
A marvel of colorful light649 viewsThe chandelier came as a kit, but no little skill was required to assemble the pieces and hang the completed menagerie safely.
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M74 - Spiral galaxy in Pisces649 viewsFace-on spiral galaxy about 32 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022649 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022649 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022649 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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M8, the Lagoon Nebula, and M20, the Trifid Nebula649 viewsTwo jewels of the summer sky captured in the same frame with a bridge of nebullosity between them.
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M108 and M97 in one frame649 viewsBarred spiral galaxy M108, nicknamed the Surfboard Galaxy, about 28 million light years away; and planetary nebula M97, the Owl Nebula, 2030 light-years away, both in Ursa Major.
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The Prytaneion648 viewsCity Council hall and administrative center.
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Bas-relief on Curetes Street648 viewsPastoral scene, most likely illustrating a well-known story out of Greek mythology, but I can't place it.
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The Amphitheater at Aphrodisias648 viewsThe theater was built in the late first century BC under the patronage of Gaius Julius Zoilus, a native of Aphrodisias who had become a slave of Julius Caesar but was freed by his heir Octavian. Returning to his birthplace a wealthy man, Zoilus initiated a vast building program, of which the Amphitheater was one of the first fruits.
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The Plutonion648 viewsThe Gate to the Underworld, next to the Temple of Apollo. Leads to a small cave filled with suffocating carbon dioxide gas. The local priests knew how to find pockets of oxygen, so that they could emerge unscathed, and pretend to be under divine protection.
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Walkways648 viewsOriginally the only way to navigate around the Basilica Cistern was by boat. The platforms and walkways were built for the tourist trade, and the Cistern is left mostly empty for the same reason.
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