Wildfire season is picking up in the U.S.
60 fires are burning across nine states in the western U.S., fueled by hot and dry conditions. On August 1, #Landsat 9 captured this image of smoke streaming away from the Bedrock Fire in Oregon. go.nasa.gov/3Kscai8
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Fire Season Heats Up in the West
Following a slow start to the fire season, several blazes burned across the western U.S. in early August.go.nasa.gov
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars
Shortly before the rover’s 11th anniversary on the Red Planet, its team helped guide it up a steep, slippery slope to examine meteor craters.NASA Mars Exploration
Mama sits wif plate of rice
I mew and purr
I wants sum too!
I kwall onto her lap
She gibs me a taste
But den I want mor
And I wants it rite now!
Mama ses wait
But waiting be hard
My face in da plate
My mouff full of rice
#ILikesRice #FiggyEatedWatGottedSpilled #FinEatedHisNoms #caturday #CatsOfMastodon
APOD: 2023 August 5 - NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
On his birthday, we remember the illustrious Neil Armstrong: test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, professor, and of course, the first person to set foot on the Moon.
Watch: 54 years ago today, Armstrong celebrated while in quarantine 🎂 go.nasa.gov/45aziKc
#NASAhistory
✂️ Aug 5, 1969: Neil Armstrong's Birthday in Quarantine
13 seconds · Clipped by Michele Ostovar · Original video "Armstrong's Birthday in the LRL" by NASA JohnsonYouTube
I deleted all of my art on twitter today, so now is an especially good time to start a trickle of old art from other platforms. Let's start with this old Artsnacks challenge...
#art #TraditionalArt #illustration
The Picasso Moth is misnamed. This is clearly the work of Mondrian.
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#Nature
#MothWeek
#Bugstondon
#insect
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CRT ACCOUNTABLE TO WHOM?
Along the waterways, there are signs claiming the Canal & River Trust relies on donations to do its work. A quick look at their annual report shows donations account for a relatively small amou…National Bargee Travellers Association - London Branch
@Privatepower42 because usually Patreon works well, it sorts VAT for me and is well known and trusted by many creatives
most "foss alternatives" suck
Remember how great the Nextcloud Conference was last year?!
Looking back... we had fun!
#trust #transparency #together
The Nextcloud Conference Teaser...
Remember how great the Nextcloud Conference was last year?!Looking back... we had fun!Register now for Nextcloud Conference 2023:https://nextcloud.com/confer...YouTube
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"Yliaster (Paracelsus)," 1932, oil on paperboard mounted on particleboard, by Marsden Hartley.
The Smithsonian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Interior of the Pantheon, Rome" by Giovanni Paolo Panini (~1734).
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
I need to put this link somewhere, so I can pass it onto my students!
Do less, become happier, says Yale cognitive scientist | Laurie Santos
This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation.Subscribe ...YouTube
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« Elévation latérale d'un Projet de Restauration de l'Eglise de la Madeleine, » par Antoine Laurent Thomas Vaudoyer.
Normand, Charles Pierre Joseph (Goyencourt, 25–11–1765 - Paris, 13–02–1840), graveur, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
« Cénotaphe de Newton : élévation perspective. »
Étienne-Louis Boullée, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
"Design for a Temple of the Earth," from "Civil Architecture," by Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1794).
Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
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Op-Ed: A plan for preserving a habitable earth by Julian Cribb
Renowned and prolific science communicator and author Julian Cribb writes this op-ed piece for Palm Oil Detectives. He addresses the world’s most pressing needs for survival as we descend int…Palm Oil Detectives
Now I'm heading down a retro cover rabbit hole! Thanks @Christoph S!
Jacob Collier - Here Comes The Sun (feat. dodie)
Here’s a Jacobean / dodic rendition of a Beatles classic, to bring in the Spring! It's the second single from Djesse Vol. 2.Video directed, filmed and edited...YouTube
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Madge was kind enough to pose for me as I snapped this photo. I've been slowly earning trust with a few crows over the past months. They are so incredibly smart!
#photography #birds #crows #wildlife #crazycrowlady
Don't watch this if you haven't seen the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and intend to. To everyone else BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
@Bob Lai
Klingon Boy Band SNW
"Subspace Rhapsody" Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Musical Season 2, episode 10 featured singing and dancing Klingons.YouTube
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Just heard this on the radio and it brought back some childhood memories. Great music!
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Official Audio)
#TheKinks60 #TheKinks #TheJourneyThe Kinks are launching a 60th Anniversary Celebration of their illustrious musical career, confirming their vital importanc...YouTube
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#NASAhqphoto
20230804 Mongolian Prime Minister Visits NASA
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
Catching crop disease early 🍇
From the air, a NASA instrument helps spot a wine grape disease before it’s visible to the human eye. This remote sensing technique could help detect early signs of infection in this and other crops. go.nasa.gov/43XFeFk
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NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California
In a case study, scientists detected the costly infection in cabernet sauvignon grapevines before they showed symptoms visible to the human eye.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Blocks and Files looked at how #storage systems compare when using Nvidia’s #GPUDirect protocol, to serve data to and from Nvidia’s #GPUs
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Storage system speed serving data to Nvidia GPUs – Blocks and Files
Analysis: With Dell’s PowerScale scale-out filer being included in the company’s generative AI announcement this week, we looked at how it and other storage systems compare when using Nvidia’s GPUDirect protocol, to serve data to and from Nvidia’s GP…Chris Mellor (Situation Publishing)
#NASAExoplanets
TRAPPIST-1e - Guided Tour | Exoplanet Travel Bureau – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Just 40 light-years away from Earth, the seven rocky worlds of TRAPPIST-1 would allow you to planet hop, one by one!Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Today we're doing something a bit different and talking to the president of the Kodi foundation and a #Kodi developer about the state of the project. #Linux #xbmc
Video here: youtube.com/watch?v=YUVHNk3n0Z…
Audio here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…
#179 The State Of Kodi/XBMC | Keith & Brent
One of my viewers put me in contact with some members of the Kodi project which you may otherwise know as XBMC and I was really curious to hear the state of ...YouTube
#NASASolarSystem
JunoCam : Processing - Mission Juno
Download raw imagery from JunoCam and upload your processed imagery to the gallery!Mission Juno
Here's who heading to space on NASA's @SpaceX #Crew8 mission!
@NASA_Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will lift off to the @Space_Station in early 2024. Get the details: go.nasa.gov/3KQf6FN
#NASA
Space Station Assignments Out for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission
Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.Claire O’Shea (NASA)
"A Billion Years is Missing."
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A Billion Years is Missing
The Great Unconformity is a gap in the geologic record thought to represent 6km of missing rock. This video is all about the planetary and celestial catastro...YouTube
Tiare Liberty Sol ☀️🌺🦄
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