Monday, July 27, 2020

Eau de Space perfume gives you the smell of space


Decades ago, NASA asked specialists to develop the “smell of space” in order to help prepare astronauts for the experience of outer space. Now, a perfume, Eau de Space, has attracted eager buyers where it’s trial orbit on Kickstarter has raised $516,000 in preorders. Some describe it as rum, fruit, seared steak, or a BBQ. The first space tourists also noted a pungent aroma once the hatch opened, “like burnt cookies”………

Florida overtakes New York in number of coronavirus cases


Disney Springs shoppers wear face masks and Disney-themed clothing (Reuters)

Texas marina damage


Allen Heath surveys the damage to a private marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna in Corpus Christi, Texas. AP

Cumbria, UK


Wasdale mountain rescue team carry Daisy the St Bernard after she collapsed while descending Scarfell Pike in the Lake District. The team said Daisy was displaying signs of pain in her rear legs and was refusing to move as she came down from the summit of the mountain with her owners on Friday evening. Photograph: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team/PA

Conaviri, Peru


Raymunda Charca helps her children Juan Carlos, 13, Alvaro, 10, and Roxana Cabrera, 16, on top of a hill where they can pick up a signal on their mobile phones to receive virtual classes in the Peruvian Andes close to Lake Titicaca and the border with Bolivia. Photograph: Carlos Mamani/AFP/Getty Images

Lahore, Pakistan


Farmers and vendors take a bath at a cattle market before Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the Hajj and commemorates the prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

St Petersburg, Russia


A couple take selfies during Russian Navy Day celebrations. Photograph: Roman Pimenov/TASS