Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

Did I already mention that Iceland is spectacular?

#Iceland #Volcano #Fagradalsfjall

And good evening.

UK Science Teachers! If one of your students can come up with a clever mnemonic to help remember the names of all the SI prefixes, they could win £200! https://www.npl.co.uk/si-prefix/mnemonic-challenge?utm_source=si-challenge-AH-promo&utm_medium=si-challenge-AH-promo&utm_campaign=si-challenge-AH-promo

Meanwhile in Edinburgh

"Record-breaking ocean heat continues with no signs of slowing down" by Andrei Ionescu for #EarthDotCom: https://www.earth.com/news/record-breaking-ocean-heat-continues-with-no-signs-of-slowing-down/

Here's a quick #PaintingsILove before I dive into some work for the day! Nicolae Vermont - Reading - 1919

Does this look like a beating heart to anyone else?

This NASA animation of surface #temperatures (warmer in red, cooler in blue) shows the spread of cold #Arctic air over much of the U.S. in late December 2022.

https://go.nasa.gov/3XaD4iK

Comet C/2022 E3 is looking beautifully odd as it swings by the Sun for the first time in 50,000 years. It will slide between the Big & Little Dippers late this month, then approach Mars on Feb 10 (bring binoculars!). Photo: Michael Jäger. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/comet-c-2022-e3-ztf/ #comet #space https://t.co/jHrKLrXGgb

#NewYear, same resolutions: a 2023 of solidarity and peace. 🕊️

Честита Нова година!
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
Šťastný Nový rok!
Godt Nytår!
Frohes Neues Jahr!
Head uut aastat!
Καλή χρονιά!
Happy New Year!
Bonne année!
Athbhliain faoi mhaise!
Sretna nova godina!
Felice Anno Nuovo!
Laimīgu Jauno gadu!
Laimingų Naujųjų Metų!
Boldog új évet!
Is-Sena t-Tajba!
Gelukkig nieuwjaar!
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Feliz Ano Novo!
An Nou fericit!
Šťastný nový rok!
Srečno novo leto!
Gott Nytt År!
Hyvää uutta vuotta!

"A sense of wonder is desperately important."

Jane Goodall
#Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence

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