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Molecular Cloud Barnard 163. Lies about 3,000 light years from Earth toward the constellation of Cepheus the King

Credit: T. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker, WIYN, NOAO, AURA, NSF

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Flower Prints by Lea Colombo

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not sure (2014)

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Colorful Light Pillars

How can an aurora appear so near the ground? Pictured above are not aurora but nearby light pillars, a local phenomenon that can appear as a distant one. In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun-pillar, a column of light appearing to extend up from the Sun caused by flat fluttering ice-crystals reflecting sunlight from the upper atmosphere. Usually these ice crystals evaporate before reaching the ground. During freezing temperatures, however, flat fluttering ice crystals may form near the ground in a form of light snow, sometimes known as a crystal fog. These ice crystals may then reflect ground lights in columns not unlike a Sun-pillar. In the above picture, the colorful lights causing the light pillars surround a ice-skating rink in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Credit: Walter Tape (Alaska Fairbanks), Figure 8-1, Atmospheric Halos

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House of Holland RTW Fall ‘17

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Her name was Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau.

She was 19.

#SAYHERNAME

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link to an article about her death here

she was an outspoken activist for blm and she herself recited names of victims during protests. the least we can do is say hers.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1mgWJgYNJ/

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Chanel Rosebud Mule Sandals

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Dark Clouds in Aquila

Part of a dark expanse that splits the crowded plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the Aquila Rift arcs through the northern hemisphere’s summer skies near bright star Altair and the Summer Triangle.

Image Credit: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona