Arches Across An Arctic Sky : What Are These Two Giant Arches Across The Sky? Perhaps The More Familiar

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), male, from a banding. Jerusalem Bird Observatory (JBO). 21.10.21

Jupiter s Swimming Storm : A bright storm head with a long turbulent wake swims across Jupiter in these sharp telescopic images of the Solar System’s ruling gas giant. Captured on August 26, 28, and September 1 (left to right) the storm approximately doubles in length during that period. Stretching along the jetstream of the planet’s North Temperate Belt it travels eastward in successive frames, passing the Great Red Spot and whitish Oval BA, famous storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere. Galilean moons Callisto and Io are caught in the middle frame. In fact, telescopic skygazers following Jupiter in planet Earth’s night have reported dramatic fast moving storm outbreaks over the past few weeks in Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt. via NASA

Eurasian nuthatch/nötväcka. 

NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars : How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the most massive stars known. This star is the brightest object located just above the gas front in the featured image. Close inspection of images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, however, have shown that Pismis 24-1 derives its brilliant luminosity not from a single star but from three at least. Component stars would still remain near 100 solar masses, making them among the more massive stars currently on record. Toward the bottom of the image, stars are still forming in the associated emission nebula NGC 6357. Appearing perhaps like a Gothic cathedral, energetic stars near the center appear to be breaking out and illuminating a spectacular cocoon. via NASA

Canário-da-terra/Saffron Finch 

Sicalis flaveola

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a gryphon that’s half pelican, half skunk, known as the Smellican

Elsa. Värmland, Sweden (April 24, 2022). 

Orion’s Recently Installed Solar Array Wings : Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent. (via NASA)