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Picture of the day

Small waterfall on Gunung Lambak, one of several along the stream that flows next to the main path up the mountain. This is a focus stack of 2 photographs, and a neutral density filter was used to allow a long exposure time of 2 seconds.

Media of the day

An amateur 20 cm (8 inch) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope on a strain wave mount images a mosaic of the Pleiades (not visible), briefly pauses, then images a mosaic of the Orion Nebula under dark skies of the York Prairie State Natural Area, Wisconsin, USA.

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