Rosette Nebula: a “stellar nursery” that resembles a flower Known formally as NGC 2237, the petals of the Rosette Nebula are actually what astronomers refer to as a “stellar nursery,” a massive, energy-rich molecular cloud brimming with nascent celestial bodies. The nebula owes its symmetric shape to the winds and radiation that emanate from its [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beauty’
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, rosette nebula on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Videos, tagged beauty, sun on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A “tornado” on the sun
How Much Beauty Can You Endure?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, earth, space on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
10 Years of Gorgeous Images of Earth From Space
Your Daily Minimum Requirement of Amazing Everyday Beauty
Posted in Videos, tagged beauty, ice, Kangiqsujuaq on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
People who gather seafood from underneath the ice when the tide goes out.
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged aurora, beauty, space on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Red Aurora Over Australia
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty, mars on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mars is different from what you may imagine
Your Minimum Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Remember what planet you’re on
This Planet’s Beauty Was Worth Being Born For
Posted in Images, tagged aurora, beauty, nasa, norway on January 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
A full sky aurora over Norway.
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Transcendent Sights
Posted in Images, tagged beauty on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Almost more natural beauty than you can bear
You Know How Good It Feels to Be in Beautiful Places?
Posted in Images, tagged beauty, libraries on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The most beautiful college libraries in the world Colleges and universities are understandably quite proud of their libraries, which can be a selling point for prospective students and donating alumni alike, and they often become the most well-designed and beautifully adorned buildings on campus. To that end, and perhaps to inspire your studies a bit, [...]
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Videos, tagged beauty, rainbows on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A man sobs with joy in the presence of a double rainbow
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty, nature on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Feast Your Eyes Nature is awesome. I don’t care what anyone says: nature porn is the best porn out there.
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A collection of images that may induce an eyegasm.
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged aurora, beauty on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I dare you to gaze at an aurora and tell me that life sucks. Explanation: September’s equinox arrives today at 0905 UT. As the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south, spring begins in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the north. And though the seasonal connection is still puzzling, both spring and autumn bring [...]
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You’re surrounded by this kind of stuff
Conspiracy to Commit Incredible Beauty
Posted in Videos, tagged beauty, crop circles on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whoever or whatever makes crop circles, they’re beautiful.
Get Your Minimum Daily Dose of Beauty
Posted in Images, tagged beauty, lightning on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Electrifying Sublimity
You Know You Need It
Posted in Images, tagged beauty on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Get Your Minimum Required Dose of Beauty: fairy tale land on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic
How Much Beauty Can You Stand?
Posted in Images, tagged beauty, space on June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Revealed: a treasure trove of gorgeous astronomical stuff
Every Now and then, Bathe Yourself in Glory
Posted in Videos, tagged beauty, el teide, milky way on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Get your minimum daily requirement of beauty This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain“s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the [...]