SPiRiTs helping SPiRiTs (1975)

08/05/2025

🌞✨ A shadow on the Sun… rarer than once in a lifetime.

This is the Venus transit of June 5–6, 2012 — when Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, appearing as a tiny black dot gliding across the glowing disk. The entire journey took 6 hours and 40 minutes.

It’s not just rare — it’s ultra rare. Venus transits follow a cycle: 8 years, 121.5 years, 8 years, then 105.5 years.

That means we got a pair in 2004 and 2012… and now?
The next transit won’t happen until 2117.

👶 Anyone born today will be 92 years old by the time it returns. Most of us have already lived through our only chance to see it.

🌌 Were you lucky enough to catch this once-(or never!)-in-a-lifetime event?
📸 Do you have photos or memories from that day?
👇 Drop them in the comments — let’s preserve the moment together.

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06/30/2025

03/01/2025

📸 A Year of Sunsets: One Photographer’s Journey! ☀️🌅⁠
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For 12 months, Wael Omar (Insta: ) captured the Sun’s path from the same spot. His journey started in April 2023, shooting a sunset every month to see how the Sun moves along the horizon.⁠
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🗓️ His process: ⁠
🔹 Every month, he shot a sunset around the 21st to document how the Sun moves north and south throughout the year. ⁠
🔹 He marked key moments like the Summer Solstice (June 21), when the Sun sets farthest north, and the Winter Solstice (Dec 22), when it sets farthest south. ⁠
🔹 By the Equinoxes (March 20 & Sept 23), the Sun sets due west—perfect alignment of day and night.⁠
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🌍 “It’s amazing to see how our star moves through the seasons” he says.⁠
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This is the result of patience, precision, and love for astronomy. Would you do a year-long photography project? Let us know below! ⬇️✨⁠
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📸 Credit: Wael Omar (Insta )

03/01/2025

"In the windswept Isle of Skye, where the sea meets the Scottish highlands, lies a stone warrior who has defied time itself—a testament to one of Scotland's most fearless souls who dared to challenge both storms and armies.
For nine centuries, the Nicholson Clan chose this rugged coastline as their final resting place, but among the ancient gravestones that whisper tales from the 16th century, one monument stands apart. Carved with extraordinary precision, a knight emerges from the stone, his sword eternally ready, his armor frozen in stunning detail. Every link of his chain mail, every fold of his quilted coat, and his distinctive basinet helmet tell the story of a warrior born to face impossible odds.
This is no ordinary grave. The mysterious letters 'RMS' etched in the corner hint at a connection to the prestigious MacSween family, but local legends speak of a man whose very name became synonymous with courage—Angus Martin, better known as 'Angus of the Wind' or 'Angus of the Storm.' While other sailors sought shelter, Angus would face nature's fury head-on, sailing into tempests that would make even the bravest hearts quiver. His reputation wasn't built solely on challenging the elements; the battlefields of Ireland also knew his name, where his courage earned him fame that would echo through generations.
Even today, as salt winds whip across his stone face, Angus's memorial stands as a bridge between Scotland's warrior past and its storm-beaten shores, reminding visitors that some legends never truly die—they just turn to stone."

03/01/2025

Cathrin Machin with her painting of the moon.

10/29/2024

"Paradoxically,
the ability to be alone
is the condition
for the ability to love."
- Erich Fromm

Art • "Artemis"
by Jeff Wack

SPiRiTs helping SPiRiTs (1975)

09/24/2024

Venus

First-Ever Images Of Venus, Images Of Venus' Surface Taken With Visible Light, NASA Just Released First-Ever Images