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SorellaLaBefana

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:17 AM Monday

Transient visitors on a mystical shore beneath a magical sky...APOD from the Before TImes


At the end of last year's [that would be 2018] northern summer, after its dazzling opposition, Mars still shone brightly in the night. The celestial beacon easily attracted the attention of these two night skygazers who stood still for just a while, but long enough to be captured in the sea and night skyscape from Big Sur, planet Earth. Its central bulge near the southwestern horizon, the Milky Way runs through the scene too, while the long exposure also reveals a faint blue bioluminescence blooming in the waves...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190608.html


The sand, waves and stars will be there long after we have faded from the world—we should enjoy them whilst we are here
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Transient visitors on a mystical shore beneath a magical sky...APOD from the Before TImes (Original Post) SorellaLaBefana Monday OP
Stunning. tblue37 Monday #1
Revealing the magical in our everyday world!! 70sEraVet Monday #2
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