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A Chameleon Sky

The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected and its core becomes a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one above. Here, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the 'hourglass.' The unprecedented sharpness of Hubble's images revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process and may resolve the outstanding mystery of the variety of complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulae. Image Credit: NASA, WFPC2, HST, R. Sahai and J. Trauger (JPL)
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Took the little one to Becks Pond

Yesterday it was so nice outside we decided to take the kids to Becks Pond. Becks Pond is a small pond down the road from us that has a jungle gym for the kids, some picnic areas and a pond(obviously). We brought bread for Xavier and Athena to feed to the ducks. They had fun throwing the bread in the water and watching the baby ducks race to get it. After feeding the ducks Xavier and Athena made friends with another little boy who was there with his father. They spent an hour running around on the Jungle Gym. After that we headed home for some lunch.

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