According to the photo’s caption, this picture was taken on June 3, 1902, at 9:20 P.M., and ‘is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting’. Certainly impressive, isn’t it? Source: Wikimedia Commons
NASA’s Cassini mission has released amazing pictures of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan. In this image, ‘NASA’s Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn’s largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan’s atmosphere and forming a ring of color,’ according to NASA’s website. Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
Its scientific name is Vampyroteuthis infernalis, which means ‘vampire squid from Hell’. It reaches a maximum total length of 30 cm, and displays 8 arms with fleshy spines at the end, connected with a cloak-like skin. The look of the ‘cloak’ and the sometimes red eyes of the animal is what gave it the name …Continue Reading
This picture by photographer Igor Siwanowicz has been awarded an honorable mention in the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. It is an extreme close-up photography of the eye of a damselfly, which captures its wide range of colors. Click on the image to enlarge it. Source: The Atlantic
This picture was capture on June 5, 2012, by Hinode, an international mission launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA to study the sun. It shows the last transit of Venus before December 2117. I couldn’t find a more beautiful, amazing picture than this one. I really like the composition and the …Continue Reading
