"Blue Note"

#12046382

12 February 2025

A young student participates in traditional customs to celebrate the first full moon of the Year of the Blue Snake, making wishes and planning for the year ahead during the 2025 Namsangol Jeongwol Daeboreum 'Blueprint' event at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, on February 12, 2025. Organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the event includes the Daljip Wish Ritual, where attendees write their wishes on notes and attach them to a straw rope before tying them to a straw structure to be set alight.

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#12046383

12 February 2025

Participants engage in traditional customs to celebrate the first full moon of the Year of the Blue Snake, making wishes and planning for the year ahead during the 2025 Namsangol Jeongwol Daeboreum 'Blueprint' event at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea, on February 12, 2025. Organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the event features the Daljip Wish Ritual, where attendees write their wishes on notes and tie them to a straw rope. Event organizers then fasten the rope to a straw structure known as Daljip. While the ritual traditionally concludes with the burning of Daljip, the structure is not set alight due to rain.

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#12034078

9 February 2025

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This composite image was created by stacking multiple exposures captured using a telescope and a cooled camera.) A view of the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters or Messier 45 (M45).

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#11625994

1 October 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: the image is a stack of 60 single photos combined through an astronomy photo tool to show the brightness of the comet) C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) comet is seen before sunrise in Calascio, Italy, on October 1st, 2024. ''The Century Comet'' C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is a newly discovered comet, first observed in January 2023 by the Tsuchinshan Observatory and the ATLAS project.

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#11452526

3 August 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured through a telescope using ''lucky imaging'' technique: this astrophotography technique captures short-exposure frames or videos, extracting and combining the best frames with specialized software for a sharper, detailed final image during stable atmospheric conditions.) Cysatus, Gruemberger, Moretus, Curtius, Newton, Short, Zach, Pentland and other craters are seen on the Moon through a telescope in L'Aquila, Italy on July 27th, 2024.

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#11452515

3 August 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured through a telescope using ''lucky imaging'' technique: this astrophotography technique captures short-exposure frames or videos, extracting and combining the best frames with specialized software for a sharper, detailed final image during stable atmospheric conditions.) Montes Caucasus mountains and Aristillus, Autolycus, Archimedes craters in Mare Imbrium (Sea of Showers) are seen on the Moon through a telescope in L'Aquila, Italy on July 27th, 2024.

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#11452514

3 August 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured through a telescope using ''lucky imaging'' technique: this astrophotography technique captures short-exposure frames or videos, extracting and combining the best frames with specialized software for a sharper, detailed final image during stable atmospheric conditions.) Clavius, Porter, Blancanus, Scheiner, Maginus, Longomontanus, Moretus and Curtius and other craters are seen on the Moon through a telescope in L'Aquila, Italy on July 27th, 2024.

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#11452509

3 August 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured through a telescope using ''lucky imaging'' technique: this astrophotography technique captures short-exposure frames or videos, extracting and combining the best frames with specialized software for a sharper, detailed final image during stable atmospheric conditions.) Pluto crater on the illuminated side, Aristoteles and Eudoxes on the side on the shadow are seen on the Moon through a telescope in L'Aquila, Italy on July 27th, 2024.

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#11452502

3 August 2024

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Image was captured through a telescope using ''lucky imaging'' technique: this astrophotography technique captures short-exposure frames or videos, extracting and combining the best frames with specialized software for a sharper, detailed final image during stable atmospheric conditions.) Werner, Aliacenis, Apianus and Poisson craters are seen on the Moon through a telescope in L'Aquila, Italy on July 27th, 2024.

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#11363024

26 June 2024

Twenty Dollars bill depicting the White Tower with the actual White Tower in the background. Exterior view of the Northern side of the White House in Washington DC as seen from Lafayette Square park and Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States of America POTUS and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical architecture style. Outside of the the North side is a fountain in the lawn, the executive residence northern facade is with a columned portico. Secret Service police with cars and dogs are patrolling and guarding the building as many tourists visit the location daily. The American flag is flown at half-staff honoring the victims of the tragedy in Allen, Texas and respect for the victims of violence. Washington DC, USA on May 7, 2023

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#11304828

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) A general exterior view of St. Peter Church is seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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#11304826

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) A general exterior view of St. Peter Church is seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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#11304825

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) A general exterior view of St. Peter Church is seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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#11304800

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) Tourists walking in front of Castel Sant’Angelo castle and Sant’Angelo Bridge are seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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#11304769

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) Column of Marcus Aurelius is seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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#11304759

4 June 2024

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo has been converted in black and white colors) Exterior of Quirinale Palace between two stone columns is seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024.

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