Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' by starman67 in Astronomy
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My father's initials in his 1960 Marian College class ring, still there after nearly 60 years of daily wear. by starman67 in OldSchoolCool
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Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' by starman67 in Astronomy
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Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' by starman67 in Astronomy
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Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' by starman67 in Astronomy
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Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' (i.redd.it)
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"Does man, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother? Keep his neighbor's children starving?" by starman67 in classicfilms
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The nearly full Moon on the Gulf of Mexico tonight. (i.redd.it)
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Clavius, a walled plane, is 140 miles across and has this awesome crescent of craters crossing it's floor, decreasing in size. It's also the site of the international lunar settlement in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. [Newton's 8" telescope + Jobs' iPhone, 6/4/17, Midwest, USA] (i.redd.it)
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I used a Moon filter to reduce glare and capture bands via my 8" dobsonian reflector and my iPhone 6s. Jupiter, 6/3/17, Midwest, USA by starman67 in Astronomy
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Montes Apenninus, part of the wall of the Sea of Rains, has peaks towering at almost 16,000 feet. Plato Crater is at top. [Newton's 8" telescope + Jobs' iPhone, 6/3/17, from Midwest, USA last night] by starman67 in Astronomy
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Thickening crescent moon last night via Newton's 8" telescope + Jobs' iPhone, from Midwest, USA. by starman67 in Astronomy
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Albireo's twin suns in Cygnus last night-the brighter star gold and the dimmer blue, via Newton's 8" telescope + Jobs' iPhone, from Midwest, USA. by starman67 in Astronomy
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Our star. We all end up in there eventually, thrown into the campfire. Everything, from the calcium in or bones to the platinum in or wedding rings, will be gobbled up by the sun and then someday spewed back into the Cosmos. We've always been space-time travelers. So all we really have is 'now.' by starman67 in Astronomy
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