gino flaim

atheist, optics, telescopes, science, gardening, worms

[Phil Metzger @DrPhiltill]

Tbe solar system looked a lot simpler before the invention of telescopes and spaceships.

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

Reading "Shadow & Claw" by Gene Wolfe who passed away a few days ago. Keep your dictionary handy.

[David Blanchflower BSc @DavidBflower]

Waxing Gibbous Moon. 1933UT 16 March 2019. #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

[Chandra Observatory @chandraxray]

Eta Carinae is an intriguing double star system located a mere 7,500 light years from Earth! A previous eruption ejected a huge amount of material into #space forming the Homunculus Nebula — 2 giant lobes of hot gas that continue to expand at over 2 million kilometers per hour!

[Mia Stålnacke @AngryTheInch]

On Thursday night when the aurora went wild. ❤️
Of course I filmed a few minutes of the show. :)
The quality might be awful but you get it!

[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

🦋

Our planet is so beautiful.

Take a a minute for the whirring flight of the Green Dragontail Butterfly in slow motion.

#Butterflies #pollinators #bees #wildlife #animals #nature MT
@Gabriele_Corno

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Breathtaking views and exotic moths, is this paradise?

This clip, shared with us by Robert Campbell, shows a cloud of Milionia basalis, a day-flying moth from Cambodia, taking a keen interest in Robert and his camera.
Likely extracting vital salts from perspiration on his hands.

[Maxime Duprez @maximaxoo]

#Space: the unbarred #spiral Sombrero #galaxy (M104) - classy #CosmicHat!
https://t.co/Who37WkjJK via #ayemeduniverse

[WIRED Science @WIREDScience]

Here's how you plastinate a leviathan organ:
https://t.co/PZ4IMMhkbQ

[Maxime Duprez @maximaxoo]

#Space: M45, the #Pleiades open #StarCluster
https://t.co/ygtBXuCp46 by Brian H

[Maxime Duprez @maximaxoo]

#Space: a single comprehensive model captures entire #LifeCycle of #SolarFlares, from emergence to #eruption
► https://t.co/J9eHLOL8ku via @UCAR_News

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

sharp detail, thanks

[David Blanchflower BSc @DavidBflower]

Waxing Gibbous Moon. 1806UT 16 January 2019. #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science @rdfrs]

Read the Bible– we need more atheists.

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

beautiful

[S_Galimberti @S_Galimberti]

Se vuoi essere forte, vinci te stesso. https://t.co/ZjsA7xrlEb

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

@carolynporco Perfect size to carve out and take a trip to the stars?

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

@carolynporco Thank you for sharing those little special moments.

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

@DavidBrin 120-micron slivers of ice, incredible

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

41 degrees latitude, Thursday was 4 seconds shorter in daylight, Friday was unchanged, Saturday was 4 seconds longer, always enjoy this turning point

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. " page 131 East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[gino flaim @sky_spark]

"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.