Light is a source of hope that ensures darkness does not have the final word

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Laura Clay (February 9, 1849 – June 29, 1941) was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement and the co-founder and first president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association. She was one of the most important suffragists in the South, favoring the states' rights approach to suffrage. A powerful orator, she was active in the Democratic Party and had important leadership roles in local, state and national politics. In 1920 at the Democratic National Convention, she was one of two women to be the first women to have their names placed into nomination for the presidency at the convention of a major political party. This photograph by the Gerhard Sisters shows Clay in 1916.

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Because we all need a personal dementor, I suppose?

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

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I don't think they're very good at their job.

From a local pizza place. (at least I think its local, pretty sure its not a chain)

No I didn't do this just for a joke, I actually like it. Problem? Catch me outside, how 'bout that?

Credit: Steffen Prößdorf

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The Pacific gull (Larus pacificus) is a bird in the gull family, Laridae, native to the coasts of Australia. It is moderately common in a band along the coast between Carnarvon, Western Australia, in the west, and Sydney in the east, as well as Tasmania and other islands off the continent's southern coast. The Pacific gull ranges in length from 58 to 66 centimetres (23 to 26 in), with a wingspan of 137 to 157 centimetres (54 to 62 in). Its diet consists of fish and invertebrates, such as crabs, sand flatheads and cephalopods. This Pacific gull of the subspecies L. p. pacificus was photographed in Moulting Lagoon Important Bird Area, Tasmania.

Credit: Charles J. Sharp

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52378358

Two Goobers is a small community to share and find cute pics that make you think of the special person in your life. Whether it be your significant other, best friend, family member, or anyone else, all types of pics are welcome.

I made this community a little while back, but wanted to fill it up some before posting it here. I have a special person in my life now, and many of the pics in the community are ones I have sent them.

Alternative link: lemm.ee/c/TwoGoobers

I took this at the Portland Winter Lights Festival tonight and it was amazing. I usually keep my works to /c/photography, but if they capture the public interest, I'll try /c/pics.

1/200s, f/3.5, 23mm, ISO 3200. Canon EOS Rebel T7.

Thanks for seeing my work!

Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces ignite and create heavy elements in their cores. After only a few million years for the most massive stars, the enriched material is blasted back into interstellar space where star formation can begin anew. The expanding debris cloud known as Cassiopeia A is an example of this final phase of the stellar life cycle. Light from the supernova explosion that created this remnant would have been first seen in planet Earth's sky about 350 years ago, although it took that light 11,000 years to reach us. This sharp NIRCam image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the still-hot filaments and knots in the supernova remnant. The whitish, smoke-like outer shell of the expanding blast wave is about 20 light-years across. A series of light echoes from the massive star's cataclysmic explosion are also identified in Webb's detailed images of the surrounding interstellar medium.

Source: NASA.

Credit: Daniel Case

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Luge is a winter sport that involves a one- or two-person sled, also known as a luge, on which athletes sled supine (face-up) and feet-first. Lugers control the movement of the sled by shifting their weight or applying pressure with their calf muscles and shoulders, and can reach speeds of more than 140 km/h (87 mph; 39 m/s). The sport is organised by the International Luge Federation and has been part of the Winter Olympic programme since 1964. This photograph shows the Ukrainian brothers Myroslav and Ivan Lenko training in 2022 in Mariazell, Austria, for the Luge World Cup.

Credit: Steffen Prößdorf

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I took this using my Lumix G9 and my Leica 12-60mm lens at iso 200, f/3.9, and 1/1000 second exposure time.

This viewpoint is a great spot to view Mt St Helens but can be a bit of a sketchy drive due to ice and snow during the winter. This year it was a really tame drive up there due to the extreme lack of snowpack we've gotten this year.

Normally the mountain looks like a featureless snow pile this time of year but this year you can see spots without snow all the way to the rim of the caldera. It's heartbreaking and breathtaking.

This year is gonna be rough one this summer over here, I can feel it.