Canary Night
As the sky darkens in a clear evening above La Palma in Canary Islands, the crescent Moon and bright planets Venus (near the horizon) and Jupiter (top left) appear around the magnificent band of the Milky Way. The photographer was located above a sea of clouds, on top of the 2400 meters high Roque de los Muchachos observatory in La Palma, a place for number of the world-leading observatories.
Copyright: Serge Brunier
What remains?
“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love, and so on - have found that none of them finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains. ” ~ Walt Whitman
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As NASA begins its post-shuttle era and the International Space Station nears retirement, Mars is fast emerging as the next frontier in space travel. Tour 12 of the red planet’s most intriguing places with this interactive guide from MNN.
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The old adage ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ may be a silly rhyme you heard as a kid, but you’d be surprised to learn of apples’ serious health benefits.
