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Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joely Richardson Looks Back at Rare Photos of Late Sister Natasha Richardson
Joely Richardson Looks Back at Rare Photos of Late Sister Natasha Richardson originally appeared on Parade. Joely Richardson is looking back on sweet memories with her late sister, Natasha Richardson. But she's also savoring the recent ones with her beloved sister's sons, Micheál and Daniel Neeson. The Nip/Tuck star, 60, took to Instagram on Monday to share a series of photos celebrating her nephews throughout their lives, as well as her sister, who passed away at age 45 in 2009 after a ski accident. "Happy June Birthdays to All blowing out a candle this month ( such a lovely, simple tradition right?). Someone I love and adore to the moon and back is a midsummer sprite," Richardson wrote. "Micheal to go from seeing you in my sister Natasha's arms at a few days old, to you all grown up buying your aunt lunch in NY recently, and everything in between. What a pleasure it is, to walk together x #birthdays#sprite#nephews#candles." In the first photo, Joely snuggles up to Daniel Neeson, one of two of Natasha's sons with husband Liam Neeson. That's followed by several other sweet new and old photos of Joely with her nephews, as well as a poignant throwback photo of Natasha holding her son, Micheál, as a very young infant. Standing in a swimming pool with her wavy blonde hair tied back, it's clear the baby had just made his debut in the world. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Back in May, Joely shared a message on Instagram from their mother, Vanessa Redgrave, in honor of what would have been Natasha's 62nd birthday. "Today would have been my sister Tasha's birthday. I asked my Ma if she'd like to say anything. This is what she dictated to me," Richardson shared. "'We were in Greece. We sat drinking our coffees in Constitution Square. Tony ( my late father) said if the baby was a boy we should call him Tom. I said if she was a girl I would like her to be called Natasha after Tolstoy 's 'War and Peace'. Our Natasha, as yes she was a girl, came swimming out of my womb ready for anything. I can't believe that she isn't swimming somewhere now, in one of the pools or seas we explored. I will never be reconciled to her dying in the snow, and I'm sure that every mother who has lost a child will have that pain always,'" Redgrave Richardson Looks Back at Rare Photos of Late Sister Natasha Richardson first appeared on Parade on Jul 1, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 1, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
The Sun
20-07-2025
- Science
- The Sun
From remarkable ‘red lightning sprite' to once-in-a-lifetime comet – 7 breathtaking snaps captured by Nasa astronauts
FROM roiling storms, rare comets and volcanic eruptions, there is lots to see aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Fortunately, astronauts are not only equipped with suites of scientific instruments, but cameras too - so we at home can enjoy the view as well. 7 Lightning sprite Nasa astronaut Nichole Ayers caught a phenomenon known as a sprite near the Texas-Mexico border from the ISS, some 250 miles above Earth. 'Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the US this morning, I caught this sprite," Ayers wrote on X earlier this month. "Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. "We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms." Ayers snapped the picture with a Nikon Z9 using a 50mm lens (f/1.2, ¼ sec, ISO 6400) as part of a time-lapse set up in the Cupola - the domed window module on board the ISS. "It takes planning, timing, and a lot of pictures to capture such a rare phenomenon," she added. 7 7 Once-in-a-lifetime comet Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS - dubbed the 'once-in-a-lifetime comet' - was photographed by Nasa astronaut Don Pettit from the ISS last autumn. Scientists at the Royal Astronomical Society dubbed it the "comet of the century" because of its brightness and rarity. The icy comet won't be visible on Earth again for another 80,000 years - making the sighting particularly rare. 7 Aurora meets airglow Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake shared this snap or aurora - or Northern Lights - dancing near Earth's airglow in 2016. In his whopping 340 days in space, Kelly was able to provide some stunning images of Earth seen from above. These are two of Earth's most colorful upper atmospheric phenomena. The wavy green, red-topped wisps of aurora borealis appear to intersect the faint red-yellow band of airglow. Though they appear at similar altitudes, aurora and airglow are different. Nighttime airglow - also known as nightglow - is a type of chemiluminescence that occurs all around the Earth, all the time. This is where light is emitted from chemical interactions between oxygen, nitrogen, and other molecules in the upper atmosphere. Auroras, on the other hand, are caused by charged solar particles colliding with Earth's atmosphere. 7 'Devil horned' volcano While technically snapped by data visualisers at Nasa's Earth Observatory, this "devilish" Russian volcano was captured spitting out a 1,000-mile-long stream of smoke into Earth's atmosphere. The striking image was snapped by Nasa's Aqua satellite between June 22 and Dec. 31, 2023. It was during an active eruption phase of the volcano, known as Klyuchevskoy or sometimes Klyuchevskaya Sopka - an area home to more than 300 volcanoes. The two-pronged devil horns depict twin lava flows spewing out of the volcanoes mouth. Spacewalk The ISS has been orbiting Earth for nearly three decades, after first launching in November 1998. Astronauts have conducted 275 spacewalks since the station opened - one of the riskiest jobs an astronaut will ever undertake. Backdropped by New Zealand and the Cook Strait in the Pacific Ocean, astronauts Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang participate in an extravehicular activity, December 12, 2006. Their job was to support the construction of the orbital outpost, and proved the source of quite the stellar image. 7 Ganges river The Ganges river, the world's largest river delta, was photographed in near-infrared from the ISS by Pettit. The ISS utilises near-infrared imagery for various scientific purposes, including atmospheric studies and Earth observation. It is key to capturing images of the Earth's airglow, clouds, and other surface features during nighttime. The end result are incredible false-colour images that show Earth in a completely new light. False-color images combine and rearrange colour channels from multiple sources to visualise new details. These details are either things that cannot be seen by the human eye - or aspects that may be obscured in true colour images, such as healthy vegetation or different soil types.
Forbes
10-07-2025
- Science
- Forbes
Spectacular ‘Space Lightning' Photographed By NASA Astronaut
A "sprite" over Mexico as seen from the International Space Station on July 3, 2025 by astronaut ... More Nicole Ayers. An astronaut on the International Space Station has captured a rare kind of lightning called a sprite while traveling 250 miles above the Texas–Mexico border. Referred to as 'space lightning' and compared to a jellyfish in shape, the rare weather phenomenon was captured on camera by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers. The rare image was taken on July 3 by pilot Nichole Ayers, who launched to the ISS on March 14, 2025, as part of the SpaceX Crew-10 mission. It shows an ethereal crimson jellyfish-like flash shooting from the tops of clouds and into space. It's known as a 'red sprite,' but also as a transient luminous event, lightning in Earth's upper atmosphere. According to NASA, these colorful, bright, faster-than-lightning flashes are generated above the clouds by thunderstorms. Ayers' Explanation Of The 'Sprite' 'Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite,' wrote Ayers on X/Twitter. 'Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.' In a later message, she stated that it was a gigantic jet, another type of TLE. 'So cool to learn as we go up here,' she wrote. The image also shows the glow of Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston to the northeast, with Torreón, Mexico, to the southwest. 'Our hearts go out to the families affected by the flooding in the Texas Hill Country this weekend,' added Ayers. A "sprite" over Mexico as seen from the International Space Station on July 3, 2025 by astronaut ... More Nicole Ayers. How The Image Was Taken The ISS is the best observation point humankind has for monitoring Earth at night but photographing lightning takes a huge amount of patience and trial and error. Astronauts on the ISS take photos from the Cupola (Italian for dome), an observatory module that has seven windows and allows photography of Earth. Ayers took the shot using a Nikon Z9 and a 50mm lens as part of a time-lapse project during which she took multiple images. 'To record a photo like this takes skill to set up the camera but more than that, the knowledge of what lightning systems are likely to create sprites and the willingness to take 2000-5000 images where only one will record a sprite,' wrote NASA astronaut and astrophotographer Don Pettit on X/Twitter, who arrived back from the ISS on April 19. 'Kudos to Nicole for her imagery efforts!' The Moon's shadow, or umbra, is pictured covering portions of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and ... More New Brunswick and the American state of Maine in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared into the solar eclipse from 261 miles above. The ISS And The 'Great North American Eclipse' Perhaps the most widely seen images taken from the ISS were those of the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. NASA flight engineers Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps captured unique views of the moon's shadow over part of Maine, U.S. and Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. For the shots, NASA carefully adjusted the altitude of the orbiting laboratory for months, leading up to the final total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. until 2044. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
India Today
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Malaika Arora, Rajkummar Rao groove to Chor Bazari Phir Se at Hip Hop India 2
Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi have kicked off full-fledged promotions for their upcoming film 'Bhool Chuk Maaf'. Directed by Karan Sharma, the film is slated for release on May 9. The film's high-energy track 'Chor Bazari Phir Se' has already taken social media by storm. Recently, Malaika Arora joined Rajkummar Rao on stage during 'Hip Hop India Season 2', dancing to the catchy number and delighting fans with their electrifying posted a video from the show on Instagram where she was seen grooving to the beats of 'Chor Bazari Phir Se' with Rajkummar. The video begins with Gabbi making a cute gesture of keeping her eyes on Arora and Rao as they were seen grooving on the hook steps the video here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Malaika Arora (@malaikaaroraofficial) As the duo lit up the stage with their energetic dance performance, the crowd erupted in cheers. 'Not sure about Chor Bazaari, but we definitely stole hearts! @realmeindia #HipHopIndia Season 2 co-presented by @sprite_india and co-powered by @tuborg_india packaged drinking water. Watch now on Amazon MX Player for FREE. @rajkummar_rao @maddockfilms @remodsouza @manisharani002 @wickedsunnyyyyy @framesproductioncompany @thespindoclive (sic),' she wrote.'Hip Hop India Season 2' premiers on Amazon MX Player, and is judged by Remo D'Souza and Malaika Arora. Sunny and Manisha Rani are the hosts of the current Watch
