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Roman fresco detail of the Garden painting, 30-35 AD, House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii.

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[looking at people younger than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at people older than me] you have your whole life ahead of you [looking at myself] its over

[dailyworldcinema]

Das Blumenwunder (1926) Dir. Max Reichman

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Jupiter and Venus from Earth Image Credit: Marek Nikodem (PPSAE)

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✶ . flowers pressed between book pages

f2u, credit not necessary but appreciated!

request from : anonymous

[enchantedbook]

“Sea Creatures”, Pamela Colman Smith, c. 1907

[enchantedbook]

Pavel Šimon, Vyšehrad v noci (1951) (Vyšehrad at Night)

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[nasa]

Welcome to the Far Side of the Moon

A crescent Earth sets behind the Moon.

On April 6, 2026, the Artemis II astronauts flew around the Moon, observing the far side – which we never see on Earth thanks to tidal locking – with their own eyes and with cameras.

See more of the Moon:

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon’s horizon.

Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters.

A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image.

A close view of the edge of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the dark gray lunar surface, which arcs across the image.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

A close-up view of the Moon, filling most of the frame. Along the left side of the image, the terminator divides the illuminated and darkened sides of the Moon.

Earth just as it set behind the Moon, as seen by the Artemis II crew. The dark gray surface of the Moon, pocked with craters, arcs from the bottom left corner of the image to the top right.

Check out more photos from the lunar flyby, including astronaut selfies and the solar eclipse only they experienced.

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photos by the artemis ii crew

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[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Earthshine - Crescent moon and Venus

Credit: Valerie Liard

[enchantedbook]

"The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" Francisco Goya

Plate 43 from Los Caprichos (1797–1799)

[dailyclassicart]

Anton Mauve - "Winter Landscape at Sunset" (c.1887)

[enchantedbook]

'Frog and Toad ' by Arnold Lobel.

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Barry McGlashan (British, 1974), The Ferryman, 2025. Oil, paper and varnish on panel, 40 × 30 cm.