Space And Nature Lovers

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The Amazon rain forest has been burning for three weeks and now people pay attention. This is dangerous because the Amazon accounts for 20% or a 1/5 of the world’s oxygen and is home to many indigenous tribes. Once the Amazon is gone it cannot be replaced. 

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The blue whale is the largest animal to exist on Earth. It can measure up to the impressive length of 100 ft and weigh up to 200 tons or 400,000 pounds. Their alone tongues can weigh as much as an elephant and their heart is about the size of a Volkswagen. The blue whale can live as long as 90 years on average in the wild. That is longer than the average human lifespan.The blue whale is protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act after being nearly driven to extinction by commercial whaling in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The blue whale is still listed as an endangered by the ESA because of climate change which threatens their species.

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M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

Image Credit: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Hubble Space Telescope, European Southern Observatory - Processing & Copyright: Robert Gendler

Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue star clusters lend this galaxy its popular name, The Southern Pinwheel. But reddish star forming regions that dot the sweeping arms highlighted in this sparkling color composite also suggest another nickname, The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy. About 40,000 light-years across, M83 is a member of a group of galaxies that includes active galaxy Centaurus A. In fact, the core of M83 itself is bright at x-ray energies, showing a high concentration of neutron stars and black holes left from an intense burst of star formation. This sharp composite color image also features spiky foreground Milky Way stars and distant background galaxies. The image data was taken from the Subaru Telescope, the European Southern Observatory’s Wide Field Imager camera, and the Hubble Legacy Archive. (Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day)

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That is one beautiful sun

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Venus: earth’s twin, except way hotter.

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Fun Fact: The amount of energy the sun burns per second is the equivalent to the energy that a trillion nuclear bombs hold.

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These are Basking sharks also known by it’s scientific name the Cetorhinus maximus. It is the second largest fish in the ocean behind the whale shark. It can reach up to  32 ft in length and weigh up to 11,000 pounds. They are well known for their odd looking mouths. Unfortunately they are vulnerable to endangerment because of their rapidly decreasing population.

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The pictures above are pictures of Quasars, also known as Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources, and they are the brightest objects in the observable universe yet are caused by some of the darkest, black holes. The Quasars with jets can span billions and maybe even trillions of miles. Quasars are also insanely hot and can reach ten trillion degrees and over.  The second photo is a photo of 3C 273 which is a real life quasar caught by the Hubble telescope. 3C 273 is 2.5 billion light years away but so bright it can be seen here on Earth.

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein 

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These are Greenland Sharks also known as the Somniosus microcephalus. They are some of the most fascinating aquatic animals on Earth. They can live up to an insane 400 years and they may grow to over 24 feet making them one of the largest in the world. Unfortunately they are near endangerment.

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This is an Indonesian Autumn Adder otherwise known as the Atheris Hispida. It is arguably one of the most beautiful snakes in the world.