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Riyadh Season Hosts Legendary Costume Party

Riyadh Season hosts a costume and cosplay event in Boulevard Riyadh City and Winter Wonderland on March 17 and 18.
Riyadh Season hosts a costume and cosplay event in Boulevard Riyadh City and Winter Wonderland on March 17 and 18.
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Riyadh Season Hosts Legendary Costume Party

Riyadh Season hosts a costume and cosplay event in Boulevard Riyadh City and Winter Wonderland on March 17 and 18.
Riyadh Season hosts a costume and cosplay event in Boulevard Riyadh City and Winter Wonderland on March 17 and 18.

The Boulevard Riyadh City and Winter Wonderland areas were turned into a theater full of cosplay characters and a festival of wonderful costumes as part of the Riyadh Season which is hosting the costume and cosplay event on March 17 and 18.

From the early hours on Thursday, large numbers of visitors began arriving. Many wore costumes of superheroes or anime characters, which have been popular in the country for a long time, to enjoy an enthralling live show that went on for hours.

They also found artists offering to document the occasion through portrait paintings of each character and costume in the event.

Two costume competitions were also organized as part of the festivities. The first, held on Thursday, saw those wearing costumes of superheroes from Hollywood, Disney stars, or anime characters. While on Friday, people will dress up with costumes inspired by the seventies or famous films and TV characters.

The General Entertainment Authority chairman has announced several prizes, including two cars (one for each day), in addition to PS5 consoles.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Aims to Fly Closer to the Sun Like Never Before

The sun sets in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, as a forest fires burns on the outskirts of the capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The sun sets in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, as a forest fires burns on the outskirts of the capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Aims to Fly Closer to the Sun Like Never Before

The sun sets in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, as a forest fires burns on the outskirts of the capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The sun sets in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, as a forest fires burns on the outskirts of the capital. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before.
The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Since then, it has flown straight through the sun's corona: the outer atmosphere visible during a total solar eclipse.

The next milestone: closest approach to the sun. Plans call for Parker on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the sun's surface, The Associated Press reported.
At that moment, if the sun and Earth were at opposite ends of a football field, Parker "would be on the 4-yard line,” said NASA's Joe Westlake.
Mission managers won't know how Parker fared until days after the flyby since the spacecraft will be out of communication range.

Parker planned to get more than seven times closer to the sun than previous spacecraft, hitting 430,000 mph (690,000 kph) at closest approach. It's the fastest spacecraft ever built and is outfitted with a heat shield that can withstand scorching temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,371 degrees Celsius).

It'll continue circling the sun at this distance until at least September.

Scientists hope to better understand why the corona is hundreds of times hotter than the sun’s surface and what drives the solar wind, the supersonic stream of charged particles constantly blasting away from the sun.

The sun's warming rays make life possible on Earth. But severe solar storms can temporarily scramble radio communications and disrupt power.
The sun is currently at the maximum phase of its 11-year cycle, triggering colorful auroras in unexpected places.

“It both is our closest, friendliest neighbor,” Westlake said, “but also at times is a little angry.”