Mars is closest to Earth since 2003!
July’s night skies feature Mars opposition on the 27th, when Mars, Earth, and the Sun all line up, and Mars’ closest approach to Earth since 2003 on the 31st.
If you’ve been sky watching for 15 years or more, then you’ll remember August 2003, when Mars approached closer to Earth than it had for thousands of years.
It was a very small percentage closer, but not so much that it was as big as the moon as some claimed.
Astronomy clubs everywhere had long lines of people looking through their telescopes at the red planet, and they will again this month!
If you are new to stargazing, this month and next will be a great time to check out Mars.
Through a telescope, you should be able to make out some of the light and dark features, and sometimes polar ice. Right now, though, a huge Martian dust storm is obscuring many features, and less planetary detail is visible.
July 27th is Mars opposition, when Mars, Earth, and the Sun all line up, with Earth directly in the middle.
A few days later on July 31st is Mars’ closest approach. That’s when Mars and Earth are nearest to each other in their orbits around the Sun. Although there will be a lot of news focusing on one or the other of these two dates, Mars will be visible for many months.
By the end of July, Mars will be visible at sunset.
But the best time to view it is several hours after sunset, when Mars will appear higher in the sky.
Mars will still be visible after July and August, but each month it will shrink in apparent size as it travels farther from Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
On July 27th a total lunar eclipse will be visible in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.
For those viewers, Mars will be right next to the eclipsing moon!
Next month will feature August’s summer Perseids. It’s not too soon to plan a dark sky getaway for the most popular meteor shower of the year!
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hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!
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When will you be updating heathers back?
i’ll be updating again tomorrow!
KEEP OUR OCEAN BLUE OUR PLANET GREEN T-SHIRT
GIRL GANG T-SHIRT
IT’S MY BODY IT’S MY CHOICE T-SHIRT
I DON’T FCKING CARE T-SHIRT
SEE YOU TOMORROW? T-SHIRT
EVERYTHING’S A DILDO T-SHIRT
OH DARLING LET’S EXPLORE THE WORLD T-SHIRT
I GOT THIS SHIRT AS A GIFT T-SHIRT
ART IS A WAY OF SURVIVAL T-SHIRT
NO PLACE FOR HOMOPHOBIA T-SHIRT
BE YOURSELF T-SHIRT
EVERYTHING YOU LIKE I LIKED FIVE YEARS AGO T-SHIRT
CATCH FLIGHTS NOT FEELINGS T-SHIRT
WHY BE RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC T-SHIRT
CAN I BORROW A KISS? T-SHIRT
I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR HATE T-SHIRT
BLACK ISN’T SAD BLACK IS POETIC T-SHIRT
GIRLS SUPPORT GIRLS T-SHIRT
THE WORLD HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN BOYS WHO KISS BOYS T-SHIRT
I HATE YOU T-SHIRT
I’VE GOT ROCK N’ ROLL T-SHIRT
I DIDN’T CHOOSE NAP TIME T-SHIRT
I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU T-SHIRT
THICK THIGHS SAVE LIVES T-SHIRT
IT’S A TEA SHIRT
LEGALIZE DREAMS T-SHIRT
MY MIDDLE FINGER SALUTES YOU T-SHIRT
IF THE LOVE DOESN’T FEEL LIKE 90’S T-SHIRT
I DON’T WANT FEELINGS T-SHIRT
NO ONE BORN HATING ANOTHER PERSON T-SHIRT
BLACK IS MY HAPPY COLOUR T-SHIRT
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I think I’m going to post different kinds of aesthetics that I like, I like to post things that look nice and make me feel something, so I’m trying to broaden that. There’s 45K followers on this blog, if you don’t like the content, let me know and I’ll switch it up. And if you want a picture of my dog, she is very cute. Just a heads up
A reminder to not try out this guy’s Spyro: Myths Awaken fangame.
If you talk like that to professionals game developers like Toys For Bob, you don’t deserve their attention at all.
Another reminder that he talks down to fans who adore the Spyro Reignited Trilogy in a similar fashion.
Bye
We living in 2039
Madelaine Petsch and Vanessa Morgan attends the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards
The Vixens 3/?
My heart warmed up so much when I saw this angel at parade today.
Stephanie Beatriz @ Capital Pride Dupont Circle, June, 9th 2018.
HEY SCOOBY DOO WHAT THE FUCK
Goodbye straight people, I can’t say I’ll miss you tbh
ABBA | S.O.S. (1975)
…can’t you hear me S. O. S.
I’m having a daria binge fest
Can we have a little family celebration for Theo's bday? :3c
Theo: *yawns*
Burr: Morning Theo.
Theo: Morning Dad.
Burr: Happy birthday.
Theo: Thanks Dad.
Burr: Since it’s your birthday today you’ll get a day off from school and you and I will spend time together.
Theo: Really? That’s awesome! But what about work?
Burr: I have Alexander to cover for me.
*meanwhile at work*
Alexander: Hm… I wonder what kind of work Burr really does? *opens Burr’s office*
Jefferson: Hamilton! Are you ready to work together?
Alexander: Shit!
*back at the Burr’s house*
Theo: Well… This should be a fun day!
Burr: Yep! Just you and I having a fun time together on your special day. So what do you wanna do today?
Theo: I was wondering if we can go see Mom?
Burr: Wh-
Theo: I know! It’s my birthday I shouldn’t say anything that makes me sad. But I really want to see Mom today. Than maybe later on we can go to lunch and see a movie as well?
Burr: *hugs her* Of course we can. We can do whatever you want.
Theo: Thanks Dad.
Burr: Now go get ready. If we’re lucky we can beat traffic.
Theo: Okay. *runs to her room*
Burr: *sighs* Oh Theodosia… if only you were here to see how much our daughter has grown. I bet you would be proud of how much she has become.
be like Thor, be there to support your loved ones,accept who they are and celebrate them