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A total eclipse happens this week, and it will be the last one for 3 years : NPR

A total lunar eclipse is happening Tuesday, and it might be a good time to catch a peek, because the next one isn't for three years.

The initial phase of the eclipse begins at 3:02 a.m. ET, according to NASA. The partial eclipse then begins at 4:09 a.m. ET, when to the naked eye, it looks like a bite is being taken out of the moon. The lunar disk enters totality at 5:17 a.m. ET and will last for about an hour and a half.

People in North America, Central America, Colombia, and western Venezuela and Peru will be able to see the eclipse in totality. Those in Alaska and Hawaii will be able to see all stages of the eclipse.

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July’s full moon is now visible. Here’s what to look for : NPR

The third supermoon of 2022 will grace the night sky on Wednesday.

It's also known as a buck moon because it falls in July. The name doesn't come from its appearance — you won't see the shape of a buck on the moon's surface or anything. Instead, it refers to something that's happening in nature. NASA's James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies The Picture Show NASA's James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

"The full Moon in July is called the Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth mode at this time," as The Old Farmer's Almanac says. "Bucks shed and regrow their antlers each year, producing a larger and more impressive set as the years go by."

The Sundial Primer – Azimuthal or Azimuth Sundial

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The Sundial Primer – Azimuthal or Azimuth Sundial

The azimuthal dial indicates the time by the sun's direction. The dial must be designed for a particular latitude. Figure 1 illustrates a dial that is designed to indicate Local Apparent Time (LAT). The hour lines appear as curved lines on the horizontal dial plate amongst the circular date lines. The gnomon is a vertical pin located at the centre of the dial. The dial must be positioned on a horizontal surface and orientated in the north-south direction as shown in the figure. The time is read by noting the hour line that the gnomon's shadow intersects for a particular day.

Remote Sensing as Art 🎨

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Remote Sensing as Art 🎨

Remote Sensing is the use of things like satellites 🛰 and aerial photography ✈ to take pictures of the land below. Nowadays with so much data easily available it’s wonderful not just from a scientific perspective but also to look at land and the patterns it represents from an artistic perspective.

In furtherance of artistic goals, I actually added a new feature to the internals of the blog, that allow me to modify the brightness, saturation, and color of any satellite image to make it look even prettier or capture a certain artistic effect on the blog live. 🎨