Hourglass Nebula

Whirlpool Galaxy by Alessandro Falesiedi

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The Milky Way, New Zealand

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Lake Tahoe north shore

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“sex is great” but have u ever 

cracked your back and it feels like sleeping on clouds

heard that one chord in a song that just resonates with your soul

bit into pizza and it doesnt burn your tongue its just warm and yummy

drunk some hot chocolate and the marshmallows have melted perfectly

tucked a lock of hair behind your ear and it stays

breathed in deeply and then exhaled and felt that everything was ok

had someone lean their head on your shoulder absentmindedly

made your friend giggle

realized you had all the ingredients and time for your favorite food

gotten into bed, felt like you’re floating, and fallen asleep immediately

Me staring at the Milky Way and Aurora Australis

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Composite Full Moon

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The moon at 365,700KM taken with an 8" newtonian telescope

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Credit to anactualbee.tumblr.com

Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 : One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earths sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful M81. The grand spiral galaxy can be found toward the northern constellation of the Great Bear . This superbly detailed image reveals M81s bright yellow nucleus, blue spiral arms, tell tale pinkish star forming regions, and sweeping cosmic dust lanes with a scale comparable to the Milky Way. Hinting at a disorderly past, a remarkable dust lane actually runs straight through the disk, to the left of the galactic center, contrary to M81s other prominent spiral features. The errant dust lane may be the lingering result of a close encounter between between M81 and its smaller companion galaxy, M82. Scrutiny of variable stars in M81 has yielded one of the best determined distances for an external galaxy 11.8 million light-years. M81s dwarf companion galaxy Holmberg IX can be seen just above the large spiral. via NASA

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