Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

Enceladus.

The famous water plumes on the south polar limb, backlit by the Sun with a little extra reflected Saturn glow on one side, all seen against the E-ring.

HDR stack of two monochrome images taken by the ISS NAC on Cassini on 27 November 2015.

Downloaded from the PDS, aligned, processed, cleaned, upscaled by a factor of two, then tinted for aesthetic effect.

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI / Cassini Imaging Team / Mark McCaughrean

#astrodon #photography #spaceflight

I see lots of folks here spend quality time communing with forests. If that’s you, you may be a “nemophilist,” which is a lover or haunter of forests. This obscure word derives from the Greek “nemos” grove and “philos” affection. Today I want to share one of my favorite mossy forest haunts out on the Olympic Peninsula in the PNW. It’s an old growth lowland forest along the shores of Barnes Creek near Crescent Lake, WA.

#ForestFriday #Mosstodon #PNW #Nemophilist #WordHoarder #Community

Welcome to Laniakea, your galactic supercluster home

Meet Laniakea, a really big, beautiful supercluster of galaxies that also holds the Milky Way, writes reporter Amina Khan for the Los Angeles Times: https://web.archive.org/web/20140905214144/https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-laniakea-galaxy-supercluster-milky-way-20140904-story.html

“This is what I’ve been doing for a long time, trying to understand where we live” said R. Brent Tully, lead author of the study published in Nature.

#universe #cosmology #laniakea #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #research #scicom #physics #astrodon #galaxies

"WINTER LANDSCAPE IN WALES"
Belgian landscape painter Valerius de Saedeleer and his family were brought to Wales as refugees during the First World War by David, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies.
He painted this wonderfully imagined snow scene between 1914-1918.
#Christmas #Art

People, please start using CamelCase to break apart words in #HashTags.

It makes it easier to read and more #accessible. Single words are OK to keep lowercase, unless they are proper nouns 😉

As an instance moderator, it makes it easier to review of you're a #MastoAdmin.

#CamelCaseAllTheHashTags

#Mastodon #HashTag #accessibilty

Please #boost this for visibility and to help improve the lives of many people.

Also looks like someone at the UK's Royal Astronomical Society set up a Mastodon account and is crafting custom posts for it, but it only has ~300 followers compared with their >50K on Twitter:

@royalastrosoc

I see this all too often -- major public/nonprofit organizations set up shop here, but don't know how to best cross-link/promote it, so the accounts get kind of lost. If you care about #astronomy & like their work, give them a boost or follow :)

In early December, northern hemisphere observers will enjoy their best view of Mars until the 2030s. The red planet will be high in UK skies and will appear brighter than any star. ✨

Learn how to observe the planet at the link below 👇

https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/mars-shines-high-uk-skies

Image: Mars captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2016. Credit: ASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and a wonderful day to all.

#Tigger – dedicated guardian of the resting Christmas roast turkey 💂

Against possible hungry dragons, he claims 🐲😼

Sounds legit to me 🤷‍♂️🤪

#christmas #trustinthecat #catsofmastodon

I can't recall Mars ever looking this Christmassy! Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, I hope you're safe and happy and healthy.
https://www.space.com/mars-winter-wonderland-frosty-craters-image

#Japanese #aesthetics might unsettle concepts of ugliness.

* Wabi-sabi 侘寂
Embrace transience and imperfection.

* Kintsugi 金継ぎ
Repair cracks with gold.

* Yūgen 幽玄
Appreciate subtle mystery.

@philosophy @stancarey @nicup @codewiz
📷https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2021/07/07/Healing-Art-Kintsugi/

The German word "Bescherung" describes the handing out of Christmas gifts. But it's also used for a mishap or mess.

So, the sentence "Da haben wir die Bescherung" can mean
- "That's when we hand out the gifts"
or
- "There you are, what a mess!"

And the sentence "Das ist ja eine schöne Bescherung!" can mean
- "That is a beautiful Christmas celebration!"
or
- "What an incredible mess!"

For Xmas, I wish you all the former, not the latter, enjoy your Bescherung - and our language!

Hi there, I have been around for over a month now, and I am really happy with my network. I have a nice community of people interested in #ecology, #evolution, #biodiversity, #conservation and alike.

But, I feel that for professional reasons, it'd be good to expand my network with those interested/working in: #transformations #socioecological #social #justice #degrowth #postgrowth #intersectionality #decoloniality #PoliticalEcology

If you have such folks among your followers, please share 🙏

Just ahead of Santa's normal delivery schedule, NASA's #Perseverance mission made a special shipment on #Mars: the first sample return dropoff for the backup depot area.

Read more about this chalk-sized piece of Red Planet history. #space

https://www.space.com/nasa-perservance-rover-mars-sample-first-tube-dropped