The Picture Thread

[stark1]

Пока́

 

[stark1]

You know what they say
Karma sucks bah-ad

To Russian designed/Ukrainian made Neptune missiles hits P’s Black Sea vladship Moskva ( the one of to that got the one finger salute at Ukraine’s Snake Island ). 121





Russia claims only damage to Munitions. Blow.

Ukraine said ship sailors abandoned boat. Belly up?


In Neptune’s grasp



Karma will screw you in between you butt, P

Пока́, Mockba

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Milky Way above Devil's Tower, Wyoming

 

[stark1]

privit! a tiny bit of joy, in the middle of oblast “special military operation” Mockba

Spring nuptials of a Ukrainian and Russian couple, fleeing special ops Moskova



Update—after Moscow’s black sea vladship bellied up, a naval pundit quibbed that the now sunken Moscow
Has been promoted to “special” Klass Submarine; or, failing that, as a potential diving hot spot for Ukrainian vacationers, around the artificial reef.

 

[Abysmal Vapor]

 

[stark1]

 

[stark1]

 

[macbill]

The Osprey are Back From Mexico. In 28 years, they have only used Avion Perch as nest twice

 

[stark1]

On the Wing,




—in the Wind


New Morning

 

[CANtalk]

I'm a gardener.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

@Jill NYC @NYC_Frank
New York, NY RFK (Triborough) Bridge

 

[stark1]

P, Grasping (Parkinson) strawskava



P, the pain



I, imperial mortality

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Atacama Desert, Chile Two of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) Auxiliary Telescopes and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds — two of the 50 or so satellite galaxies that orbit our more massive Milky Way.

 

[NYC_Frank]

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Mértola, Portugal. Milky Way galaxy spans, Mars appears on the far left, while the planets Saturn and Jupiter were also simultaneously visible -- but on the opposite side of the sky, here seen on the far right. Near the top of the image the bright star Vega can be found, while the far-distant and faint Andromeda Galaxy can be seen toward the left, just below Milky Way's arch.

 

[stark1]

The happy, young cherry tree a-BLOOMed again, this April Monday, Monday

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Allgäu Public Observatory in southwestern Bavaria, Germany. As ESO tested the new Wendelstein laser guide star unit by shooting a powerful laser beam into the atmosphere, one of the region’s intense summer thunderstorms was approaching. Martin Kornmesser, visual artist for the ESO outreach department, took time-lapse photographs of the test. With purely coincidental timing, this photograph was snapped just as lightning flashed.

 

[stark1]

Ye olde (chubby) country grain store kitty, dreaming of
—catching some—well, deserved .Z. .Z. .Z. .z. ....

—i am watching you / can you see me eyes, lad
Snoo .Z. .Z .z. tyme....


Dreamin’ of those darn fast meese

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Lake Nian, Yunnan province, China. Moon, Milky Way, Lyrid meteor.

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Albany`a, Spain.
The three stars of Orion's belt stretch across top center, Alnitak, the easternmost (left) of the belt stars is seen next to the more diffuse glow of the Flame Nebula and the dark notch of the famous Horsehead. Easily visible to the naked-eye The Great Nebula of Orion is below the belt stars. The broad and faint arc of Barnard's Loop seems to embrace Orion's brighter stars and nebulae. Near the western horizon toward lower right Orion's bright blue supergiant Rigel just touches the branches of a pine tree.

 

[CANtalk]

The James Webb space telescope has been focused.

In Photos: The Webb Telescope Is Finally Focused And Just Sent Back 10 Jaw-Dropping New Hi-Def Images

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is aligned and focused, with its "sharpness check" consisting of 10 incredible images that shows that we are "surrounded by a symphony of creation" according to one scientist.

www.forbes.com

Will be diving into this and more.

5 Out-of-This-World Telescope Photos of Space to Get You Excited For The JWST Launch

The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[CrazyDiamond]

@CANtalk lots of stuff like that over here in this thread too, I saw the moon
Galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora’s Cluster (click to zoom...tons of galaxies)

 

[Nooky72]

Early morning wake n vape walk along the coast in the northeast of England

 

[stark1]

Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.



Reliquary of English lore? Legends of Arthur



Merlin’s Cave, Tintagel



Cornwall, South of Westward Ho! , North of Mousehole, England

 

[NYC_Frank]

What a spread ...