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2 posted on 07/20/2026 11:42:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 07/20/2026 11:43:21 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Cool!


4 posted on 07/20/2026 11:47:33 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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That’s where immigrants to the galaxy are required to stop.


6 posted on 07/20/2026 12:23:15 PM PDT by DannyTN (qu)
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To: MtnClimber; Diana in Wisconsin

Diana....

What do you see?

In he mid-ground Mrs. Pete saw a golden canopy shrouding a lady holding up a dog! I saw that, but also saw a Red Angus with a white face exiting a pile of red straw with front legs standing on a yellow gold frog! (Wild!)


7 posted on 07/20/2026 12:33:47 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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Amazing and beautiful!
Thanks so much!


9 posted on 07/20/2026 12:47:52 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history!)
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To: MtnClimber

Thank you for these wonderful images that you keep posting. Our world (including the universe) is amazing.

Reminds me of the scriptures where they will talk about looking up at the stars and how they point to a powerful and majestic Creator. And perhaps God thinking “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

Shoot - I wonder if the early astronomers like Galileo thought there was this kind of stuff in the universe?

From the net:

Galileo didn’t know about “galaxies” as we define them today. However, in 1610, he used his telescope to observe the Milky Way. He proved it wasn’t just a hazy cloud, but a massive collection of countless individual stars.

Galileo’s telescope observations completely overturned the ancient idea that the Milky Way was merely an atmospheric phenomenon or vapor. He concluded that it was a packed cluster of stars, as he noted: “The galaxy is, in fact, nothing but a congeries of innumerable stars grouped together in clusters.”

It wasn’t until the 1920s—long after his time—that astronomer Edwin Hubble proved the universe contains billions of other distinct galaxies.


12 posted on 07/20/2026 1:36:23 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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It looks like an H bomb.


15 posted on 07/20/2026 2:12:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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It’s a beautiful image.


18 posted on 07/20/2026 5:41:48 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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