Venus is 67 million miles away from the sun, while the earth is 26 million miles away from Venus.
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
07 June 2012
Transit of Venus, 6 June 2012
The following photo was taken by the joint NASA/Japan satellite Hinode, showing Venus beginning to leave its transit.
Venus is 67 million miles away from the sun, while the earth is 26 million miles away from Venus.
Venus is 67 million miles away from the sun, while the earth is 26 million miles away from Venus.
21 February 2012
Adele shows middle finger during 2012 Brit Awards
22 Feb 2012
She won two prizes at the Brit Awards in London, best British female & best British album.
Her acceptance speech for the latter, the final and most prestigious award of the night, was cut short.
She had said: "nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys and then coming to the Brits and winning album of the year. I'm so proud to be British and to be flying our flag" before she was interrupted by host James Corden, so that he could introduce Blur, the final performers.
Amidst boos, she added: "Can I just say, then, goodbye and I'll see you next time round."
She then did the one finger salute, which was seen on live television.
She explained later backstage: "I flung the middle finger. That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me. I was about to thank the British public for all their support but they cut me off. So thank you very much for all your support. It's amazing."
ITV later issued a statement: "The Brits is a live event. Unfortunately the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."
A Brits Award spokesman added: "We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short. We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her."
She won two prizes at the Brit Awards in London, best British female & best British album.
Her acceptance speech for the latter, the final and most prestigious award of the night, was cut short.
She had said: "nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys and then coming to the Brits and winning album of the year. I'm so proud to be British and to be flying our flag" before she was interrupted by host James Corden, so that he could introduce Blur, the final performers.
Amidst boos, she added: "Can I just say, then, goodbye and I'll see you next time round."
She then did the one finger salute, which was seen on live television.
She explained later backstage: "I flung the middle finger. That was for the suits at the Brit Awards, not my fans. I'm sorry if I offended anyone but the suits offended me. I was about to thank the British public for all their support but they cut me off. So thank you very much for all your support. It's amazing."
ITV later issued a statement: "The Brits is a live event. Unfortunately the programme was over-running and we had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption."
A Brits Award spokesman added: "We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that her big moment was cut short. We don't want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning our night's biggest award. It tops off what's been an incredible year for her."
14 February 2012
THE best photo of Valentine's Day 2012
Pakistani women belonging to religious party Jamiat-e-Ulama Pakistan shout slogans as they set fire to a Valentine's card during a protest against Valentine's day in Karachi, on Valentine's Day 2012.
Valentine's Day is increasingly celebrated in Pakistan, a Muslim country where many conservatives disapprove of the occasion as a Western import.
Photographer: Rizwan Tabassum
Valentine's Day is increasingly celebrated in Pakistan, a Muslim country where many conservatives disapprove of the occasion as a Western import.
Photographer: Rizwan Tabassum
10 February 2012
World Press Photo of the Year 2012 winner
The 55th annual World Press Photo Contest winner is Samuel Aranda (Spain). His winning photo shows a woman holding a wounded relative in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011.
Samuel Aranda was working in Yemen on assignment for The New York Times.
The winner of the contest receives the equivalent of about RM40,000, as well as "the most prestigious and coveted award in photojournalism".
The main prize is given to the image that "... is not only the photojournalistic encapsulation of the year, but represents an issue, situation or event of great journalistic importance, and does so in a way that demonstrates an outstanding level of visual perception and creativity".
Samuel Aranda was working in Yemen on assignment for The New York Times.
The winner of the contest receives the equivalent of about RM40,000, as well as "the most prestigious and coveted award in photojournalism".
The main prize is given to the image that "... is not only the photojournalistic encapsulation of the year, but represents an issue, situation or event of great journalistic importance, and does so in a way that demonstrates an outstanding level of visual perception and creativity".
01 January 2012
My favourite New Year 2012 photo
Land of the Rising Sun sees the first rising sun of 2012 as it appears above Mount Fuji, seen from an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight which had organized a rising sun observation flight with 137 passengers on New Year's Day.
As observed at Yamanashi prefecture.
Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastward position relative to China.
As observed at Yamanashi prefecture.
Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastward position relative to China.
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