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NGC 2237 - Rosette Nebula & NGC 2244 Open Star Cluster

Captured this over 4 nights with my ZWO Seestar S50, 30-second exposures using the IDAS DTD Ha/O III/NIR filter. Both DSOs (Deep Space Objects) are located in the constellation Monoceros and are ~5,000 light-years from Earth. NGC 2237 is more commonly referred to as the Rosette Nebula, though it... read more

Food of the Gods (1976)

403 out of 1000 If you see Bert I Godron in the credits of a movie as either the director or visual effects supervisor you should know what you are in for - a movie that will feature giant versions of objects, animals/insects, people or any combination thereof. As far as I am concerned Bert I... (edited) read more

A stone that cannot be warmed is useless. Raising someone who cannot be tamed is ungrateful.

I recently heard this phrase "a stone that cannot be warmed is useless, raising someone who cannot be tamed is ungrateful". To me it sounded like a blend of some metaphorical wisdom from different traditions, though it is not some direct quotation from any canonical source. So I looked it from... read more

I'm Khadijah who grew up in Manila, Philippines

In the end, the lives I live between pages are as real as any I have ever known. They are filled with sun, rain, spice, and salt; with laughter and sorrow, wisdom and folly. They are alive in me, and through me, they may touch the lives of others. Writing is the art of living beyond limits, the act... read more

Sanxingdui - a lost mysterious civilization

Sanxingdui ('Three Star Mound') is an archaeological site and a major Bronze Age culture in modern Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Largely discovered in 1986, following a preliminary finding in 1927, archaeologists excavated artifacts that radiocarbon dating placed in the 12th–11th centuries BC. The... read more

Sanxingdui - a lost mysterious civilisation

Sanxingdui ('Three Star Mound') is an archaeological site and a major Bronze Age culture in modern Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Largely discovered in 1986, following a preliminary finding in 1927, archaeologists excavated artifacts that radiocarbon dating placed in the 12th–11th centuries BC. The... read more