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Torres del Paine, Magallanes, Patagonia Chilena.

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Sun Conjunct Jupiter April 11, 2023 The Sun brings highlights. It sheds light and illuminates.

Mountain Stream in the Moonlight (1905) - Albert Rieger

Plitvice in winter by Massimo Sotto

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Framed by Trees: A Window to the Galaxy : The photographer had this shot in mind for some time. He knew that objects overhead are the brightest – since their light is scattered the least by atmospheric air. He also that knew the core of our Milky Way Galaxy was just about straight up near midnight around this time of year in South Australia. Chasing his mental picture, he ventured deep inside the Kuipto Forest where tall radiata pines blocked out much of the sky – but not in this clearing. There, through a window framed by trees, he captured his envisioned combination of local and distant nature. Sixteen exposures of both trees and the Milky Way Galaxy were recorded. Antares is the bright orange star to left of our Galaxy’s central plane, while Alpha Centauri is the bright star just to the right of the image center. The direction toward our Galaxy’s center is below Antares. Although in a few hours the Earth’s rotation moved the Galactic plane up and to the left – soon invisible behind the timber, his mental image was secured forever – and is featured here. via NASA

a dream of spring

angeles national forest, california

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NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision : Is this galaxy jumping through a giant ring of stars? Probably not. Although the precise dynamics behind the featured image is yet unclear, what is clear is that the pictured galaxy, NGC 7714, has been stretched and distorted by a recent collision with a neighboring galaxy. This smaller neighbor, NGC 7715, situated off to the left of the featured frame, is thought to have charged right through NGC 7714. Observations indicate that the golden ring pictured is composed of millions of older Sun-like stars that are likely co-moving with the interior bluer stars. In contrast, the bright center of NGC 7714 appears to be undergoing a burst of new star formation. The featured image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 7714 is located about 130 million light years away toward the constellation of the Two Fish (Pisces). The interactions between these galaxies likely started about 150 million years ago and should continue for several hundred million years more, after which a single central galaxy may result. via NASA

Snowing at sea

wildwood

Timelapse of Europa & Io orbiting Jupiter, shot from Cassini during its flyby of Jupiter

mythology is reality

Iceland