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22 | sideblog for rypnami i like stars and the colour blue

[heartsnmagic]

[world-beauty]

The Shark Nebula

Credits: Stephen Kennedy

[traverse-our-universe]

Open star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades.

1 & 2 via Flickr

[the-wanderer]

[swedishlandscapes]

Cant get enough of the fullmoon. This morning the sky was covered with cirrostratus clouds which gave the moon a nice glow.

[heylsgowt]

[lavender-lady-lilac]

[chars-personal]

heinous loser behaviour to bully people over fandom by the way

[landsccape]

[numaras]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (14/∞)

[adventure-heart]

Moon lover

[rockstarratt]

[cosmonautroger]

[landsccape]

[xanaxfarts]

Moonbows

A moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow, is a rainbow created by moonlight rather than sunlight. It's formed when light from the moon refracts and reflects off water droplets, like those in rain or mist, creating a visible arc of light in the sky. Moonbows are generally fainter and less colorful than regular rainbows, and they are much rarer due to the need for specific conditions like a full or near-full moon, clear skies, and dark skies.

[philosophicalparadox]

Also called a Paraselene

(pair-uh-sell-een, sometimes mispronounced pair-uh-sail-een)

They have a long and interesting mythological history in many cultures. They are associated with the devil in English folklore, with Draugr or other dark elves/shadowfolk in Nordic mythology, and in Japanese mythology they’re associated with Tsukiyomi, the moon god, and are a sign of either good rice harvest, if they happen during summer, or a sign of imminent natural disasters, especially tsunamis and earthquakes. Sometimes they’re associated with death as well, probably because their solar counterpart, a Parhelion, is associated with rebirth (and by extension snakes)

They’re one of my favorite natural phenomena:)

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

NGC 300

Credit: Mark Sansom

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Just after sunset Venus can be seen in the western sky appearing as a bright star. 

Credit: Chuck Manges