Is that an eensie-weensie spider in the top right? ;)
The Galloway Astronomy Centre (basically, a B&B with telescopes - and dark skies!) has just posted on their Facebook page a couple of photographs ...
Apparently they're colloquially known as 'mother of pearl' clouds - and you can see why. Quite beautiful. Edit: It also sounds a lot nicer than 'nacr...
With an orbital period of around a million years there's not much of a market there for birthday cakes and candles.
Try this.
its a radio show No, it was on TV - BBC4 - it's on iPlayer. The link in my entry above is to some text material on the BBC website going back a few ...
We've gone from mild but pouring to clear but freezing. Surely there's at least one better weather permutation...
Ever heard of a circumzenithal? Also known as a Bravais? What about an upside-down rainbow?
FYI, while Tim Peake is the seventh Brit in space, all the others were either dual nationality US/UK Nasa astronauts or privately-funded (space touris...
Amazing, Tej. Absolutely fantastic.
the shops have closed Amazon's still open, though I wouldn't bet on the courier getting here in time ;) A great review, Tej. Thanks very much - becau...