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Celebrities Lost 849 AD

December 29, 2024

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Our Solar System: The Moon Part II

Moon illusion The Moon does appear larger when close to the horizon, but this is a purely psychological effect, known as the Moon illusion, first described in the 7th century BC. Illumination and brightness Half of the Moon's surface is always illuminated by the Sun (except during a lunar eclipse). But also Earth does reflect light onto the Moon, observable at times as Earth-light when again reflected to Earth from the Near side of the Moon where it is not illuminated by the Sun. Reported as a "super-moon", on 14 November 2016, the Moon was at full phase closer to Earth than it has been since 1948, 14% closer and larger than its farthest position in apogee. This closest point coincided within an hour of a full moon, and it was 30% more luminous than when at its greatest distance because its increased apparent diameter. At lower levels, the human perception of reduced brightness as a percentage is provided by the following formula: perceived reductio...

In Memoriam: Celebrities Lost 1822

P B Shelley William Herschel E. T. A Hoffman Antonio Canova John Stark Denmark Vesey Platon Zubov Nancy Ward Jean, Baron de Batz Edward Daniel Clarke Stephen Kemble Ali Pasha of Ioannina Matthew Lyon Eli Ayers Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh John Honeyman Karl August von Hardenberg Claude-Louis Berthollet Paolo Roffini Valentin Havy William Pinkney Kristjan Jaak Peterson Jozef Wybicki Samuel Green Armaud-Emmanuel de Bignerot du Alessis, duc de Richelieu Rene-Just Havy Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard Thomas Chippendale, the Younger John Duraing Thomas Middleton

Annihilation: Movie Review

From the director of Ex Machina comes “A NEW SCI-FI CLASSIC”. Biologist and former soldier Lena ( Natalie Portman ) is shocked when her missing husband ( Oscar Isaac ) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth. Experience the visual stunning film effects critics have hailed as a “BOLD AND INNOVATIV THRILLER”. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodrigues, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. 114 minutes. Rated R for Violence, Bloody Images, and Some Sexuality.

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