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23/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Moons Near Jupiter

2019 May 23
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Moons Near Jupiter 
Image Credit & CopyrightBetul Turksoy
Explanation: On May 20, a nearly Full Moon and Jupiter shared this telephoto field of view. Captured when a passing cloud bank dimmed the moonlight, the single exposure reveals the familiar face of our fair planet's own large natural satellite, along with bright Jupiter (lower right) and some of its Galilean moons. Lined up left to right the tiny pinpricks of light near Jupiter are GanymedeEuropa, [Jupiter] and Callisto. (That's not just dust on your screen ...) Closer and brighter, our own natural satellite appears to loom large. But Ganymede, and Callisto are physically larger than Earth's Moon, while water world Europa is only slightly smaller. In fact, of the Solar System's six largest planetary satellites, Saturn's moon Titan is missing from the scene and a fourth Galilean moon, Io, is hidden by our ruling gas giant.

22/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Primordial Contact Binary 2014 MU69

2019 May 22
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Primordial Contact Binary 2014 MU69 
Image Credit: NASAJohns Hopkins University APLSouthwest Research Institute, Roman Tkachenko
Explanation: Primordial contact binary 2014 MU69, also known as Ultima Thule, really is very red. In fact, it's the reddest outer solar system object ever visited by a spacecraft from Earth. Its reddish hue is believed to be due to organic materials on its surface. Ruddy color and tantalizing surface details seen in this composite image are based on data from the New Horizons spacecraft recorded during the January 1 flyby of the farthest world yet explored. Embedded in the smaller lobe Thule (top), the 8 kilometer wide feature nick named Maryland crater is the largest depression known on the surface of Ultima Thule. Transmission of data collected from the flyby continues, and will go on until the late summer 2020 as New Horizons speeds deeper into the dim and distant Kuiper Belt.

21/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio

2019 May 19
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A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio 
Image Credit & Copyright: Todd Sladoje
Explanation: Why would clouds appear to be different colors? The reason here is that ice crystals in distant cirrus clouds are acting like little floating prisms. Sometimes known as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, acircumhorizon arc lies parallel to the horizon. For a circumhorizontal arc to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where cirrus clouds are present. Furthermore, the numerous, flat, hexagonal ice-crystals that compose the cirrus cloud must be aligned horizontally to properly refract sunlight in a collectively similar manner. Therefore, circumhorizontal arcs are quite unusual to see. This circumhorizon display was photographed through apolarized lens above DublinOhio in 2009.

Science & Technologie - Video - Animaux : Un terrifiant poisson des profondeurs


Resultado de imagem para photo le dragon des abysses

Le dragon des abysses est un lophiiforme, comme la baudroie, en général appelée lotte sur les étalages des poissoniers, qui prennent soin de retirer la tête. Plate, très large et enlaidie par un relief de peau tourmenté (un excellent camouflage), elle est possède une sorte de canne à pêchearticulée. Le dragon des abysses dispose du même instrument mais, la lumière étant presque inexistante dans les grandes profondeurs, il est terminé par un organe bioluminescent, pour attirer ses proies près de sa gueule énorme. Peu connu des scientifiques, vivant entre 1 et 3 km de profondeur et dans l'obscurité presque complète, ce poisson est difficile à observer.

D'après l'institut de recherche de l'aquarium de Monterey Bay (Mbari), qui a montré ces images en 2015, c'était la première fois que l'animal était filmé en mer. Après cet enregistrement, les biologistes ont récupéré le poisson pour son observation. En effet, son étude permettra de mieux comprendre l'animal et ainsi aider à sa conservation en milieu naturel. C'est l'occasion pour les scientifiques d'en apprendre plus sur ce surprenant animal des abysses.

© Mbari

17/05/2019

Science & Technologie - Botanique : Le riz, une plante fascinante

Le riz est une plante fascinante. Ici, des rizières en terrasses, en Asie, dessinant de véritables œuvres d’art. © Sasint, Pixabay, DP.

Le riz désigne l'ensemble des plantes du genre Oryza, parmi lesquelles deux espèces sont cultivées (sur les 23 Oryza qui existent) :
Les riz asiatiques (Oryza sativa) cultivés se classent en deux groupes éco-géographiques : indica et japonica ; les riz avec la dénomination plus ancienne javanica sont rattachés aux japonica.
Il existe aussi Oryza glaberrima, ou riz ouest africain, de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.

Quelques chiffres sur le riz :
90 % de l'alimentation repose sur le riz en Asie.
93 % de la production de riz est asiatique.
On consomme 70 kg de riz par personne et par an dans les pays en voie de développement et 12 kg dans les pays développés.
3.000 à 10.000 litres d'eau sont nécessaires pour produire 1 kg de riz.
Pour 100 kg de riz brut, on a 60 kg de riz blanc, 20 kg de balles, 10 kg de son et 10 kg de brisures.
Le riz complet contient 76 % de glucides et 10 % de protides.
Au nord de l’île de Luçon, aux Philippines, les rizières en terrasses de Banaue sont connues pour leur beauté époustouflante. Classées au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco, elles attirent chaque année de nombreux visiteurs. Partez à leur découverte avec Antoine. © Antoine

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Dark Skies: Turn on the Night

2019 May 16
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Dark Skies: Turn on the Night 
Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)
Explanation: Have you ever experienced a really dark night sky? One common and amazing feature is the glowing band of our Milky Way galaxy stretching from horizon to horizon. If you live in or near a big city, though, you might not know this because city lights reflecting off the Earth's atmosphere could only allow you to see the Moon and a few stars. Today, however, being UNESCO's International Day of Light, the International Astronomical Union is asking people to Turn on the Night by trying to better understand, and in the future better reduce, light pollution. You can practice even now by going to the main APOD website at NASA and hovering your cursor over the Before image. TheAfter picture that comes up is a panorama of four exposures taken with the same camera and from the same location, showing what happened recently in China when people in Kaihua County decided to turn down many of their lights. Visible in the Before picture are the stars Sirius (left of center) and Betelgeuse, while visible in the After picture are thousands of stars with the arching band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Humanity has lived for millennia under a dark night sky, and connecting to it has importance for both natural and cultural heritage.

15/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Young Star Cluster Trumpler 14 from Hubble

2019 May 14
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Young Star Cluster Trumpler 14 from Hubble Image Credit: NASAESA, and J. Maíz Apellániz (IoAoA Spain); Acknowledgment: N. Smith (U. Arizona)
Explanation: Why does star cluster Trumpler 14 have so many bright stars? Because it is so young. Many cluster stars have formed only in the past 5 million years and are so hot they emit detectable X-rays. In older star clusters, most stars this young have already died -- typically exploding in a supernova -- leaving behind stars that are fainter and redder. Trumpler 14 spans about 40 light years and lies about 9,000 light years away on the edge of the famous Carina Nebula. A discerning eye can spot two unusual objects in this detailed 2006 image of Trumpler 14 by the Hubble Space Telescope. First, a dark cloud just left of center may be a planetary system trying to form before being destroyed by the energetic winds of Trumpler 14's massive stars. Second is the arc at the bottom left, which one hypothesis holds is the supersonic shock wave of a fast star ejected 100,000 years ago from a completely different star cluster.

12/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano

2019 May 12
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Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano 
Image Credit & Copyright: Sigurður Stefnisson
Explanation: Why did a picturesque volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well-populated areas. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on 2010 March 20, with a second eruption starting under the center of a small glacier on 2010 April 14. Neither eruption was unusually powerful. The second eruption, however, melted a large amount of glacial ice which then cooled and fragmented lava into gritty glass particles that were carried up with the rising volcanic plume. Pictured here during the second eruption, lightning boltsilluminate ash pouring out of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.

10/05/2019

Science & Technology - Astronomy picture of the day : Way Halley Dust and Milky

2019 May 10
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Way Halley Dust and Milky 
Image Credit & Copyright: Gang Li
Explanation: Grains of cosmic dust streaked through the mostly moonless night skies of May 7. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through the debris streams left behind by periodic Comet Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the Eta Aquarids. Though it was made about a day after the shower's predicted maximum, this composite image still captures 20 meteors in exposures taken over a 2 hour period, registered on a background exposure of the sky. The meteor trails point back to the shower radiant near eponymous faint star Eta Aquarii close to the horizon, seen from 100 kilometers south of Sydney Australia. Known for speed, Eta Aquarid meteors move fast, entering the atmosphere at about 66 kilometers per second. Brilliant Jupiter shines near the central bulge of the Milky Way high above the horizon. The Southern Cross is just tucked in to the upper right corner of the frame.

09/05/2019

Science & Technologie - Aeronautique - Vidéo : En Russie, un avion en flammes fait plus de 40 morts


Resultado de imagem para image de Sukhoi SSJ100 en feu

Les images de ce Sukhoi SSJ100 en feu sur l’aéroport Sheremetyevo de Moscou (Russie) hier, dimanche 5 mai, sont impressionnantes. Sur cette vidéo que nous n’avons pas pu authentifier, on voit l’avion d’Aeroflot rebondir une première fois sur la piste puis toucher de nouveau la piste violemment avant de s’embraser, glisser sur plusieurs dizaines de mètres avant de s’immobiliser. L’un des passagers a filmé la scène avec son téléphone portable. Le Sukhoi SSJ100 qui venait de décoller de Moscou à destination de Mourmansk avait demandé à revenir se poser en urgence suite à un problème technique. Une enquête a été ouverte par le bureau russe MAK. 

Le Sukhoi SSJ 100 est un avion monocouloir bimoteur d'une capacité de 75 à 90 sièges qui a été mis en service en 2011. A son lancement, cet avion a rencontré plusieurs problèmes techniques. Le crash d'un Sukhoi SSJ100 en mai 2012, qui avait côuté la vie aux 45 occupants, était dû à une erreur humaine. L'avion avait percuté une montagne lors d'un vol de démonstration. 

Aeroflot est la compagnie aérienne nationale russe dont le siège est à Moscou. Elle opère une flotte d'Airbus et de Boeing moyen et long-courriers et des SSJ100.
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ASTRONOMY - Christmas Tree Aurora

 2024 December 23 Christmas Tree Aurora Image Credit & Copyright:  Jingyi Zhang Explanation:  It was December and the sky lit up like a ...