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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane of our galaxy, the Trifid does illustrate three different types of astronomical nebulae; red emission nebulae dominated by light from hydrogen atoms, blue reflection nebulae produced by dust reflecting starlight, and dark nebulae where dense dust clouds appear in silhouette. But the red emission region roughly separated into three parts by obscuring dust lanes is what lends the Trifid its popular name. Pillars and jets sculpted by newborn stars, below and left of the emission nebula's center, appear in famous Hubble Space Telescope close-up images of the region. The Trifid Nebula is about 40 light-years across. Just too faint to be seen by the unaided eye, it almost covers the area of a full moon in planet Earth's sky.

Photo by Mike Selby

It finally happened,
I will now relate;
some teen age girls, imitated
my stumbling gait.
As I have aged,
my fitness has waned
as these old bones,
now walk with pain.
My steps are choppy
and I struggle so,
as I wobble more,
wherever I go.
The girls meant me no harm,
it is their way
to have harmless fun.
Besides, I enjoyed the attention.

A Comment by Carl

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Carl • 08/12/2021 at 03:25PM • Like 1 Profile

The attention is good but who knows, maybe they thought it was a new dance step and were trying to learn it :)

A Comment by MFish

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MFish • 08/13/2021 at 12:26AM • Like Profile

That is very kind, Carl, but you haven't seen me in motion. :)

When my wife and our Son
went to lunch with me
and there was much enjoyment;
it's how it should be.
Later the statement and question,
she makes to me.
"Joe is a nice man,
does he have any parents?"
I had expected this question
for many a long time,
so I told her the answer,
"He's your Son and mine."
She said, "Really?" back to me.
My wife wasn't teasing,
as I could plainly see.
A rush of emotion, overpowered
my feelings, bothered my stead,
like a sharp, pointy boot,
straight to my head.
There is pain every where
we now go.,
as more memory is lost
during this insidious show.

A Comment by Loy

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Loy • 08/12/2021 at 02:08PM • Like 1 Profile

So sad to forget what was one of her most gratifying achievements - at least she recognizes he turned out well.

A Comment by MFish

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MFish • 08/13/2021 at 12:28AM • Like Profile

I agree. It was painful for me to hear but I understood it was inevitable. A matter of when.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

When do cloud bottoms appear like bubbles? Normally, cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. As water droplets grow, an opaque cloud forms. Under some conditions, however, cloud pockets can develop that contain large droplets of water or ice that fall into clear air as they evaporate. Such pockets may occur in turbulent air near a thunderstorm. Resulting mammatus clouds can appear especially dramatic if sunlit from the side. The mammatus clouds pictured here, lasting only a few minutes, were photographed over Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, just after a storm in 2012. Meteor Shower Tonight: Peak of the Perseids

Photo by Michael F Johnston

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