summer leaves us wondering where it went.

Rabiah [Ra-bee-ya] is my name. Joined in 2010. LDN

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My Rabb! Build me a house in Paradise near You,

Quran (66:11)

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You will never find a perfect person, so look for someone whose flaws do not hurt you

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ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY November 15, 2025 Andromeda and Friends This magnificent extragalactic skyscape looks toward the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. It also accomplishes a Messier catalog trifecta by including Andromeda, cataloged as Messier 31 (M31), along with Messier 32 (M32), and Messier 110 (M110) in the same telescopic field of view. In this frame, M32 is just left of the Andromeda Galaxy's bright core with M110 below and to the right. M32 and M110 are both elliptical galaxies themselves and satellites of the larger spiral Andromeda. By combining 60 hours of broadband and narrowband image data, the deep telescopic view also reveals tantalizing details of dust lanes, young star clusters, and star-forming regions along Andromeda's spiral arms, and faint, foreground clouds of glowing hydrogen gas. For now, Andromeda and friends are some 2.5 million light-years from our own large spiral Milky Way. Image: https://ift.tt/tCiqwAI via NASA https://ift.tt/bW43xmt APOD --> https://ift.tt/oPjzC2t

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Feast your eyes on the Museum’s giant amethyst geode. Standing 9 ft (2.7 m) tall and weighing around 11,000 lbs (4,990 kg), it’s one of the largest specimens in our halls. How did this dazzling geode come to be? About 135 million years ago, the continental plates carrying South America and Africa began to separate. Magma poured out from fractures in Earth’s crust and large gas bubbles escaped from within the magma—becoming trapped in the rock as it solidified, forming cavities. Groundwater flowing into these spaces brought dissolved silica, which crystallized into quartz. Over millennia, most of these quartz crystals turned into rich purple amethyst. 

Spot this and other amazing specimens in the Museum’s Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals! 

Photo: D.Finnin / © AMNH 

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Homemade custard with fresh peaches and double cream by Izzy (youforgottheblueberries_ on instagram)

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If I could be an artwork it would be a Hiroshi Nagai painting

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