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2013 September 28

Equinox Earth
* Image Credit: Roscosmos / NTSOMZ / zelenyikot.livejournal.com
https://zelenyikot.livejournal.com/17213.html
* Courtesy: Igor Tirsky, Vitaliy Egorov

Explanation:
From a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator, Russian meteorological satellite Elektro-L takes high-resolution images of our fair planet every 30 minutes. But only twice a year, during an Equinox, can it capture an image like this one, showing an entire hemisphere bathed in sunlight. At an Equinox, the Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or away from the Sun, so the solar illumination can extend to both the planet's poles. Of course, this Elektro-L picture was recorded on September 22nd, at the northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox. For a moment on that date, the Sun was behind the geostationary satellite and a telltale glint of reflected sunlight is seen crossing the equator, at the location on the planet with satellite and sun directly overhead

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130928.html

2013 September 28

Equinox Earth
* Image Credit: Roscosmos / NTSOMZ / zelenyikot.livejournal.com
* Courtesy: Igor Tirsky, Vitaliy Egorov

Explanation:
From a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator, Russian meteorological satellite Elektro-L takes high-resolution images of our fair planet every 30 minutes. But only twice a year, during an Equinox, can it capture an image like this one, showing an entire hemisphere bathed in sunlight. At an Equinox, the Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or away from the Sun, so the solar illumination can extend to both the planet's poles. Of course, this Elektro-L picture was recorded on September 22nd, at the northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox. For a moment on that date, the Sun was behind the geostationary satellite and a telltale glint of reflected sunlight is seen crossing the equator, at the location on the planet with satellite and sun directly overhead (5MB animated gif).

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Hummingbirds show how rapidly #evolution can help species adapt ... as they change to take advantage of bird feeders.

#climatechange #climate #earth #atmosphere #worldnews #birds #nature

https://sweetlightning.ghost.io/feeders-lead-hummingbirds-by-the-beak/

Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H999s0P1Er0
Current location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-34.3099&mlon=117.4891&zoom=2

#iss #space #earth #nasa #esa #jaxa #csa

Proof da #EARTH ain't flat.
Photo 1 is at main floor.
Photo 2 is a boot 10 seconds later on second floor ~3.5 meters higher.
Proof 2 horizontally parallel shadows at #sunset
Strawberries at sunset including da Kool oddities dat aren't good enough 4 da expensive baskets.

Hi folks! I'm Taylor. I live in the United States, and am connected to New Zealand through family and friends. I haven't yet visited, and am planning to come for a working holiday year as soon as I get the means.

I am big into ecological design, architecture and planning, as well as organic gardening and permaculture. In this phase of my life, I'm mainly looking to travel and find a community (human and otherwise) where I'd feel content to put roots down and plant seeds with the long-term future in mind. I'd love to travel New Zealand, meet other Earth-minded people, and get some work experience alongside you folks.

Happy to connect on here with anyone who's an outdoorsman, a gardener, farmer, traveler, or otherwise nature-minded.

#introduction #newhere

#gardening #permaculture #outdoors #hiking #climbing #agriculture #farming #Earth #consciousness #travel #nature

Blue Dragon Nudibranch at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Find me at @hawaiianeye797.bsky.social

Prints available - DM me. #slug #purple #Wednesday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #followme

A light violet sea slug covered with frilly coils crawling over an ocean reef. Its sensory horns are seen at the left.

#earth : #genocide / #uno / #discrimination / #convention

»“Across the world, we are seeing an alarming surge in xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, anti‑Muslim hatred and attacks against Christians, often fed by nationalist and populist ideologies”«

https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1053111

See also:

»‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterres«
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164501

APOD from 2012-08-29

A Dark #Earth with a Red Sprite

A rare red sprite, a type of upper atmospheric lightning, was captured in an image taken from the ISS. Visible faintly above a bright white flash, sprites remain largely mysterious despite being first photographed in 1989.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120829.html