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Quartz with Hydrocarbon Inclusions

Locality:  Buhirmas, Koraro, Lasbela District, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Fluorite

Locality: Zogno Mine, Brembana Valley, Lombardy, Italy

“Mom, pls”

Hubble Image of NGC 3324

Located in the Southern Hemisphere, NGC 3324 is at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), home of the Keyhole Nebula and the active, outbursting star Eta Carinae. The entire Carina Nebula complex is located at a distance of roughly 7,200 light-years, and lies in the constellation Carina.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Scheelite with Pink Apatite on Muscovite

Locality: Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Aurora archives. 

Finland 2013-2015. 

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Centaurus A. Same object. Different wavelengths.

It’s scary to think most of our universe is invisible to us

Amethyst Geode

Locality:  Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Fun Science Fact:

If you just got excited, you’re a nerd

In this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a firestorm of star birth is lighting up one end of the diminutive galaxy LEDA 36252 — also known as Kiso 5649.

(via LEDA 36252, a cosmic tadpole | ESA/Hubble)