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I was noodling through some old Astronomy Picture of the Day posts (because I rarely click daily), and landed on a video -- Happy People Dancing. "Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, planned on dancing, and filmed the result. ... Few people are able to watch the above video without smiling." Gotta admit, I certainly smiled; ( Read more... )

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Grabbed this link from someone else in my circle -- a collection of views of the aurora borealis over Norway. According to the blurb, "Photographer Tommy Eliassen chases auroras around northern Norway, to capture them in all their glory." -- and they are truly glorious.

And this one is courtesy of Kitsune Tsuki, who was cheering herself up ( Read more... )

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Take a look at this aurora over Iceland at Astronomy Picture of the Day. Stupendous!

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Astronomy Picture of the Day shows some stunning pictures... but I always "lose" the ones I want to show my friends or students. So -- a page of specific links, to find them easily.

Ring nebula http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120420.html

Earth from space, North America

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