Comet Holmes

Info on Comet Holmes, which brightened a million-fold last week and is now apparently an easily-visible naked-eye object in Perseus.

More info from Heavens-Above



It looks as if what we're seeing is an expanding spherical shell of matter. Debris from a gas eruption? From the H-bomb nudging into a new orbit? Dispersing nanobots? Time will tell...

Canary Wharf Mist

Saturday morning I went onto purplecthulhu's balcony to be greeted by a glorious misty view of Docklands. I grabbed a few pictures; this is a first, very rough effort at making a panorama. Click and look at 'original' for best view.



A better version should follow in due course.