Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 July 3 - The Cat's Eye Nebula

The Cat's Eye Nebula 
Image Credit: J. P. Harrington (U. Maryland) & K. J. Borkowski (NCSU) HST, NASA

Explanation: Three thousand light-years away, a dying star throws off shells of glowing gas. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the Cat's Eye Nebula to be one of the most complex planetary nebulae known. In fact, the features seen in the Cat's Eye are so complex that astronomers suspect the bright central object may actually be a binary star system. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, high resolution images reveal them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of stellar evolution.

Texte - Euro 2016 - Italie/Allemagne - 1/1

Un match plein ou la tactique italienne a contrarié la force brutale des allemands!

Il n'y a que les commentateurs français, aveugles, partisans de la Grande Allemagne, pour n'avoir pas vu que les italiens ont donné ce soir une grande leçon tactique de foot!

Les commentaires époumonés des "journalistes" en place, tels des analphabètes ou vierges effarouchées nous ont plu (!).

Si le Portugal se qualifie, nous continuerons à avoir droit à des "commentaires" merdiques à la gloire d'une équipe de France médiocre et qui ne convaini personne.

Tremblez ennemis de la France, rois ivres de sang et orgueil...

Et si la "Grande France" rencontre la "Grande Allemagne"... Et si l'Allemagne gagne?!..

Que feront les "bofs" qui ne connaissent rien au sport?

Ils diront certainement que l'arbitre les a "enculés", oubliant sur le champ l'arbitrage scandaleux de l'arbitre (?) slovaque qui a "entubé" la Belgique.

Je reviendrai sur cette affaire plus que scandaleuse; avez-vous remarqué que la presse n'en parle pas?!

 

Tant que la France est poussée, personne n'en parle.

Mais, au bout de tout, il y a une fin et tout le reste...

Platini ce sera pour une autre fois.

02-07-2016

JoanMira  

Imagens do Mundo - Sitios lindos de Portugal - Castelo Rodrigo

Castelo Rodrigo é um espaço monumental e medieval; As velhas muralhas, os restos do Palacio de Cristovão de Moura, a igreja , a cisterna e todos os indicios assim o atestam. As inscrições testemunham da chegada de uma importante comunidade de novos cristãos.

ALDEIAS HISTÓRICAS DE PORTUGAL

Euro 2016 - Italia/Alemanha: Intervalo - 0/0 - Viva Italia. Azzurri, tutto è possibile

VIVA ITALIA!!!

Euro 2016 - Italia/Alemanha: Intervalo - 0/0 - Viva Italia. Azzurri, tutto è possibile

VIVA ITALIA!!!

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 July 2 - Firefly Trails and the Summer Milky Way

Firefly Trails and the Summer Milky Way 
Image Credit & Copyright: Malcolm Park (North York Astronomical Association)

Explanation: A camera fixed low to a tripod on a northern summer's eve captured the series of images used in this serene, southern Ontario skyscape. The lakeside view frames our fair galaxy above calm water and the night's quintessential luminous apparitions. But the trails of light are neither satellite glint, nor meteor flash, nor auroral glow. In the wide-field composite constructed with four consecutive 15 second exposures, a pulsing firefly enters at the right, first wandering toward the camera, then left and back toward the lake, the central Milky Way rising in the background.

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 July 1 - Juno Approaching Jupiter

Juno Approaching Jupiter 
Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Juno Mission

Explanation: Approaching over the north pole after nearly a five-year journey, Juno enjoys a perspective on Jupiter not often seen, even by spacecraft from Earth that usually swing by closer to Jupiter's equator. Looking down toward the ruling gas giant from a distance of 10.9 million kilometers, the spacecraft's JunoCam captured this image with Jupiter's nightside and orbiting entourage of four large Galilean moons on June 21. JunoCam is intended to provide close-up views of the gas giant's cloudy zoned and belted atmosphere and on July 4 (July 5 UT) Juno is set to burn its main engine to slow down and be captured into its own orbit. If all goes well, it will be the first spacecraft to orbit the poles of Jupiter, skimming to within 5,000 kilometers of the Jovian cloud tops during the 20 month mission.

Euro 2016 - Polonia/Portugal - Hino e bandeira nacionais

PORTUGAL

Imagens do Mundo - Sitios lindos de Portugal - Monsanto

Monsanto é unico. As suas casas surgem entre enormes penhascos. Foi designada pelo ditador Salazar de "aldeia mais portuguesa"... O seu castelo domina toda a região.

ALDEIAS HISTÓRICAS DE PORTUGAL

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 June 30 - The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness

The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness 
Image Credit & License: F. Falchi et al., Light Pollution Atlas, ISTIL

Explanation: How far are you from a naturally dark night sky? In increasing steps, this world map (medium | large) shows the effect of artificial night sky brightness on the visual appearance of the night sky. The brightness was modeled using high resolution satellite data and fit to thousands of night sky brightness measurements in recent work. Color-coded levels are compared to the natural sky brightness level for your location. For example, artificial sky brightness levels in yellow alter the natural appearance of the night sky. In red they hide the Milky Way in an artificial luminous fog. The results indicate that the historically common appearance of our galaxy at night is now lost for more than one-third of humanity. That includes 60% of Europeans and almost 80% of North Americans, along with inhabitants of other densely populated, light-polluted regions of planet Earth.