Saturn emerging from behind the Moon. The American astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy climbed to the summit of a volcano in Hawaii to photograph Saturn being briefly covered by the Moon. The Mauna Kea Observatory, where the picture was taken, stands on the volcano at an altitude of between 3,700 and 4,200 metres
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
