Yes!! Auroras can look like rainbows even though they are completely different phenomena. Auroras are caused by sun-created particles being funnelled into Earth's atmosphere by its magnetic field. It creates colours by exciting atoms at different heights. Alternately, rainbows are created by sunlight backscattering off falling raindrops, and the different colors are refracted by slightly different angles. The featured picture is composed of several images taken on the same night last month near the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. The photographer planned on only capturing the central band of our Milky Way galaxy over the picturesque cascade. But by luck, a spectacular aurora soon appeared just below the curving arch of the Milky Way. Far in the background, the Pleiades star cluster and the Andromeda galaxy can be found.
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano Pellegrini
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Sunlight Through Saturn's Rings - May 11th, 1996.
"Normally, Earth-based astronomers view Saturn's spectacular ring system fully illuminated by reflected sunlight. However, this November 1995 Hubble Space Telescope composite image was made to take advantage of an unusual perspective, with the Sun actually illuminating the rings from below. The three bright ring features are visible because the rings themselves are not solid. Composed of many separate chunks of rocky, icy material, the rings allow the scattered sunlight to pass through them - offering a dramatic demonstration that they are not continuous, uninterrupted bands of material."
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WIP Wednesday -- Gang Rejects Wild
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A mid-TotK Wild reappears before the Chain but the don't believe it's him because of how changed he is.
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“No! Don’t touch him!” Hyrule cried and jumped away, recoiling as if bitten. “That isn’t Wild!”
“How do you know?” Legend asked.
“He’s—it’s—full of malice, and poes and a strange magic that I don’t understand!” Hyrule said.
“Who are you and what do you want?” Time’s sword leveled at Wild’s throat.
“I’m Wild! Don’t you recognize me?” Wild answered with a betrayed look.
“You take the form of our brother but you aren’t him!” Hyrule accused.
“Guys! It’s me I swear! I’ve just… my adventure hasn’t been treating me well.”
“Show us your true form, Dark Link,” Time said coldly. “You aren’t fooling anyone hiding behind that face.”
“What are you talking about? This is my true form! I’m not Dark Link!” Wild replied vehemently.
“Put your sword down! That’s Wild!” Wind objected pushing Time’s blade away. “Can’t you see that he's hurt or sick or something?”
“Wind! Get back!” Legend dragged him away. “That’s not Wild. That’s only a trick!”
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Introducing to tumblr: Reaper & Witch au!!!
quick description: Shuichi is a tea loving witch who goes around in a caravan across the land selling teas, cakes, magical plants, cool rocks and weird artefacts. Sometimes he likes coffee too though, depends on the day. He has a mysterious tragic backstory that will go unexplained for now, but he also has a weird reaper guy who follows him around to fill the silence. He too, will go unexplained. But they’re neat so I hope you appreciate some art of them.
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Emperor Hunter AU Page 14 (Bonus doodles under cut)
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