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My Panasonic Lumix TZ200 ("travel zoom" camera, compact with up to 15x optical zoom) is very convenient to carry around and has a...

We visited Exbury Gardens (in Hampshire, UK) a couple of days ago. It's an amazing sight all year round, but in rhododendron and azalea...

For a different strength of gravity, atmospheric pressure and hence density would be expected to be different too (unless in a closed...

I'm wondering whether the second stage subsequently managed the third (disposal) burn. If it did, then in hindsight it might have been...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_H._Brans...

Half steps left to right, fourths top to bottom like a guitar is the default but this may be any interval you like, fifths, octaves...

True of course, and presumably relevant in this case, but to avoid confusion this needs to be accompanied by the important point that if...

Thanks - I knew that the colours were completely artificial and Hubble photos include wavelengths outside the visible spectrum but I had...

For the original question: The Short Answer: No, there is no natural vantage point where Hubble images would look like what the human...

That's getting a bit off topic, but from some quick Googling, that image is probably of the order of 5 light years high, and the version...

And some spring flowers shot today (it was a lovely, sunny day today :smile:): Pericallis × hybrida (1): Pericallis × hybrida (2)...

The human eye adapts well to darkness, although it doesn't see colour well at low light intensity. The earth was lit by full moonlight...

No it isn't. That looks like a launch from complex 40 (Falcon 9) not 39B, but in any case that picture is quoted in a post by Chris...

That article now contains a more realistic acceleration (around speed of sound after a minute) and the following at the end: