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Category: Astronomy
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Say yes to your place in the world of wonder!
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We are all made of the same star stuff. Not only all humans on the planet, not only all mammals, insects, reptiles, but everything from the core of the earth to the single cells that paved the way to you and me. The first primitive plants took the initiative to evolve into the…
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Did you know that a total solar eclipse happens every 18 months? Mostly in places where humans can't see it! In your particular location, totality happens every 400 years! Today is a big day! Partial eclipse in Florida today, next total eclipse of the sun that can be…
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Say yes to the unique individual self that you are in this time and space. You might have been here before and you might come again, but never as this particular person in this particular time and this particular space – ever evolving with our expanding universe. Say yes! To your…
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Hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii was once commonly called good night at noon because it blossoms for only a short time! I like that, "good night at noon!" Some days are like that. From the book Garden Flower Folklore by Laura C. Martin Blog post from Laine's Blog, May 2012,…
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Sometimes it is impossible to remember that we live on an improbable accidental planet that might not have come into existence without the perfect balance of gravity and heat and cold and atmosphere and water at the perfect distance from our star. Spinning on its axis and orbiting around the sun with the…
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Jupiter sailing past Venus in the early morning hour. Venus is the brighter planet although Jupiter is larger, it's much farther away! That was Sunday morning, just before sunrise. Each day Jupiter moves farther away from Venus. But what a wonderful pair! ©LaineQuinn 2022, St. Augustine, Florida
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There we are on that little blue ball happily floating through space that gorgeous blue ball we call our home planet spinning out the seasons and the days and nights as we delight in the joys of being alive seeing the flowers and birds and sunsets oceans rivers mountains and valleys –…
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That we dedicate a day for the celebration of the Earth is absurd and also necessary. The, so called, "most intelligent" creatures that life has spawned can't even protect that which sustains their very existence. (It wasn't always this way.) There are people involved in the destruction of our air, water…
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Every day brings us closer to moonlight But Where is she now? (Crescent moon coming soon to your neighborhood sky!) In Honor of National Poetry Month, an original! ©Laine Quinn Photos taken in 2013, the moon and Venus just after sunset.
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