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Buzz Lightbulb


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Some people have been interested in my topics obit astronomy. There are some fantastic photos in this story:

 

Astronomy Photographer of the Year short list stuns with Milky Way, sun and aurora images

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-shortlist-announced/101215604



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Thanks Buzz, those pics are really beautiful  , just goes to show how lucky we are to be born in this creation .

The mind boggles.



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An interesting book The Sun Kings. 2 September 1859 the Southern & Northern lights covered almost the entire planet. The sun flares were so strong that if it happened today all satellites would be killed.

 

isbn 9780691126609

 

A photo I took in 1992 at Mt Anne in Tasmania on that old stuff called film (458kb).



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