APOD: 2023 December 25 – Cathedral, Mountain, Moon
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231225.html
Single shots like this require planning. The first step is to realize that such an amazing triple-alignment actually takes place. The second step is to find the best location to photograph it. But it was the third step: being there at exactly the right time -- and when the sky was clear -- that was the hardest. Five times over six years the photographer tried and found bad weather. Finally, just ten days ago, the weather was perfect, and a photographic dream was realized. Taken in Piemonte, Italy, the cathedral in the foreground is the Basilica of Superga, the mountain in the middle is Monviso, and, well, you know which moon is in the background. Here, even though the setting Moon was captured in a crescent phase, the exposure was long enough for doubly reflected Earthlight, called the da Vinci glow, to illuminate the entire top of the Moon.

Khidderpore Railway Station

NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus - NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-rings-in-holidays-with-ringed-planet-uranus/?linkId=255836456

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Kosmický dalekohled Jamese Webba pořídil nový a doslova zářivý portrét planety Uran, na kterém můžeme vidět jinak obecně skryté prstence tohoto ledového obra. Webb zachytil dynamický svět s prstenci, měsíci, bouřemi a dalšími atmosférickými prvky, a to včetně sezonní polární čepičky.Díky své mimořádné citlivosti Webb zachytil Uranův matný vnitřní a vnější prstenec, včetně „nepolapitelného“ prstence Zeta – extrémně slabého a rozptýleného prstence nejblíže planetě.

This building in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey is an excellent example of architectural styles stratification over the centuries.

It shows three distinct periods:

- Roman Byzantine Empire (bottom),
- Ottoman Empire (middle),
- Republic (three upper floors)

Mt. Tateyama rises 3,015 meters in Japan’s Hida Mountains and is considered one of the country’s Three Holy Mountains.

The Hida Mountains receive as much as 38 meters of snow a year. Piled continuously, that would be snow nearly half as high as the Statue of Liberty.

Amazingly, there is a highway, Route 6, which begins in the coastal city of Toyama, approaches the western flank of Mt. Tateyama and reach a specific point.

In Japan this particular stretch of highway is known as yuki-no-otani, or Snow Canyon.

World's greatest religious buildings

Meenakshi Temple, Tamil Nadu, India






Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland


Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan
Once the private residence of a villainous shogun, Kinkaku-ji — "the Temple of the Golden Pavilion" — was converted into a Zen Buddhist temple by his son.
That was 600 years ago. It was burned down by a monk in the 1950s and rebuilt beam for beam.


Fanjingshan Temples, Guizhou, China

The Choluteca Bridge in Honduras was built with such design strength that it could withstand the worst of hurricanes. When Hurricane Mitch came in 1998, it dumped 75 inches of rain in less than four days and destroyed 150 Honduran bridges, but not the Choluteca Bridge.

While the bridge itself was in near perfect condition, a wider view revealed that the roads on either end of the bridge had completely vanished, leaving no visible trace of their prior existence. Of even greater significance, however, was the fact that during the massive flooding caused by the hurricane, the several hundred feet wide Choluteca River had carved itself a new channel and no longer flowed beneath the bridge at all; the bridge now spanned dry ground.

Kaleni ocelove karoserie tanku

Koza Brněnská, hrad Špilberk

That time photographer Scott Taylor caught an 'angry bird' in real life.

His camera captured a moment in which a cardinal’s wings were tucked tightly into its body, making the bird look like a fluffy red ball floating in midair.

A photographer captured a stunning image of Christ the Redeemer “holding” the Moon after three years of attempting to get the shot.

Angolian artist paints himself painting himself

Towns and cities that look spectacular from above

Madrid


Barcelona


Centuripe, Sicily, Italy


Gangi, Sicily, Italy


Fort Bourtange, the Netherlands


Saint-Malo, France

KISS OF LIFE

In 1968, the author received the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph - one of the most prestigious awards in the United States, which is awarded for achievements in music, cinema, theater and journalism.

The picture shows two electricians, Randall Champion and Jay Thompson, hanging from a power pole. That day there was a strong heat and nothing foreshadowed trouble. The hum of air conditioners in July 1967 was heard throughout the state of Florida. Because of them, in the city of Jacksonville, there was an overload of power lines, and this caused a power surge.

Randall and Jay were doing routine maintenance on a live line when Randall accidentally touched one of the wires. A discharge of 4000 V passed through the body and his heart stopped. For understanding: during the execution in the electric chair, a voltage of 2000 V is used

Randall's lifeless body hung from the harness. But his partner Jay did not lose his head, realizing that every second is precious, he began to give him artificial respiration right on the pole. It was very inconvenient, but there was no other way out. In such a situation, it is difficult to conduct a normal resuscitation, but Jay still tried to start his friend's heart until he had a weak pulse.

Only after that he unhooked his partner's insurance and, throwing him over his shoulder, went down to the ground. By the time the rescuers arrived (they were called by professional photographer Rocco Morabito, who happened to be at the scene), Champion was already conscious on the ground.
Not only was he saved, thanks to Thompson, but he lived another 35 years. The electrician died in 2003 at the age of 64.

Thompson is alive today.

Člen Ku Klux Klanu stojí za policistou kvůli ochraně poté, co dav obklíčil shromáždění klanu v Austinu v Texasu, 1983

Front Street in Lahaina, Maui. People abandoned their vehicles, jumping into the ocean to escape the fire.

JWST našel galaxii ve tvaru otazníku