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Money should not have to be the goal

March 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Beatgrrrl

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Take a flight through millions of galaxies mapped using coordinate data from DESI.

Credit: Fiske Planetarium, CU Boulder and DESI collaboration

February 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM

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Seven Virtues Photography

@sv-photography.bsky.social

Gallatin River in Montana as we were headed to Yellowstone

#Roadtrip #River #Montana #Adventure #Landscape #Nature #Photography

January 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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Nature Nomad

@naturecompass.bsky.social

Maybe my favorite waterfall in the west. Tough to say because there are so many! 🤓

January 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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HONEYMOSS

@honeymoss.art

You are not immune to propaganda.

#art

January 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM

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Bodega Cats

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January 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM

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Morgan J Freeman

@mjfree.bsky.social

Thank you to whomever made this as I needed a moment of levity before bedtime 🙏🙏

January 20, 2025 at 4:42 AM

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Jasmine 🌌🔭

@astrojaz.bsky.social

a BEAUTIFUL composite image of the n79 region in the large magellanic cloud using jwst and alma observatory data 🌌

This mesmerizing image showcases the star-forming region N79, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. The vibrant hues of pink, purple, and blue paint a picture of cosmic energy, highlighting the dense clouds of gas and dust where new stars are being born. The sharp details captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument reveal intricate structures within the nebula, while the ALMA data adds a layer of information about the cooler gas and dust, providing a more complete understanding of this dynamic region of star formation.

image credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello

January 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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Jasmine 🌌🔭

@astrojaz.bsky.social

my current favorite jwst images 🌌

A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright.

$The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which, have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.$

This image of the Ring Nebula, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera, appears as a distorted doughnut. The nebula’s inner cavity hosts shades of blue and green, while the detailed ring transitions through shades of orange in the inner regions and pink in the outer region. The ring’s inner region has distinct filament elements. Stars litter the scene, with a particularly prominent star with 8 long spikes in the top right corner.

$An infrared light echo traveling from the lower left through the upper right of the image. The image is speckled with dozens of white stars, some showing Webb’s signature 8-point diffraction spikes, against the black background of space. The image also shows tightly packed, glowing red filaments that resemble muscle fibers or wood grain.⁣$

January 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM

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🐞rachel garniss🐞

@luckythirteen.bsky.social

NGC3324 Keyhole Nebula

January 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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Nature Horizon

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Northern Lights over Senja, Norway 🇳🇴 🌠🌌💕

Photography by © Max Rive

January 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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A Jaded View

@lindaleecf.bsky.social

I like this…..

December 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM

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Green is a mission

@greenisamission.bsky.social

The relief for body and mind when you stay in such places and perceive with all your senses is priceless. Forests, the cornerstone of human life, need our protection and special attention.💚☘️🌿🌱🌳🌲💚🍀