Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

Today is International Mountain Day! Here are some of my favorite shots from recent ascents.

Loveland Pass, Colorado - 11,990 ft / 3,655 m
Wheeler Peak, New Mexico (State High Point) - 13,167 ft / 4,013 m
Mount Taylor (Tsoodził), New Mexico - 11,305 ft / 3,446 m
Mount Magazine, Arkansas (State High Point) - 2,753 ft / 839 m

#InternationalMountainDay #Photography #Landscape #Mountains

Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon was born #OTD in 1863. She was a pioneer of stellar classification and co-creator of the Harvard Classification Scheme. Over her lifetime she *manually* classified around 350,000 stars.

Image: Harvard University, Radcliffe Archives

On 20 December the thin Waning Crescent Moon will appear close to the double star Zubenelgenubi (Alpha Librae). Should be a fine photographic opportunity. Look southeast from 5am. #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astro #Space #Astrophotography

#Artemis Orion capsule is now approaching the #geosynchronous orbit, at about 36 000 km away from the #Earth surface.

Image credits: #NASA from https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_artemis_1

Peak twitter moment for the South Pole Wall with this tweet by Ron Howard 👀

The article on Fox News on the discovery of one of the largest known structures in the universe: https://www.foxnews.com/science/astronomers-discover-huge-galactic-wall-hidden-behind-milky-way

#universe #cosmology #southpolewall #ronhoward #hollywood #cinema #movie #fox #news #foxnews #movies #astronomy #astrophysics #darkmatter #galaxies #cosmos #cosmicweb #space #science #research #astrodon #milkyway #galaxy #cosmography #map #maps #cartography #physics

The Jaw-Dropping New Plan To Send A Robot On A 1,000 Years Journey To An Alien Planet https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2022/12/09/the-jaw-dropping-new-plan-to-send-a-robot-on-a-1000-years-journey-to-an-alien-planet/

“To find a science teacher is hard; to appoint a good, experienced and skilled science teacher is almost impossible!” https://edu.rsc.org/feature/where-have-all-the-science-specialists-gone/4016603.article

Pink Snow Is Not a Cute Phenomenon—Here’s Why. Researchers are trying to understand what drives the algal blooms that tinge ice—and have implications for the drought-stricken American West’s water supply. https://www.wired.com/story/pink-snow-is-not-a-cute-phenomenon-heres-why/

The Codex in the Classroom: Practical Dimensions of Medieval Diagrams https://www.medievalists.net/2022/12/the-codex-in-the-classroom-practical-dimensions-of-medieval-diagrams/

JWST has broken the record for most distant galaxy ever confirmed https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350876-jwst-has-broken-the-record-for-most-distant-galaxy-ever-confirmed/

Pink Dawn.

Mid-November 2021, 9.30 am in Siglufjörður which is just above 66° north. The sky and the snow-covered flanks of Hafnarfjall (about 540 m high) are tinted pink by the rising sun.
#Iceland #SaturdayPhoto #SunriseOnSaturday

On Air: Hawai'i Public Radio broadcasting The Conversition with astronomer R. Brent Tully, on Local Supercluster Orbits Mapped

Our home galaxy of the Milky Way resides in a “supercluster” of more than 100,000 other galaxies. The orbits of those galaxies have been mapped for the first time.

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/show/the-conversation/2017-12-13/the-conversation-wednesday-december-13th-2017

#radio #radioshow #publicradio #news #astronomy #astronomer #laniakea #supercluster #universe #cosmology #astrophysics #honolulu #hawaii #hawaiilife #aloha #space #science #research

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Brilliantly-colored hummingbird with dark tail and mostly red bill. Primarily a Mexican species, but occurs locally in the southwestern U.S. Can appear all dark at a distance, but in the right light, look for beautiful iridescent blues and greens on male's body. Females are less colorful than males, dusky grayish below with prominent white stripe behind the eye. Compare especially with female White-eared Hummingbird, which is more spotted below and has a broader white eyestripe and darker cheek. Occurs in scrubby riparian woodland, canyons, and thorn forest. Often visits hummingbird feeders.

Link: https://ebird.org/species/brbhum

The Spodek music & sports arena channelling the final sequence of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Katowice this evening 👽🛸

#poland #photography #itsneveraliens

Today in 1945, Dr. Roberta Bondar is born in Sault Ste. Marie. An original member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps, she went to space, becoming Canada's first female astronaut, in January 1992. Spending eight days in space, she was also the first neurologist in space.

#Space #Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #Canadian #Space #SpaceHIstory #Astronaut

My husband took this photo in 2020, it shows Comet Neowise over the Longstone at Mottistone on the #IsleofWight.
We have wonderful dark skies here which really helped. We made the walk up to the neolithic monument late at night which was really magical. I was given a torch and duly light painted the Longstone with it whilst my husband snapped away.
We had our teenage son with us and once we had the shot we sat down and stargazed. #StandingStoneSunday