A zoom into the Hubble Space Telescope photograph of an enormous, bubble being blown into space by a super hot, massive star.
Astronomers trained the iconic telescope on this colorful feature, called the Bubble Nebula, or NGC 7635.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, and L. Frattare (Viz 3D Team, STScI)
The Hubble Space Telescope has been in operation since 1990 when it was launched into low Earth orbit. For the last 25 years it has provided humanity with beautiful, interstellar images of outer space that unravel the mysteries beyond the solar system.
The Reciprocity Foundation works with homeless youth in New York City.
Like many other nonprofits, it works tirelessly to make a deep and highly focused impact on a relatively small population.
Its founders believe that transforming the lives of 90 young people in a profound and long lasting way is more meaningful than working with thousands of young people in a superficial way.
The Reciprocity Foundation is an award winning, contemplative nonprofit offering transformative programming for homeless and foster youth in NYC.
The Queen and her three heirs, Charles, William and George, in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace.
This special four stamp Miniature Sheet features a striking portrait by Ranald Mackechnie, exclusively commissioned by Royal Mail for the Queen’s 90th birthday.
Silver medal issued on the occasion of a Kulturbund coin show in 1976 in Neuhaus, today in the state of Thuringia. It was designed by Helmut König and minted by a company named Bittner in Gotha.
“Mein Streben sei: Die Menschen ihnen selbst zu geben” is a Fröbel quote. In a note to a friend, he wrote: “Be they aim to give bread to people; let my striving be to give each person to themself..”
The chance discovery of a mosaic 18 inches below the surface led to the discovery of one of the largest Roman Villas ever found in the UK, similar in size to the great Roman villa at Chedworth.
The villa, which had around 20 to 25 rooms on the ground floor alone, was built between 175 AD and 220 AD, and repeatedly remodelled right up until the mid 4th century.
Simon Sebag Montefiore, one of Britain’s leading historians said: “This remarkable Roman villa, with its baths and mosaics uncovered by chance, is a large, important and very exciting discovery that reveals so much about the luxurious lifestyle of a rich Romano British family at the height of the empire.
“It is an amazing thought that so much has survived almost two millennia.”
An artist’s impression of how the site would have looked
“This site has not been touched since its collapse 1400 years ago and, as such, is of enormous importance. Without question, this is a hugely valuable site in terms of research, with incredible potential.
“The discovery of such an elaborate and extraordinarily well preserved villa, undamaged by agriculture for over 1500 years, is unparalleled in recent years. Overall, the excellent preservation, large scale and complexity of this site present a unique opportunity to understand Roman and post-Roman Britain.”
Floral designer Marco Appelfeller and photographer Hing Ang team up to create a floral universe beyond dreams.
Stories from Greek mythology, fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm and other classics are brought to life in a magical fantasy world of flowers.
Flora Mythica is a masterpiece testifying of craftsmanship and creativity. Text in English and German.
A remarkable, rammed earth building in the Pilbara region of Western Australia has been judged by architectural pundits around the world as one of the best new buildings on the planet.
The Great Wall of Western Australia encloses twelve earth covered residences, created to provide short term accommodation for a cattle station during mustering season.
With 450mm thick rammed earth facade and the sand dune forming their roofs, the residences have the best thermal mass available, making them naturally cool in the subtropical climate.
The design represents a new approach to remote North Western Australia architecture, moving away from the sun baked, corrugated metal shelters to naturally cooled architectural earth formations. The walls have the characteristic of being partially porous to absorb and release humidity.
“The evaporation of water out of the walls keeps the walls cool and lowers the overall temperatures.”
Rammed earth derived from a local clay pan, from gravel and water from the nearby river, kept it an inexpensive building, that does not require maintenance, termite control or painting.
A brilliant and response to building in one of the harshest climates, making it more inherent in the landscape and low in embodied energy.
A reflective place from where you can see the ghost gums and the river and the very spiritual landscape of this part of the country.
