Photo of the day !!

Venus shines as a bright dot in a twilit sky above a line of trees.

Venus Dazzles and Reveals Hidden Patterns

If you want to spot Venus, now is a good time! Currently, the planet shines with added brightness in the morning sky and will reach its greatest elongation west—its farthest distance from the Sun in the sky—on October 23.
We found this was a great excuse to comb through thousands of years of data about Venus and unlock any hidden patterns in its movements across the sky. And yes, we found some!

Read Graham Jones’s intriguing Venus story

DST Kicks Off Down Under

People in New Zealand and many parts of Australia are about to spring forward by turning their clocks one hour ahead. Find out when!

Moonrise over a farm with a barn in the backdrop.

Equinox Warps Harvest Moon Rise Time

 

Attachments

We all know "sunshine after the rain", or similar expressions.
So what can I do but call these "Sunshine BEFORE The Rain"...because that's exactly what they are.
(Although, to be accurate, "rain" should really read "tropical downpour"....because this was ex-hurricane Lee over us, and the rain from this cloud bank was torrential in its intensity.)

I took these in the.......Sunshine Before The Rain:

IMG_4463.jpeg


IMG_4466.jpeg
 
An EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 and an F/A-18 Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) conduct training aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)

381201168_284039987739310_1834916848106475702_n.jpg
382370974_272260192350474_3029345596607234715_n.jpg