My finished shot from this morning's total lunar eclipse. This image was captured by using two telescopes, one to capture intricate detail on the lunar surface, and one to capture the rich tones cast by Earth's shadow across the disc. Go ahead, zoom in on it!
On Tuesday, the Earth, sun and moon will align to create a Blood Moon eclipse. It will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2025. Mark your calendars.
Twitter is an anti-compassion machine that stokes our tendency to dehumanize and even hate people we don't know personally.
Four little exercises I use to combat that and crank up the compassion in my mind:
Alaska's snow crab season has been canceled for the first time in the state's history. An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared, which is a 90% drop in their population. This is a major blow to America's seafood industry and could cost the economy $200 million.
Get back into it. Whatever it is; the gym, your art, your studies, that book you haven’t finished, that project you shelved. Whatever you weren’t ready for then; you’re ready for now.
“But the gateway to the world
Is still outside the reach of hands
Would never belong to angels
Had never belonged to men”
I wish I could kiss Hozier’s brain🫠
Tonight Jupiter will be the closest to Earth in 59 years and won’t be this close again until 2129. It will be the brightest star in the sky. Don’t miss it.