Solnechnye chasy pokazyvayut solncestoyanie
26.06.2012 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Skol'ko vremeni? V tochno naznachennyi den' i chas eti solnechnye chasy pokazhut vam "SOLNCESTOYaNIE". Imenno v etot moment Solnce budet raspolozheno tak, chto ego svet, proidya cherez special'nye otverstiya, nachertit eto slovo i oboznachit samyi korotkii i samyi dlinnyi dni v godu. Eto sluchaetsya dva raza v god, i kak raz proizoshlo na proshloi nedele.

Apollon-17 u kratera Shorti
24.06.2012 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V dekabre 1972 goda astronavty s korablya Apollon-17 Yudzhen Sernan i Harrison Shmitt proveli okolo 75 chasov na poverhnosti Luny v doline Taurus-Littrou, a ih kollega Ronal'd Evans nablyudal za nimi s orbity. Eta fotografiya byla sdelana Sernanom v vremya ih so Shmittom puteshestviya po dnu doliny.