11. Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma
12. Super Heavy Booster 9’s 33 Raptor engines power Starship toward a successful hot-staging on its second flight test on November 18, 2023. Photo by John Kraus.
13. Smooth separation
14. Starship through the clouds
15. Crowds watching the Starship launch from afar. Dreaming of Mars and becoming a multiplanetary species.
16. The scale of SpaceX’s Starship
17. Starship Flight 3 by John Kraus
18. Liftoff of Starship Flight 3 by John Kraus
19. Starship from afar by John Kraus
20. Per aspera ad astra!
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1. The thinner tree was cut down years ago, and the larger one has been supporting and feeding it since then. They "wake up" together in the spring and "go to sleep" together in the autumn. This natural phenomenon is known as inosculation.
2. An unexpected duo, a coyote and a badger, traveling together through a tunnel under a highway.
Coyotes and badgers are known to hunt together, combining their specific skills to increase the likelihood of catching prey.
3. A fantastic shot by Clint Ralph of a Cape Buffalo and a Red-billed Oxpecker taking a drink together.
These little birds keep the buffalo safe from parasites by eating ticks and dead skin.
In return, they get a free ride and a constant buffet.
1. The snow on the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, reveals its magnificent violin design.
2. Mysore Palace, India
This royal residence, also referred to as Amba Vilas Palace, used to be the official home of the Wadiyar dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of Mysore.
Known as the "City of Palaces," Mysore is famous for its seven stunning royal palaces.
3. Palace of Venaria, Italy
This former royal hunting lodge, named from Latin Venatio Regia ("Royal Hunt"), was a residence for the House of Savoy.
It features monumental architecture and Baroque interiors, such as the spectacular Galleria Grande seen in the picture.
1. Panama Canal: The Kiss of the Oceans (1923 postcard)
2. Likely crafted in Florence, this globe made from two ostrich eggs may be the first known globe depicting the New World.
Dating back to the early 1500s, it features the inscription HC SVNT DRACONES ("Here are the Dragons"), positioned above the southeastern coast of Asia.
3. An arctic continent is depicted on the Gerardus Mercator map of 1595.
On several ancient maps, a land called Hyperborea is often shown as an Arctic continent and described as "Terra Septemtrionalis Incognita" (Unknown Northern Land).