If a butterfly lands on you, don't shoo away it.
Since ancient times it is culturally considered as a symbol of the human soul, capable of renewing and transforming itself (myth of Cupid and Psyche).

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gm, good people! Have a wonderful day :)

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Did you know 4 Earths could fit inside Saturn's North Polar Hexagon?

Nobody is sure why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn.
One hypothesis, by , is that the hexagon forms where there is a steep...

Paper➡️https://t.co/txCSYdd7sg

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This is a new view of the Pillars of Creation, capturing the multi-coloured glow of gas clouds with the Wide Field Camera 3, installed in 2009.

References and images:
➡️https://t.co/gfHJMp9VE7
➡️https://t.co/kYNXuFSr4k

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Three Winning Photos From StormHour Weather Photo Competition 💨https://t.co/S5AgSBd5QM

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Fantastic nightscape above Pieve di Cadore, Italy!

This pic shows the spectacular conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn juxtaposed with the waxing crescent Moon.

The Moon appears enshrouded by a corona.

➡️https://t.co/CX5MSGGA0D

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Relying on appearances or on what you think you see, without ever asking yourself questions or trying to understand, will take you away from the true essence of things...and will make you lose what really matters.

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"For one moment I sense the cosmos whole"
--John Fowles, 15th October 1995.

Image: The beautiful Trifid Nebula, or M20, located about 5,000 ly away toward the constellation Sagittarius.

➡️https://t.co/A12VhNnZhN

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Pixelated by Jill Ervin. Tall trees engulfed with bright colors. I would say all four seasons can be found in this abstract.

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Image: Trumpler 14 is marked with a red circle, within the Carina Nebula.
Credit: MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Further reading, references, images:

➡️https://t.co/cd7yPHoNPr
➡️https://t.co/B89ChYx7Mh

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Para días de fuerte lluvia🌨☔️una cena en horno a leña 🪵😋 te calienta el ♥️

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A person's journey, I walked through a season after season, from the summer cicadas chirping, to the flying snow. A person's travel, I drifted a journey and a journey, from young, to the vicissitudes of life.

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