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Since Hogwarts is my home, staying home for Christmas seems to be not so bad ...
I always liked this time of the year, the snowy silence full of expectations, the soft tinking of bells, occasionally interrupted by singing armours or suddenly swooping snowballs.
Although there is still much homework to do, I'm really looking forward to one of our pleasurable Christmas traditions and the best sport ever : Base-jumping in the restricted section!
But first we have to get our portkey to Stonehenge to celebrate the Solstice and the Christmas Star in the Great Conjunction 🌠 - oh, what a night!
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Happy Solstice & Merry Christmas!
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LA P0EZIA DI PEPE RUIZ
Looking at the sea.
Looking at the sea I weave dreams
those…that remain to be achieved.
Looking at the sea I reflect... how great
It has been the wonder of growing up!
Looking at the sea I think... that life
It's like a constant wave
and that beyond the horizon…
there is a mystery to solve.
Looking at the sea I give thanks...
for being part of the landscape,
that allows me to see
greatness
of his power.
Poezia di PEPE RUIZ
There is no Beauty Without Some Strangeness
- Edgar Allan Poe
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The Raven:
Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists.
The Raven is an acrobatic flier, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. Young birds are fond of playing games with sticks, repeatedly dropping them, then diving to catch them in midair.
People around the world sense a certain kind of personality in ravens. Edgar Allan Poe clearly found them a little creepy. The captive ravens at the Tower of London are beloved and perhaps a little feared: legend has it that if they ever leave the tower, the British Empire will crumble.
Common Ravens can mimic the calls of other bird species. When raised in captivity, they can even imitate human words; one Common Raven raised from birth was taught to mimic the word “nevermore.”
The oldest known wild Common Raven was at least 22 years, 7 months old. It was banded and found again in Nova Scotia.
(Nikon D750, Nikor 80-200/5.6, 1/320 @ f/8.0, ISO 400, edited to taste)
they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends :-)
Arnot Sheppard
HPPT!! Liberty and Justice for all!! Resist! Vote!
hybrid camellia, 'Egao Corkscrew', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Solving puzzles is a hobby, addiction or compulsiveness? This is not as easy as it seems the maze pass is just barely big enough for the BB to fall through and really easy to come back out LOL. It is a close up, the puzzle is right at 3 inch across. I thought it was too big so quartered the puzzle to a 1-1/2 inch square frame to make it macro.
Collie's worst nightmare .. can't get the stick!
Elk seems to thrive on these sort of problems, this one being solved after realising she couldn't turn her head far enough by gradually moving the stick along in her mouth .. She couldn't let go either as the other two would get it!
"You did the right thing, yeah
When you went and looked my way
I know, I know what you wanna say
You wrote it all on your face
(On, on, your)
Just beam me up, beam me up, leave me, don't bring me down
You've been fighting from the gallows
The shadows just come on out
(But you know)
It's all good when it's all bad
Be hurting all day but it's all math
You're losing your brain
And falling right back
It's all good when it's all bad
Been looking all day but it's all math
Just solve the equation
Get it all back." - QUIÑ ♫
Transients come and go as they please into this old senior trailer park I live in. They steal anything in our tiny spaces and porches-, spit in the Main Street as well as our tiny properties. The slum lords refuse to put cameras up or a gate up. Cops never come so we are on our own. This dirty higher than a kite guy made me want to follow to see where the source of the drugs is coming from in the park. Just because it’s old people doesn’t mean it’s not criminal old people selling from their trailer. Because they are. Because I was already in my car ready to run errands and he came in off the busy main street outside the park . I thought it was perfect timing to follow him, but I stayed way back because he had very. Bad energy, the kind that would get violent if he is triggered. I followed a few streets staying back and at the last street he turned left so I slowed then went we he turned . and he had completely disappeared like a ghost. I was so disappointed. I wanted to solve the mystery of who was letting these addicts in. It was a recon fail. Maybe I will get another chance and will be armed with a camera and zoom lens instead of my phone camera. Life ain’t boring not for me anyways . 😂 ( ps the picture taken with an older iPhone just after a storm ⛈️ the cloud odd shape straight across sky is real the pink sky compliments of light room) :)
IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31, is an emission/reflection nebula in the constellation of Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. At long last a couple of days with clear skies.
HEQ5 PRO
SW 190mm MN
Canon 700D modified
Astronomik UHC and 6nm Ha clip in filters
Guided using a QHY5LII ccd and QHY mini guidescope.
14 x 480sec
9 x 360sec subs RGB @ISO 800
14 X 900sec Ha @ISO 1600
Total imaging time 6hrs16mins.
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
There were two of these gorgeous trees in full bloom at Lake St. Clair Metropark. The leaves looked like chestnut trees but the flowers were colored like buckeye tree flowers. Both of those trees have large palmate compound leaves. What were they, I wondered.
Later, I remembered seeing trees like these many years ago in Paris. They lined many of the streets and boulevards of Paris. There were the Horse-chestnuts with whitish flowers, and these pink/red flowers of the Red Horse-chestnut trees.
This picture is of Red Horse-chestnuts, a hybrid of Red Buckeye and Horse-chestnut...mystery solved (again).
In Explore #273 6/17/2025
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Ravens are large, intelligent birds that are part of the crow family. They have black feathers, sharp beaks, and distinctive croaking calls. Ravens are known for their intelligence and problem-solving skills, which are comparable to those of some primates. They are also highly adaptable and can be found in a variety of environments, from forests and deserts to cities and coastlines. In many cultures, ravens are associated with death and the afterlife, but they are also seen as symbols of wisdom, prophecy, and good luck. Whether soaring high in the sky or scavenging for food on the ground, ravens are fascinating creatures that continue to capture the imagination of people around the world.
This was a ugly, humid night! There were lots of clouds in the sky and accordingly in this image. But I was quite impressed of the result!
IMAGING DATA
12 x 360 sec. ISO400 - 70mm @ F/4
Total 1.2 hours exposure.
no darks, flats or bias made
EQUIPMENT
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 L
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 on concrete pier
Guiding: None
Scientists solve mystery of how the Himalayas were formed:
India has been revealed at the fastest moving continent in history.
More than 140 million years ago, India was part of an immense supercontinent called Gondwana, which covered much of the Southern Hemisphere.
However, around 120 million years ago, what is now India broke off and started slowly migrating north, at about 5 centimeters per year - before a mysterious event about 80 million years ago caused the continent suddenly sped up, racing north at about 15 centimeters per year.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3067960/Mystery-I...
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the Nebulae of the Soul (IC 1848) and the Heart (IC1845), with the double cluster of Perseus taken from Las Inviernas in Guadalajara (Spain) on the night of October 26, 2019.
You can also see the Maffei I and II galaxies, IC1871 and IC1851 nebulae and the N957 cluster.
They are taken for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Canon 6d modified ISO 6400
WO Spacecat 51
Optolong L-Pro filter
AVX mount without guidance
Pix and PS process