Overwatched by a lighthouse, the Sun sinks into the Balearic Sea west of Sardinia

[SorellaLaBefana]

When the sun sets on September 7, the Full Moon will rise. And ... denizens around much of our fair planet, including parts of Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Europe, and Africa can witness a total lunar eclipse, with the Moon completely immersed in Earth's shadow. As the bright Full Moon first enters Earth's shadow it will darken, finally taking on a reddish hue during the total eclipse phase...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250906.html

This September's Full Moon will be (in much of North America) known as 'The Corn Moon"—not, as generally is the case, 'The Harvest Moon' which is the Full Moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox

Let your Little Light Shine...

[Bayard]

1. Wow....

That is one gorgeous pic. Thanks for posting.

[SorellaLaBefana]

3. Thanks to NASA for (still) supporting the Astronomy Picture of the Day

When I see an image and text such as this—a wonderous fusion of Art and Science—I am always reminded of CP Snow's "The Two Cultures"—given as a lecture at Cambridge about two years after the launch of Sputnik.

I vividly recall listening to Sputnik's "beeps" on a crystal radio as it orbited the earth far above our rented farmhouse. By the time I became aware of the posited "Two Cultures" it had long been in book form and, to my reading, was a somewhat confused misunderstanding of the relationship of Arts (well, at least the Humanities) and Sciences.

None-the-less, Snow did make many valuable and true observations. He also anticipated the dreadful effects of Postmodernism which have done so much to shape our current view of the world.

Here's a link to the published text of the original lecture:
https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/snow_1959.pdf

[George McGovern]

4. You find the most beautiful photographs SorellaLaBefana. Thank You!