Astronaut Don Pettit took this photo from space in January 2025, as the Sun began to rise over a cloudy Pacific Ocean. This long-exposure image shows off the wide band of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, above the aurora and airglow that shine closer to Earth's horizon. Podcast:

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The Art of Astronaut Photography - NASA

On episode 397, NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Matt Dominick share their experiences capturing stunning photography from the International Space St...

#astrophotography #Earth #MilkyWay #aurora #NASA #ISS #DonPettit #sunrise #airglow

Illustrated Garden Glossary by Enid Mayfield, 2025 The Illustrated Garden Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 1000 terms related to gardening and horticulture, each supported by superb colour illustrations to aid understanding. The topics covered include plant classification, morphology and growth; plants from seeds; propagation; soil; compost; planting systems; pruning; pests and diseases; water and more. #books #nonfiction #reference #plants #gardening #horticulture

Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique by Will Kitchen, 2023 Explores cinema in relation to the critical tradition in modern philosophy and its heritage in Romantic aesthetics. Synthesising a variety of discursive fields and traditions - including Early German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory and the aesthetic philosophy of Jacques Rancière. #books #nonfiction #cinema #philosophy #capitalism

Comics Beyond Text and Image: On the Substance of Visual Narration by Benjamin Fraser, 2025 Comics Beyond Text and Image conceptualizes comics as “bodies,” exploring the substance and the many movements and expressions of comics first and foremost in terms of corporeality. The book centers on the metaphor of the comics body as a way of opening up our understandings of what comics do. #books #nonfiction #comics #philosophy

The Little Book of Numbers by Chris Brink, 2025 This book is a conceptual exploration of numbers, offering a unique perspective that blends mathematical insights with philosophical reflections. It includes chapters on specific numbers to illustrate broader theoretical issues, with a notable emphasis on the concept of infinity. #books #nonfiction #mathematics #numbers #philosophy #history

Hat Yai, #Thailand Two boys look at a car nose deep in floodwater as severe flooding affected thousands of people in the south after days of rain. Photograph: Arnun Chonmahatrakool/Thai News Pix/AFP/Getty #photography #floods #ClimateDiary

2025 in photos The wind whips embers as the #Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, January 7. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu #photography #wildfires

Animal perception, cats vs dogs So interesting how the cat perceives the rug as no problem but the dog sees it like a human would as scary. All this means is that dog brains are more human like, than cat brains? Either the cat has a lot of perception of reality or he's careless. Tranquility the perception of the cat is amazing! The dog saw the cat go by and still didn't believe it! 🫢 Animal perception is very different between species. via midnight-blue-blog #video #dogs #cats

🦩Did you know? A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance—and it’s easy to see why! With their bright pink feathers, long legs, and graceful necks, these colorful birds command attention wherever they go. There are six species of flamingo worldwide. They are highly social creatures and often gather in large numbers. The largest flamingo colony in the world can be found in Tanzania, where more than 2 million birds have been observed at one time. #photography #birds #flamingos

American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening by Cool Springs Press, 2025 In their first new book in over two decades, the American Horticultural Society offers indispensable insight into growing a modern edible garden at home, regardless of whether home is in the desert Southwest, the Midwestern plains, or on the shores of New England. #books #nonfiction #gardening #organic #vegetables