“Paris is always a good idea.”
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Audrey Hepburn ✨✨✨⁣
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Originally nicknamed the “City of Light”
for its efforts in pioneering street lamps to increase public safety in the 1600s,
the name stuck through the following Age of Enlightenment as it cemented itself as a center for art,
innovation and education.⁣
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This photo of Paris at nighttime from the space station proves the name still holds true.
Back then,
they probably could have never predicted its street grids would be clearly recognizable from the @ISS 250 miles above as it orbits the planet once every 90 minutes with humans onboard.⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA⁣
⁣ #nasa #space #earth #photography #astronaut #paris #nighttimephotography #lights #travel #paris #france #cityoflight⁣

Luna.
Lune.
Chaand.🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚⁣⁣
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How do you say "Moon"
in your language?
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No matter what you call it,
we all look at the same Moon.
It's where we're sending #Artemis astronauts by 2024 on a mission to explore our nearest celestial neighbor before we eventually go to Mars.
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Look up and don’t miss an opportunity to #ObserveTheMoon tonight!
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Credit:
NASA⁣
⁣ #Moon #Lunar #Views #NightSky #NASA⁣

Go on.
Stare at it.⁣
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The legend of Medusa holds that anyone who gazed at her directly would transform into stone.
Thankfully you can feast your eyes without fear on this @nasahubble image of the Medusa merger,
a galaxy that is actually the collision of two galaxies formed billions of years ago.
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The streams of stars and dust,
seen rising from the top of the merged galaxy,
resemble the writhing snakes that Medusa,
a monster in ancient Greek mythology,
famously had on her head in place of hair,
lending the object its intriguing name.⁣⁣⁣
⁣⁣⁣ #nasa #space #galaxy #astronomy #medusa #snakehairdontcare