Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022646 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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I give up645 viewsThe Space Camp instructor finally gives up in disgust after vainly trying to get Chuck to observe speed limits and safety rules. Chuck savors his hard-won freedom gleefully.
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Temple of Apollo and Plutonion645 viewsThe Plutonion is next to the Temple on the right of center.
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The Amphitheater at Side645 viewsThe Side Amphitheater was ground zero for viewing the spectacle on eclipse day. I shudder to think of how packed the place must have been, and I think our location on the beach at the Kaya Side Hotel must have been much less crowded and more relaxed.
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Post-Totality 4645 viewsAt this point I ran out of film, so I didn't make it to Fourth Contact with the post-totality images.
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Trees645 viewsMany of the trees in the palace courtyards have been ravaged by fungi which hollow them out but do not kill them.
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Hudson's Bay Co. Fur Trapper Camp645 viewsNote the Hudson's Bay Company flag at the left. For a while there was doubt about whether the Oregon Territory would become part of Canada or the USA. This was resolved by the USA threatening to invade Canada and seize everything up to 54 degrees and forty minutes north, then making the Canadians accept a "compromise" whereby the Americans got everything they really wanted in the first place.
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NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula645 viewsAn emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth; formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 colliding with and energizing slower-moving matter ejected by the star when it became a red giant around 250,000 to 400,000 years ago.
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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022645 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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Palace Garden644 viewsMuch attention and care was devoted to the flowers growing on the grounds of the Dolmabahçe Palace, and the flowers showed their appreciation.
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IC4603 - Core of the Rho Ophiuchi Complex644 viewsThis blue reflection nebula glows by the light of the 7.9 magnitude star SAO184376 in the center.
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A shady street in Edmonds644 viewsA scene from the street where our B&B was located. The neighborhood was quiet and as pleasant as anyplace you could hope for.
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