nasasapod: Contemplating the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Gilbert Explanation: Have you contemplated your home star recently? Pictured above, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. The above menagerie of silhouettes was taken from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, Arizona, USA, where park rangers and astronomers expounded on the unusual event to interested gatherers. Also faintly visible on the Sun’s disk, just to the lower right of the dark Moon’s disk, is a group of sunspots. Although exciting, some consider this event a warm-up act for next week’s chance to comtemplate the Sun — a much more rare partial eclipse by the planet Venus.
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fotojournalismus: A man spread rose petals, which will be used to make incense sticks, on the floor to dry in a compound in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. [Credit : Mohsin Raza/Reuters]
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infinitives: Standing on the Edge of the World
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fotojournalismus: A damaged old tower is seen after an earthquake in Finale Emilia, Italy May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area’s cultural heritage. The epicentre of the 6.0 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Italy in three years, was in the plains near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of the Po River Valley. [Credit : Giorgio Benvenuti/Reuters]
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unknownskywalker: Bridge At Hoover Dam by Jamey Stillings
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unknownskywalker: Dunes by Thierry Hennet
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