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2. Himalia (moon) - Wikipedia

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   Himalia (moon) Himalia (/ hɪˈmeɪliə, hɪˈmɑːliə /), also known as Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter. With a diameter of at least 140 km (90 mi), [5] it is the sixth largest Jovian satellite, after the four Galilean moons and Amalthea. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 ...

3. Moonstone (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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   The name moonstone derives from the stone's characteristic visual effect, called adularescence (or schiller), which produces a milky, bluish interior light. This effect is caused by light diffraction through alternating layers of orthoclase and albite within the stone. The diffracted light varies from white to blue, depending on the thinness of ...

4. Rupes Recta - Wikipedia

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   Rupes Recta (center) taken by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Rupes Recta is a linear fault on the Moon, in the southeastern part of the Mare Nubium at 22.1°S 7.8°W. The name is Latin for straight cliff, although it is more commonly called the Straight Wall. [1] This is the best-known escarpment on the Moon, [2][3] and is a popular target for ...

5. Himalayan Art Resources - Wikipedia

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   History. Himalayan Art Resources started out as a digital library known as the Tibet Art Project. The website was created with funding from the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation in 1997, as an education and research database of Himalayan Art. [3][4] Since 1998, Jeff Watt, a Himalayan and Tibetan art scholar, has been the director and chief ...

6. See the Rare Super Blue Moon in Photos - AOL

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   The combination of a super moon and blue moon is rare. The full moon’s peak took place on Monday afternoon, at 2:26 p.m. EDT, but it’ll be visible until early Wednesday morning.

7. Earthrise - Wikipedia

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   Earthrise. Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon 's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. [1][2][3] Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential ...

8. Perseid meteor shower seen raining over Stonehenge in ...

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   Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a photo of the Perseids meteor shower's. The image, a composition of 40 images taken over a three-hour period, was so dazzling that even NASA featured it as ...

9. Halesi-Maratika Caves - Wikipedia

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   The Halesi-Maratika Caves (also the Haleshi Mahadev temple) are located next to the village of Mahadevasthan, in the Khotang District of eastern Nepal, 3,100 ft. – 4,734 ft. above sea level. The cave and temple are about 185 km south west of Mount Everest. The temple is a venerated pilgrimage site for Hindus, Buddhists and Kirat. [1]