail, and a noticeable antitail.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

A Triple View of Comet ZTF
Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Caldera & Miguel Gracia

Explanation: Comet ZTF has a distinctive shape. The now bright comet visiting the inner Solar System has been showing not only a common dust tailion tail, and green gas coma, but also an uncommonly distinctive antitail. The antitail does not actually lead the comet -- it is just that the head of the comet is seen superposed on part of the fanned-out and trailing dust tail. The giant dirty snowball that is Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has now passed its closest to the Sun and tomorrow will pass its closest to the Earth. The main panel of the featured triple image shows how Comet ZTF looked last week to the unaided eye under a dark and clear sky over CáceresSpain. The top inset image shows how the comet looked through binoculars, while the lower inset shows how the comet looked through a small telescope. The comet is now visible all night long from northern latitudes but will surely fade from easy observation during the next few weeks.

2023-01-30

ITALIA - MUSICA - Gianna Nannini - Laura Pausini - Sei nell'anima

"Sei nell'anima"

REGGAE/RAGGA/HIP HOP/RAP MUSIC - Snoop Dogg - Gin and juice

"Gin and juice"

AMERICA LATINA - Rio de Janeiro - Lugares lindos - Praia de Ipanema e Arpoador

Foto: Cerqueira on Unsplash
Mundialmente conhecida por meio da música “Garota de Ipanema”, de Tom Jobim e Vinicius de Moraes, a praia de Ipanema, na Zona Sul, é um dos lugares mais bonitos do Rio de Janeiro.

Esse título é devido ao calçadão charmoso, o belo mar, a extensa faixa de areia e ao Morro Dois Irmãos, de 533 metros, que enfeita toda a orla.

Ao lado dela, com uma vista privilegiada deste morro, está o Arpoador, uma pequena praia com águas tranquilas (quase uma piscina natural) que tem uma formação rochosa, de onde é possível ver o pôr do sol mais lindo do Rio!

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ANIMALI - Buongiorno amici

CIAO !

ASTRONOMY - Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble

 2023 January 30

A ball of stars containing thousands of stars is shown with mostly light
colored stars but with some stars having vibrant colors.
Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Globular Star Cluster NGC 6355 from Hubble
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASAE. Noyola, R. Cohen

Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are less than 200 left. Over the eons, many globular clusters were destroyed by repeated fateful encounters with each other or the Galactic center. Surviving relics are older than any Earth fossil, older than any other structures in our Galaxy, and limit the universe itself in raw age. There are few, if any, young globular clusters left in our Milky Way Galaxy because conditions are not ripe for more to form. The featured image shows a Hubble Space Telescope view of 13-billion year old NGC 6355, a surviving globular cluster currently passing near the Milky Way's center. Globular cluster stars are concentrated toward the image center and highlighted by bright blue stars. Most other stars in the frame are dimmer, redder, and just coincidently lie near the direction to NGC 6355.

2023-01-29

JAZZ/BLUES - MUSIC - Glenn Miller Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941)

"Chattanooga Choo Choo"

PORTUGAL - PEQUENAS E BELAS CIDADES - Amarante

Amarante 

Amarante é a “princesa do Tâmega”, o rio que a atravessa. É famosa pela sua ponte, pela Igreja de São Gonçalo e pela sua doçaria tradicional. Mas há muitos outros motivos para visitar esta que é uma das cidades mais bonitas do Norte de Portugal.

Vale a pena caminhar pelas ruas do seu centro histórico e apreciar as casas antigas e bem cuidadas. É também uma cidade virada para a cultura e para as artes, tal como está bem patente num dos seus mais famosos museus: o museu de Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

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YESTERDAY - BELLE MACCHINE - Rolls-Royce Phantom III


La Rolls-Royce Phantom III (Fantôme III) est une voiture d'avant-guerre de la marque Rolls-Royce. Elle fut l'unique Rolls-Royce équipée d'un moteur V12 avant l'introduction de la Silver Seraph en 1998. Années de production : 1936 à 1939. 

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