La calle derriba al régimen de Ucrania

La lógica revolucionaria se impuso ayer en Ucrania donde el poder cambiaba de manos a una velocidad de vértigo sin que sea aún posible prever las consecuencias para el futuro del país y las repercusiones sobre su entorno internacional. La ciudad Járkov se constituía como un polo de oposición a lo que sucedía Kiev, aunque está por ver cuál será su fuerza de atracción para las regiones rusoparlantes del sur y el este del país, si es que la primera capital de la Ucrania soviética llega a constituirse como un polo alternativo de poder, lo que hasta ahora no ha llegado a ocurrir.La ex primera ministra YuliaTimoshenko comenzó una intervención muy emotiva y dramática ante el Maidán, en la que pidió a los manifestantes que no se fueran de la plaza hasta que no haya acabado el proceso de transformación que tiene lugar ahora en el país.

La ex primera ministra dijo erigirse en “garante” de que la política a partir de ahora no se hará en los pasillos. “Ustedes se han ganado el derecho a dirigir Ucrania”, dijo. Timoshenko se deshizo en cumplidos al Maidán y en lamentos por no haber podido estar con ellos mientras se encontraba en la cárcel. El pánico y la confusión hizo que Timoshenko tuviera que poner fin a su discurso. La primera ministra hablaba sentada en una silla de ruedas.

 

Elton John - "Daniel" - Video - Music - Live

"Daniel"

A imagem do dia 22-02-2014

The Long Jet of the Lighthouse Nebula
X-ray Image Credit: NASA / CXC / ISDC / L. Pavan et al.

Explanation: The Lighthouse nebula was formed by the wind of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating, magnetized neutron star, as it speeds through the interstellar medium at over 1,000 kilometers per second. Some 23,000 light-years distant toward the southern constellation Carina, pulsar and wind nebula (cataloged as IGR J1104-6103) are indicated at the lower right in this remarkable image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Energetic particles generated by the pulsar are swept back into the wind's comet-like tail trailing up and to the left, along the direction of the pulsar's motion away from its parent supernova remnant. Both runaway pulsar and expanding remnant debris field are the aftermath of the core-collapse-explosion of a massive star, with the pulsar kicked out by the supernova explosion. Adding to the scene of exotic cosmic extremes is a long, spiraling jet extending for almost 37 light-years, but nearly at a right angle to the pulsar's motion. The high-energy particle jet is the longest known for any object in our Milky Way galaxy.

A imagem do dia 21-02-2014

Comet Lovejoy over the Great Wall
Image Credit & Copyright: Jiajie Zhang

Explanation: Fading now as it returns to the outer solar system Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) still graces planet Earth's sky, a delicate apparition in binoculars or small telescopes. The comet, a relic of the solar system's formative years, is seen here rising in the morning twilight on January 12 among the stars of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer. Posing near the comet is bright star Alpha Ophiuchi, also known as Rasalhague, from Arabic "the head of the serpent collector". Of course, the serpentine shape below is the ancient Great Wall of China, along the Panlongshan section northeast of Beijing. Panlongshan is translated as "a coiled dragon". A moving and fortuitous scene, it was captured with a digital camera and telephoto lens in two consecutive exposures. The exposures were merged to show a natural looking foreground and twilight sky.

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"AINDA BEM"

Imagens do Mundo - Albininho

La naturalista Jane Godal abraza una cría de mono cariblanco en una visita realizada el pasado día 28 de enero, al centro de primates de Peñaflor al sur de Santiago de Chile. La Primatóloga inglesa denunció la explotación de la naturaleza en äfrica que ahora realizan los chinos como hicieron en el pasado lo europeos.

HECTOR RETAMAL (AFP)

Imagens do Mundo - Bébé gorila

Una cria de gorila, es sostenida en el aire por su madre en el Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno, que se halla inmerso en diversos programas de intercambio de animales en peligro de extinción.

Esteban Cobo (EFE)

A imagem do dia 20-02-2014

A Rainbow Pileus Cloud over Zimbabwe
Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Lowenstein

Explanation: Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just before sunset when it was noticed by chance by a photographer in Murambi East, near Odzi Valley and the Mtanda Range of Zimbabwe. Also captured were unusual cloud ripples above the pileus cloud. The formation of a rare pileus cloud capping a common cumulus cloud is an indication that the lower cloud is expanding upward and might well develop into a storm. In this case, however, only a few minutes after the colorful cloud was noticed, it disappeared.

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"Chove chuva"

(Vinyl 1963)

A imagem do dia 17-02-2014

2014 February 17
The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Damian Peach

Explanation: It is the largest and most complex star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, the region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula. This tarantula, however, is about 1,000 light-years across. Were it placed at the distance of Milky Way's Orion Nebula, only 1,500 light-years distant and the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees (60 full moons) on the sky. Intriguing details of the nebula are visible in the above image shown in near true colors. The spindly arms of the Tarantula nebula surround NGC 2070, a star cluster that contains some of the brightest, most massive stars known, visible in blue on the right. Since massive stars live fast and die young, it is not so surprising that the cosmic Tarantula also lies near the site of a close recent supernova.