Once in a Blue Moon, full moon twice in one month – October 2020 sees first Halloween Blue Moon since WWii
2020-11-05
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October has not one, but two full moons — and because it’s 2020, the second one naturally falls on Halloween. That gives this year 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. October’s first full moon was the harvest moon on October 1, and the second is a rare full Halloween blue hunter’s
August 15, 1945. Surrender of Japan, end of World War II
2020-08-15
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The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
PRINCE
Mystery, Nature’s Awe. Blue hole, under ocean? Black hole, sky above sky
2020-07-25
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Scientists are flocking to Florida’s Gulf Coast for a glimpse of a mysterious 425-feet-deep “blue hole” on the ocean floor.
The first reports of blue holes came from fishermen and recreational divers, not scientists or researchers. In general, the holes appear to host diverse biological communities
2019 “the year of the blackhole” – The Science Magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year goes to the Event Horizon Telescope
2019-12-31
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@sciencemagazine’s 2019 Breakthrough of the Year goes to the Event Horizon Telescope (@ehtelescope) global network of observatories for the first #realblackhole image. http://bit.ly/35zUtXz https://twitter.com/ehtelescope
Massive, ubiquitous, and in some cases as big as our Solar System, black holes hide in plain sight. The effect of their gravity on objects
Guilin, China: fisherman partnering with cormorants to catch fish in ancient tradition dating back to 960 AD
2019-12-21
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Stunning photograph shows an ancient tradition dating back to 960 AD
This is the spectacular moment a fisherman with a close bond to cormorants used a flock of birds to catch big fish in a centuries old ritual in southern China. Photographer Julia Wimmerlin said: ‘Seeing this whole process and the beautiful setting where it takes place just takes your breath away.
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Image courtesy Julia Wimmerlin / Solent News
Photographer spends two years getting “magical” picture of full moon rising above picturesque 1,000ft hill
2019-08-25
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He’s over the moon! British photographer spends two years getting the perfect shot on 1,000ft hill
The magical picture shows a few walkers standing on the top of the 1000 ft Teesside hill as the moon lights up their silhouettes.
Astrophotographer Andrew Dawson, 44, snapped
Italy: most UNESCO Heritage sites in the world – Costiera Amalfitana, Florence, Venice, Rome, Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany…
2019-05-19
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Italy boasts more World Heritage sites than any other country in the world. Its 51 designated cultural and natural landmarks make up over 5% of UNESCO’s global list, and another 40 spots are currently up for consideration as possible additions.
Costiera Amalfitana
Year of inscription: 1997
“The Amalfi
Picture: Camel Races held in Gloucestershire, England
2019-04-24
Photo courtesy Paul Nichols / Telegraph
First ever photo of a Black Hole, in a galaxy 55 million light years away from Earth
2019-04-12
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Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had captured an image of the unobservable: a black hole, a cosmic abyss so deep and dense that not even light can escape it.
“We have seen what we thought was unseeable,” said Shep Doeleman, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and director of the effort to capture the
Surfer surfing on and under ice during Polar Vortex, coming out shielded with ice from head to toe!
2019-02-06
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They went surfing during the polar vortex and the photos are surreal… Temperatures below zero can’t come between these guys and catching some waves!
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Some of the best waves on Lake Superior happen in the winter. So naturally, a little polar vortex couldn’t stop Daniel Schetter and Allen Finau from