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terrysdiary: James Franco at the premiere of The Iceman.
boykitty: FIAC 2012, Paris
Tails of Comet Lemmon Image Credit & Copyright: Gerald Rhemann Explanation: What caused the interestingly intricate tails that Comet Lemmon displayed earlier this year? First of all, just about every comet that nears the Sun displays two tails: a dust tail and an ion tail. Comet Lemmon’s dust tail, visible above and around the comet nucleus in off-white, is produced by sun-light reflecting dust shed by the comet’s heated nucleus. Flowing and more sculptured, however, is C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)’s blue ion tail, created by the solar wind pushing ions expelled by the nucleus away from the Sun. Also of note is the coma seen surrounding Comet Lemmon’s nucleus, tinted green by atomic carbon gas fluorescing in sunlight. The above image was taken from the dark skies of Namibia in mid-April. Comet Lemmon is fading as it now heads back to the outer Solar System.

mrgolightly:

Note to Loras: If you want the girl you’re planning on marrying to not figure out that you’re into guys, then you should probably not say you’re wearing a brooch or describe what you want her wedding dress to look like in all of its exquisite glory.
vintagegal: Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
msmildred: Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday”, 1953.
terrysdiary: Lindsey Wixson as Me
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