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[saturninemysticthreads]

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[phantomearthcreation]

“It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream” – Bernard Williams Colorado sunsets. 🌄📸✨️🌲 Check out my other cool stuff on my etsy shop! 🥰 https://www.etsy.com/shop/PhantomEarthCreation #art #artist #artwork #photo #photography #artlover #artoninstagram #sunsetphoto #artistsoninstagram #nature #outdoors #colorado #coloradoartist #coloradonative #naturephotos #naturephotography #mountains #photographie #photographylovers #photooftheday #photographylife #coloradophotography #treephotography #aspentrees #pinetrees #nightssky #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunsetlover https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiOyEOPwMu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sidonius5]

ℛ𝑜𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓂 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓊𝒹𝓈...

[nasa]

What’s Up - April 2018

What’s Up For April? 

The Moon, Mars and Saturn and the Lyrid meteor shower!

The Moon, Mars and Saturn

The Moon, Mars and Saturn form a pretty triangle in early April, the Lyrid Meteors are visible in late April, peaking high overhead on the 22nd.

You won't want to miss red Mars and golden Saturn in the south-southeast morning skies this month. Mars shines a little brighter than last month.

By the 7th, the Moon joins the pair. From a dark sky you may see some glow from the nearby Milky Way.

Lyrid Meteors

Midmonth, start looking for Lyrid meteors, which are active from April 14 through the 30th. They peak on the 22nd.

The Lyrids are one of the oldest known meteor showers and have been observed for 2,700 years. The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor shower goes back to 687 BC by the Chinese. The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to create the Lyrids originate from comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. Comet Thatcher was discovered on 5 April 1861 by A. E. Thatcher.

In the early morning sky, a patient observer will see up to more than a dozen meteors per hour in this medium-strength shower, with 18 meteors per hour calculated for the peak. U.S. observers should see good rates on the nights before and after this peak.

A bright first quarter moon plays havoc with sky conditions, marring most of the typically faint Lyrid meteors. But Lyra will be high overhead after the moon sets at midnight, so that's the best time to look for Lyrids.

Jupiter & Juno

Jupiter will also be visible in the night sky this month! 

Through a telescope, Jupiter's clouds belts and zones are easy to see. 

And watch the Great Red Spot transit--or cross--the visible (Earth-facing) disk of Jupiter every 8 hours.

Our Juno spacecraft continues to orbit this gas giant, too!

And Juno's JunoCam citizen science team is creating exciting images of Jupiter's features based on the latest spacecraft data.

Next month Jupiter is at opposition--when it rises at sunset, sets at sunrise, and offers great views for several months!

Watch the full What’s Up for April Video: 

There are so many sights to see in the sky. To stay informed, subscribe to our What’s Up video series on Facebook. Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.   

[moustachelipstick]

Hallo Welt 🖼🌄 wo schleicht ihr euch Nachts herum? . . #goodmorning #goodvibes #mountain #nordiclight #lights #dreams #overthehillsandfaraway #nightssky #bergliebe #traumgarten #schlaf #wachauf #astraltravel #nachthimmel #sonnenaufgang #frühmorgens #daslebenistschön #träumenisterlaubt #berglandschaft #procreate #artistheanswer #digitalartwork #switzerlandgirl #zurich #homesweethome❤️ #nurichbinarosa #waswärewenn #otherplanet #artisfreedom https://www.instagram.com/p/COu8x4ij0Ah/?igshid=131m85hygy3gv

[razzlewarz241]

Popping Lights #phonephotography #picoftheday #night #nightssky #revelations #lightshow https://www.instagram.com/p/CJanoXKDVnj/?igshid=1w5ir5bxpg37z

[cinos-posts]

I never uploaded this because I didn't think it was good enough. I guess the lack of green sky's here in the UK has changed my opinion. In the last 4 years I've seen both the Northern & Southern lights. Sometimes I forget how lucky I've been. 🌌 #northernlights #nightssky #northernlightscanada #auoraborealis #banffcanada #albertaaurorachasers #banffnationalpark (at Banff, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXC3kmBYZI/?igshid=1w08uw2x4d61c

[louisjones65]

Yucca look up in the sky in Joshua tree and truly realize how small you are in this universe. • • • • #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark #starfield #starpics #stars #nightssky #nightskyphotography #yuccatree #yuccavalley #yuccabrevifolia #yuccapun #yucca #nightphotography #nightscape #starscape #rawfile #rawfileedit #joshuatreecamping (at Joshua Tree National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD72jp_go1d/?igshid=1n7fag63ottg1

[johnhooperphotographer]

I will be exhibiting these two star trail photographs as part of the @lumen_london Atina Residency show at the St Pancras @TheCryptGallery from Friday the 19th at 6pm. Amazing cocktails by @monkeyshoulder and more scintillating work from the other artists from the Atina residency. . . . . . #art #photography #instaart #instaphoto #photooftheday #nightphotography #startrails #astrophotography #nightssky #landscape #longexposure #nikon #italy #atina #lumenresidency #outsideisfree (at The Crypt Gallery (St Pancras))

[dewdryte]

#Her90DaysOfAutumn #hubblebubbletoilandtrouble #fireburnandcauldronbubble #halloweencaneearly #October2017 #princessteaparty #nightssky

[orangefruitcakeart]

Finished another wizard pig this afternoon, part of my #pigsdoingmagic series. (My first ginger pig!) I've also added it to my redbubble shop. - see link in bio . . . . #magic #pig #magicpig #hairytrotter #whenpigsfly #flyingpig #broomstick #fullmoon #nightssky #stars #starrynight #ginger #gingersforjustice #justiceforgingers #onlyagingercancallanothergingerginger #gingerpig #witchart #muggle #harrypotter https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt38UvDFI_f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xvby8e6fsakc

[kellyschwark]

Best #SpotTheStation pass I've seen in a while. Did you know that you can receive updates on when the Internationa Space Station will be passing? @NASA can set you up. (Do a quick #spotthestation search to sign up.) #spacegeek #iss #internationalspacestation #isspass #lookup #nightssky https://www.instagram.com/p/Bto4nXRgwMT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t13ho22uo3sc

[phantomearthcreation]

Beautiful sunset in Florrisant, Colorado ✨️📸🌄 #art #artist #artwork #photo #photography #artlover #artistic #artislife #design #create #imagine #nature #outdoors #colorado #coloradoartist #coloradonative #naturephotos #naturephotography #mountains #photographylovers #photooftheday #photographylife #sunset #nightssky #clouds #Beautiful #dreamy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cof_PXOveiB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sidonius5]

𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓂𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈...

[nasa]

What’s Up - March 2018

What’s Up For March?

Several Planets and the Zodiacal Light!

This month, at sunset, catch elusive Mercury, bright Venus, the Zodiacal Light, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter between midnight and dawn!

Both Venus and Mercury play the part of "evening stars" this month. At the beginning of the month they appear low on the western horizon.

The Moon itself joins the pair from March 18th through the 20th. 

The Moon skims by the Pleiades star cluster and Taurus's bright red star Aldebaran on the next few evenings, March 21 through the 23rd.

Jupiter, king of the planets, rises just before midnight this month and earlier by month end. 

Even through the smallest telescope or average binoculars, you should see the 4 Galilean moons, Europa, Io, Callisto and Ganymede.

The March morning sky offers dazzling views of Mars and Saturn all month long.

Through a telescope, you can almost make out some of the surface features on Mars.

Look a little farther into Mars' future and circle May 5th with a red marker. When our InSight spacecraft launches for its 6 month journey to the Red Planet, Mars will be easily visible to your unaided eye. 

Keep watching Mars as it travels closer to Earth. It will be closest in late July, when the red planet will appear larger in apparent diameter than it has since 2003!

You are in for a real treat if you can get away to a dark sky location on a moonless night this month -- the Zodiacal Light and the Milky Way intersect! 

The Zodiacal light is a faint triangular glow seen from a dark sky just after sunset in the spring or just before sunrise in the fall.

The more familiar Milky Way is one of the spiral arms of our galaxy. 

What we're seeing is sunlight reflecting off dust grains that circle the Sun in the inner solar system. These dust grains journey across our sky in the ecliptic, the same plane as the Moon and the planets.

Watch the full What’s Up for March Video: 

There are so many sights to see in the sky. To stay informed, subscribe to our What’s Up video series on Facebook. Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.   

[ladymaewords]

Poetry from 6-10 years ago, I’ve always taken comfort in the stars and moon, in the sun and nature #poet #wordsmithing #wordsmith #poet #poetofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetofig #stars #moon #nightssky #nature #comfort