Adolf Vollmy created this famous engraving of the 1833 Leonid meteor shower for the Adventist book Bible Readings for the Home Circle. It is based on a painting by Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, which was based on a first-person account of the 1833 storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner, who witnessed the storm while traveling from Florida to New Orleans. Hundreds of … [Read more...] about The night the stars fell from the sky
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Rare Wave-Shaped Clouds Seen by Sky-Watcher in Wyoming
Amazing pictures of an unusual cloud formation that was drifting over the horizon like ocean waves were captured by a skywatcher. According to Rachel Gordon, who lives in the US state of Wyoming, she snapped the pictures from her parents’ back door. She later shared them on the Wyoming via The Lens Facebook page, where they quickly gained popularity. On Tuesday, the … [Read more...] about Rare Wave-Shaped Clouds Seen by Sky-Watcher in Wyoming
In South Dakota, Somebody Managed To Capture The Unexpected Sight Of A Green Sky
Instead of what you could see when you peek out the window, green sky sound like the setting for a science fiction movie. But on Tuesday, July 5, folks in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, saw precisely that. The sky turned a vivid green, a naturally occurring but rare event. Look at the pictures that individuals took of the scene to get a sense of the shocking impact of this … [Read more...] about In South Dakota, Somebody Managed To Capture The Unexpected Sight Of A Green Sky