Good morning, Bluesky. 🌞
A sunrise over the Asian Pacific from the archway of Youzihu Reef, Green Island, Taiwan. Enjoy your Sunday. 😎

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Good morning, Bluesky! 🌞
Sunrise in Taroko Gorge at Pudu Bridge. Above the bridge, you'll see the Tianfeng Temple Pagoda on the ridge.

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For the spooky season, I'll feature a Hallowtober deep-space object each week. Week two: Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula. Its nebulosity consists of blue reflection (eyes), dark dust (face/shading), and red Hα emission.

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I captured the Hercules Cluster with my EdgeHD 8" SCT with its 0.7x reducer at 1422mm, ASI533MC Pro camera, and ZWO AM5N mount from Bortle 3 skies in Hualien, Taiwan.

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I captured the Milky Way from Yanliao Port in Hualien, Taiwan. I wanted to capture it vertically. My 15mm wide-angle lens framed it nicely.
High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/ypaqdp

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The Bluespotted Ribbontail stingray has strikingly colorful electric blue spots. It uses its venomous tail to defend itself from predators.

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This Asian black bulbul was committed to this tree, near the shoreline of Liyu Lake in Hualien, Taiwan. I'm guessing it was nesting there.

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I took this photo of a Nymphaea 'Pink Pearl' waterlily at a Buddhist monastery in Hualien, Taiwan. It's near my house. 😍

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For the "spooky season," I'll feature a Hallowtober deep-space object each week. Week one: the Wizard Nebula, a medieval sorcerer wearing a pointy hat and cloak. Younger astronomers often call it the Harry Potter Nebula.

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Evidence suggests that M53 and NGC 5053 are a binary cluster and, uniquely, the only one of its kind in our Milky Way. A tidal bridge-like structure and envelope surround and connect them.
High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/o9ggbm

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I captured a Coryphellina rubrolineata Nudibranch on volcanic sediment on the ocean floor just offshore of Sangeang Volcano in Indonesia.

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This week, last year, I captured the newly discovered 2025 comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon. It last visited 1,400 years ago and outperformed initial brightness forecasts, surging to 400 times brighter than expected. 🤩

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If you look closely, you can see the moss mantis' newly formed wing buds. Her next and final molt will produce fully developed adult wings.

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