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drnwillburger.bsky.social
I hope you had a great #Solstice yesterday!
The Nebra Sky Disk is considered to be the oldest known depiction of cosmic phenomena, dating back to ca. 1600 BC.

On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.

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Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...

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A photo of a circular bronze disk with a green patina, featuring gold inlays of a full moon, a crescent moon, and scattered stars. The Nebra Sky Disk is displayed upright in a dark museum setting.
June 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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antiquity.ac.uk
5800-year-old wooden trackway from Neolithic Britain, preserved in the waterlogged environment #NationalTrailsDay 🏺

Wetlands are home to some of the world's best-preserved archaeology, but they are under threat from climate change.

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Rectangular trench in a muddy environment, in which sit many wooden planks and logs in situ, arranged to form a trackway.
June 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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thespaceshipper.com
[Thread] At the origins of Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)

Here are some of the films that inspired the writers of this classic sci-fi horror film. An opportunity to revisit the history of sci-fi. 👋

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Alien, French poster
May 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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miriamellis.bsky.social
🌟New prints today! "Bilbo and the Butterflies" celebrates one of the greatest escapes in J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit. This painting is a good reminder to take breathers during the day. We all need them. More info in comments! #Tolkien #TolkienArt www.miriamellis.com/product-page...
May 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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bluebirdadventures.bsky.social
No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.

I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.

#astro #planetary
Astronomical twilight on Mars, including the moon Deimos. Taken by the Engineering Cameras aboard the Perseverance Rover.
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social
The beautiful Wain stones, aka the kissing stones, on Bleaklow in the Peak District
May 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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johnevigar.bsky.social
Saxon wall of Leicester’s oldest church, St Nicholas.
May 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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stsci.edu
Today is #WorldPenguinDay! This infrared image from #NASAWebb, taken to mark its second year of science, shows an interaction between a distorted spiral galaxy at center, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at left, the Egg.

Take a closer look: webbtelescope.pub/3EP21MO 🔭 🧪
Arp 142, two interacting galaxies, observed in near- and mid-infrared light. At left is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg. Its center is the brighter and whiter. There are six diffraction spikes atop its gauzy blue layers. At right is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin. Its beak-like region points toward and above the Egg. Where the eye would be is a small, opaque yellow spiral. The Penguin’s distorted arms form the bird’s beak, back, and tail. The tail is wide and layered, like a beta fish’s tail. A semi-transparent blue hue traces the Penguin and extends from the galaxy, creating an upside-down U over top of both galaxies. At top right is another galaxy seen from the side, pointing roughly at a 45-degree angle. It is largely light blue. Its length appears approximately as long as the Egg’s height. One foreground star with large, bright blue diffraction spikes appears over top of the galaxy and another near it. The entire black background is filled with tiny, extremely distant galaxies.
April 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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gorangligovic.bsky.social
Here it is, the Bronze Age Fellowship of the Ring.

You can get a print of this here - www.inprnt.com/gallery/gora...

and you can support my little creative excursions here - patreon.com/gorangligovic
The Fellowship of the Ring in (a fantasy version of) Bronze Age getups.
April 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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mgcoco.bsky.social
The first meeting and final parting of Aragorn and Boromir 💔 #Tolkien #art
Young Aragorn/Thorongil sitting down and holding a baby Boromir. They are at the Court of the Fountain, with the dead White Tree of Gondor behind them in a patch of green grass. In the background there is a view of a large field and mountains. Aragorn is leaning over Boromir, holding the other man's head gently and about to kiss his forehead. Boromir's chest is pierced with a black arrow and he is resting against a tree and rocks, and has a peaceful expression. There are many trees in the background and it looks a bit foggy. Dismiss
April 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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stsci.edu
Zoom through space to arrive at NGC 1333, a dark nebula bursting with star formation, as seen by Hubble. Raw material surrounding the nebula fuels a firestorm of star birth that is taking place inside a dusty cocoon. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. 🔭 🧪
April 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years!

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire. 1st-2nd century AD.

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#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
My photo shows the ruins of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level and narrow rectangular window openings above on the upper three levels. It stands 15.8 m high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower, for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.
April 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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stsci.edu
This new #NASAWebb image shows a dying star in unprecedented detail. Mid-infrared light highlights tangled patterns in the rings and holes in the pink interior. This scene was produced by two overlapping stars that “pop” with blue spikes at center: bit.ly/424Lygw 🔭 🧪
What looks like a single large, bright star but is two shines with bright purple diffraction spikes at the center of a large, diffuse cylinder of gas and dust that is tipped to the right. At the center is a bright pink clumpy cloud that takes up about 25% of the view. The pink region has some holes. Beyond that are two large rings tipped at a 60-degree angle that mark the ends of the cylinder. They appear joined at top left and bottom right. The edges form shallow V-shapes that go inward. The rings appear orange at top left and bottom right, and are blue at bottom and center right. There is diffuse orange material around the body. The black background of space is speckled with tiny stars and galaxies mostly in blues and yellows. A bigger blue star with spikes is just below and to the left of the central stars, but it is slightly smaller. Areas Webb did not observe appear black along the top edges, a thin vertical near the nebula at top left, and at the bottom left and right corners.
April 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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serenamalyon.bsky.social
If you see this, post your painting/drawing of a dragon
This is an old one, from around 2014? Drogon and Daenerys in the Pits of Meereen. Back when I was doing more medieval-styled work.
A huge black dragon fills the coliseum with flame, as Daenerys approaches, arms out, defying the flame.
April 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
This really is an incredible photo.

The Apollo 11 lunar module in the foreground, looking up into deep space... and our homeworld.

Image AS11-40-5923 (minimally processed)
April 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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mgcoco.bsky.social
Happy Tolkien Reading Day! Drew some of the lovely women of Lord of the Rings for this year’s theme, Fellowship and Community 📚🧝‍♀️✨ #TolkienReadingDay #art
Drawing of Tolkien characters. Arwen in the center is holding an open Red Book of Westmarch. She is surrounded by Goldberry, Galadriel, Rosie Cotton, and Eowyn
March 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A 3,300 year-old container with an adorable tiny hedgehog on the lid! 🦔

Likely used for cosmetic cream, this box has a swivel lid with cartouches of Egyptian king Ramesses II and his first principal wife, Nefertari.

The Met 📷 by me www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
My photo shows a small container carved from Hippopotamus ivory and rosewood. It has a circular flat swivel lid and a cylindrical foot. Around the outer edge of the lid there are incised circles. A tiny figure of a hedgehog sits opposite the knob on the lid. There are also cartouches of Ramesses II and his first principal wife, Nefertari, carved on the lid. The purpose of the box is uncertain, but it was likely used for cosmetics. The ancient Egyptians associated hedgehogs with the cycle of death and rebirth. New Kingdom, Ramesside, circa 1279–1213 BC. On display at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
March 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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elericousins.bsky.social
Blown away by this 14th century manuscript drawing of Stonehenge. It’s only Monday, but I think this will be the coolest thing I see this week. 🏺

📷 The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. CC BY-NC 4.0

parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
f. 57r of the Parker Library’s Scala Mundi. A labelled depiction of Stonehenge, rendered as a rectangular structure of standing stones and joining lintels, sits in the left hand column.
March 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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coreyspowell.bsky.social
One more--this is just so cool:

Firefly Aerospace has released the full image sequence of a solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon. The dark object moving in front of the Sun is Earth. The lunar landscape is lit red by all the sunrises & sunsets in the world. 🧪

fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
March 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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mgcoco.bsky.social
Beren and Lúthien for #TolkienTrewsday, The Great Tales #art
Lúthien leading Beren through a green forest while holding hands, and there are nightingales flying around Lúthien
March 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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putriprihatini.bsky.social
The Lord of the Rings illustrations by Ukrainian artist Sergei Iukhimov.

#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien
An illustration of Gandalf and Aragorn leading the soldiers in a battle against Witch King riding a beast. The soldiers carry banners with a white ship and white tree. The illustration was drawn in Medieval manuscript style. An illustration of Aragorn/Elessar being crowned in Gondor court, two angelic figures flying on the left and right. The illustration combined Medieval manuscript and Christian iconography. An illustration of the Council of Elrond scene with all characters sitting behind a curved long table. The illustration was drawn in Medieval manuscript style with Christian iconography influences. An illustration of Eowyn facing the Witch King. She is kneeling and holding up a sword while the Witch King towers over her, ready to strike. Merry sneaks behind him and stabs his leg with his sword. The body of unconscious Theoden lies beside Eowyn.
February 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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a quick redwood forest critter pattern for your feed ☘️💕
a tiled pattern of illustrations featuring redwood forest animals and plants on a dark blue background. The animals featured are a banana slug, ring-necked snake, slender salamander, ensatina, redwood sideband snail. The plants are redwood sorrel and redwood violet.
February 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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jemimacatlin.bsky.social
Seeing the sudden gleam in the gloom Bilbo looked round. He gave a great cry: he had seen a sight that made his heart leap, dark shapes small yet majestic against the distant glow. “The Eagles! The Eagles!” he shouted. “The Eagles are coming!”
#tolkien #thehobbit
February 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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If walls could speak… This surviving fragment of St. Pancras Church (mid-7th century?) in the grounds of St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, was built using Roman bricks and columns in the chancel arches—echoes of an ancient world repurposed for a new era.
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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bobmarshall.co.uk
Iron Age roundhouse cutaway reconstruction. #Blender3D © Bob Marshall 2020. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 #DigitalReconstruction
Iron Age roundhouse cutaway reconstruction © Bob Marshall 2020. License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
February 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM