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we're so lucky to be alive in a time where we have the technology to see these photos. no humans have ever been able to see these things before. the universe is so beautiful. id love to take a tour of the universe when I die. to see the pillars of creation, to experience what happens inside of a black hole and what is on the other side, to find out what is at the great attractor, there's so many things I'd love to see that I know I never will, and it makes me sad, but I know there are so many people who came before me that never got to see even this much. so I am forever grateful to this archive of photos from our universe.
Feb 13, 2025
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so incredible that we get to see and be part of all this
Nov 11, 2024
hubble has been capturing some of the most beautiful images of space since 1990 and yesterday images of messier 44 were released. so beautiful and so interesting to read about. I love reading about the pockets of space it captures. astronomy is one of the coolest things ever.
Mar 9, 2024
A beautifully simple site from NASA that still looks like it did when it first launched in 1995 and only has one purpose: provide a unique astronomy photo every day of the year and a short explanation written by a professional astronomer.
The bare bones nature of the site is very calming and looking at photos of celestial bodies is a very humbling and grounding thing for me to do when I'm overthinking too much or have spent hours consuming brain rot and need a palate cleanser.
This was the pic for 02/18/2025, a grouping of cosmic clouds titled: Thor's Helmet versus the Seagull
Feb 19, 2025
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I was bullied a lot for my eye color as a kid (because me having very dark brown hair and very dark brown eyes made me look "evil", apparently) and, naturally, began to dislike them. but as I've gotten out of school and away from people who put me down, I've realized how insane it is to bully someone over their eye and hair color and grown to love the color of my eyes. I mean, they may be dark but there's nothing wrong with that. and I can take pretty pictures of my eyes too, I just have to blind myself and almost stare into the sun to do so lol
Feb 27, 2025
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recently, when I wake up in the morning and have time to kill, I've been spending a bit of time reading before or after I get myself ready to go about the day instead of sitting on my phone when I first wake up. I feel like it helps clear my mind for the day and it feels nice to not immediately scroll when I wake up like I used to
Feb 5, 2025
"yap" about the things that interest you all you want; enjoy your hobbies and pour your heart into them, stop worrying about if what you're into is "cringe"; if your friends don't like your hobbies/interests and put you down for enjoying them, find people that will; surround yourself with people you love who love you back and you will be so much happier than the people that are so quick to put others down for pursuing their happiness
Feb 8, 2025