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03/25/2023

Aurora Storm
Taken by Juan Carlos Casado on March 24, 2023 @ Kaunispää, Finnish Lapland

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Fantastic aurora this night in Saariselkä (Finnish Lapland) from 23rd to 24th March 2023. Thanks to an unexpected crack in the earth's magnetic field we were able to enjoy a strong level of geomagnetic storm (Kp=7). The auroras started to be seen to the south, and then grew higher and higher in the sky. Then they came to cover the whole sky with a multitude of shapes and movements. Reddish auroras abounded, occasionally being so intense that the colour was visible to the naked eye. This image was taken on the ascent to Kaunispää hill, which has one of the longest toboggan runs in the world. A modified camera (full spectrum) with a fisheye lens and six consecutive shots were used to achieve this panoramic view of about 280° horizontally and 120° vertically. The sky was completely clear and the ambient temperature was almost -30º Celsius.

Photographer's website:

https://www.starryearth.com

01/10/2023

01/10/2023

Mars Dust Killed NASA's InSight Lander

🎬 360VR video 8K: https://youtu.be/cAgs0VHgeVU
🔎 360VR photo 8K: https://bit.ly/insight-dead

NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Source images credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Stitching and retouching: Andrew Bodrov / 360pano.eu

NASA’s InSight mission on Mars is officially over. After more than four years of collecting data on seismic activity under the surface of the Red Planet, the lander lost power because of Martian dust covering its solar panels.

Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California were unable to contact the lander after two consecutive attempts, leading them to conclude the spacecraft’s solar-powered batteries have run out of energy – a state engineers refer to as “dead bus.”

NASA had previously decided to declare the mission over if the lander missed two communication attempts. The agency will continue to listen for a signal from the lander, just in case, but hearing from it at this point is considered unlikely. The last time InSight communicated with Earth was Dec. 15, 2022.

01/10/2023

01/10/2023

'Within each of us there is a sacred place that is always at peace. Try and spend at least a few minutes each day travelling to this inner sanctuary. Close your eyes, deepen your breathing, and rest in this gentle, peaceful place within. It is like a holiday for your soul.' - Natalie Southgate

Art thanks to Susan Farrell

01/10/2023

Syun-Ichi Akasofu always had a curiosity for the aurora borealis, yet no one in his hometown of Japan knew exactly knew where these multi-colored shimmering...

01/10/2023

Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Four Directions:

This year, January’s Full Moon is a "micro-moon." In simple terms, it refers to the Moon's furthest point from Earth.🌎

This moon is also known as the Wolf Moon, a name given by Native American tribes. The tribes named the January Full Moon after the wolves, the reason being because they would hear the wolves howling all through the nights of winter in January. It is believed that in this month the wolves actually howl more, even howl in an attempt to “sing” to the moon.

The wolf is seen as a spiritual symbol of protection, loyalty, instincts, freedom, courage and spirit - which strongly falls into the recurrent theme of this moon phase.

Happy Full Moon!🌕

With Love,
Grandmother Flordemayo✨

Read the January Full Moon Blog here:
https://www.loveandlightllc.net/blog-1

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