The Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, was lucky enough to get a photo of our angry sky a few weeks ago. We were captivated enough to remember to post it.
via ESPOD, Phil Plait
Astronaut Mike Fossum caught a beautiful photo of Aurora on July 27, 2011 from Space Shuttle Atlatnis last mission.
via @astro_aggie
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 after the picturesque sight was noticed by chance by a photographer in Ethiopia.
via APOD
One year, we will be able to return to the Geek Fantasy Camp that is Dragon*Con. It’s been too long since we’ve walked the cordoned-off nerd blocks of Atlanta in our woolen cunning hat at the tail end of summer.
That’s right. Six years old.
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In the early days of August, Huntsville was witness to a fantastic lightning show. We attempted to take video but our phone is on its last legs after an unfortunate incident regarding a washing machine. It took some small doing but we found others who captured the phenomenon(in photograph and on video) and shared with the world at large.
Below the jump is a pilot’s video(markopenguin) of the skies filled with lightning attacks.
For a long while we debated on this. It’s one of the most important decisions a Whovian can make. Who is your favorite Doctor. Tom Baker(4th Doctor) was our first Doctor and will always have a place in our geek hearts. Then came Tennant and we ate up his brash shoutyness with glee.
And then came the Matt Smith Doctor under the capable direction of Steven Moffatt. Our nation was split. After the Christmas episode and the most recent episode “Let’s Kill Hitler!” ..well. You win, Smith/Moffatt.
You win both our hearts.
via HiJinks Ensue
The Juno spacecraft took the new photo on Aug. 26 as part of a test of its camera imaging system called JunoCam. The result: a parting shot of the Earth-moon system as the probe sails on its five-year trip to Jupiter.
“This is a remarkable sight people get to see all too rarely,” said Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton, of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, in a statement. “This view of our planet shows how Earth looks from the outside, illustrating a special perspective of our role and place in the universe. We see a humbling yet beautiful view of ourselves.“
via Space.com
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