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Tuesday 4 October 2016

Burst firing / Giuseppe Ungaretti: Stelle

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A panorama of the Milky Way from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. From left, University of Hawaii 2.2 Meter Telescope, Mauna Kea Summit, Kilauea Volcano under cloud cover and Mauna Loa: photo by Joe Marquez / The New York Times, 2 October 2016

 

A panorama of the Milky Way from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. From left, University of Hawaii 2.2 Meter Telescope, Mauna Kea Summit, Kilauea Volcano under cloud cover and Mauna Loa: photo by Joe Marquez / The New York Times, 2 October 2016

Indonesian farmers work on a paddy field in Beraskata village, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 04 October 2016. According to the statistics bureau, Indonesia's annual inflation in September rose by 3.07 percent from last year.  EPA/DEDI SINUHAJI

Indonesian farmers work on a paddy field in Beraskata village, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia: photo by Dedi Sinuhaji/EPA, 4 October 2016

Indonesian farmers work on a paddy field in Beraskata village, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 04 October 2016. According to the statistics bureau, Indonesia's annual inflation in September rose by 3.07 percent from last year.  EPA/DEDI SINUHAJI

Indonesian farmers work on a paddy field in Beraskata village, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia: photo by Dedi Sinuhaji/EPA, 4 October 2016


Tornano in alto ad ardere le favole.

Cadranno colle foglie al primo vento.

Ma venga un altro soffio, 

Ritornerà scintillamente nuovo.



 

In the outskirts of disk galaxy NGC 4526 is supernova 1994d in the bottom left corner. It is a type IA exploding star, which astronomers use to estimate the speed of the expansion of the universe.: photo by High-Z Supernova Search Team/HST/NASA, 2 October 2016 

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Panoramic view southward toward Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains from Keys View in Little San Bernardino Mountains, Joshua Tree National Park, California (Salton Sea, 230 ft. below sea level, rear left, San Andreas Fault visible on valley floor): photo by Matthew Field, 2008


On high the reluctant fables blaze.

When the first breeze stirs they'll fall with the leaves.
 
But come another breath on high they'll flare anew.

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1883-1970): Stelle (Stars), 1927, from Sentimento del tempo (Sense of time), 1933; English TC
  



This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the center of the Milky Way galaxy, where a black hole may lurk: photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech, 2 October 2016


Air force attacks the populated neighborhoods in #Douma city with 4 air strikes, killing one civilian, and wounding several others
: image via SCD Rif-Dimashq @SCDRif-Dimashq, 3 October 2016

 

 The pulsing inferno of the "red door" -- airstrike in #Douma now: image via abu ammar hawa, 3 October 2016


The moment a child is brought out alive from the rubble by a rescuers of the Civil Defense in Douma #RevolutionSyria: image via SCD Rif-Dimashq @SCDRifDimashq, 3 October 2016


Rescue operations carried out by the Civil Defense Corps in the city #Douma after the targeting of residential neighborhoods in the city with several air strikes: image via SCD Rif-Dimashq @SCDRif-Dimashq, 3 October 2016

 

 

#Urgent | Ten raids have pounded the city today continuing to this very moment #Douma: image via Amar_Alhasan, 3 October 2016
 

#Urgent
| Ten raids have pounded the city today continuing to this very moment #Douma: image via Amar_Alhasan, 3 October 2016


SYRIA - An injured man lies on a bed after receiving treatment at makeshift hospital following reported air strikes in Douma.
By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016


SYRIA - A Syrian boy collects items amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported air strikes in Douma. By @AbdDoumany #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016


SYRIA - A digger removes the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported air strikes in the rebel-held town of Douma.
  By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016



Besieged #Syria town #Douma fears becoming 'like #Aleppo':
image via The Peninsula Verified account @PeninsulaQatar, 3 October 2016



Shehab is the only survivor of a family of 7 after the Russian air forces targeted their home in Bustan Al Basha today #HolocaustAleppo
: image via Khaled Khatib @995Khaled, 3 October 2016



Military aircraft release 3 bombs over the neighborhoods of #Irbin city, a number of civilians received various injuries.: image via SCD Rif-Dimashq @SCDRif-Dimashq, 3 October 2016


 Regime Helicopters drop 38 Barrel Bombs on #AlDerkhabia town in #WesternGouta
: image via SCD Rif-Dimashq @SCDRif-Dimashq, 3 October 2016



LEBANON - Piles of garbage are pictured in a forest area overlooking the Lebanese town of Bsalim. By @JOSEPHEID1 #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016


INDIA - A Border Security Force soldier searches for land mines during a patrol at the India-Pakistan border. By @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016



HAITI - Women protect themselves from the rain with plastic in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. By @hectorretamal #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016



HAITI - A fisherman looks at the sea in Caira beach, in the commune of Leogane, to the southwest from Port-au-Prince. By @hectorretamal #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016


 #Libya: Fighters loyal to Libya's National Accord government help a comrade shot by an IS group sniper in #Sirte by @fabio_buccia: image via Talar Kalajian @TalarKala, 2 October 2016



#Libya #Sirte Fighters of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord look towards #IslamicState positions #AFP Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 28 September 2016


#Libya #Sirte Fighters of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord look towards #IslamicState positions #AFP Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 28 September 2016

 

#Libya #Sirte Fighters of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord look towards #IslamicState positions #AFP Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 28 September 2016


#Libya #Sirte Fighters of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord look towards #IslamicState positions #AFP Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 28 September 2016


#Libya African migrants have their lunch break in the courtyard of the Karareem detention centre in #Misrata By @fabio_buccia @AFPphoto: image via Photojournalism @photojournalink, 3 October 2016


AT SEA - Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in Mediterranean Sea some 20 nautical miles north of the coast of Libya. By @ArisMessinis
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 3 October 2016




AT SEA - #Refugees and #migrants some 20 nautical miles north of #Libya. By @ArisMessinis:
image via @ArisMessinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2016



AT SEA - #Refugees and #migrants some 20 nautical miles north of #Libya. By @ArisMessinis:
image via @ArisMessinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2016




AT SEA - #Refugees and #migrants some 20 nautical miles north of #Libya. By @ArisMessinis:
image via @ArisMessinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2016




AT SEA - #Refugees and #migrants some 20 nautical miles north of #Libya. By @ArisMessinis: image via @ArisMessinis @ArisMessinis, 3 October 2016

A migrant is rescued from the mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya on October 3, 2016.  Thousands of migrants are "racing against the clock" to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in the conflict-torn country at a loss to stem the flow. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINISARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images

A migrant is rescued from the Mediterranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya: photo by Aris Messinis/AFP, 4 October 2016

A migrant is rescued from the mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya on October 3, 2016.  Thousands of migrants are "racing against the clock" to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in the conflict-torn country at a loss to stem the flow. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINISARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images.

A migrant is rescued from the Mediterranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya: photo by Aris Messinis/AFP, 4 October 2016



A woman walks past a mural in Toribio, department of Cauca, Colombia. The Colombian government and FARC rebels scrambled Monday to save a peace deal after voters narrowly rejected it in a referendum, throwing the four-year-old peace process into uncertainty.: photo by Luis Robayo/AFP, 4 October 2016



A woman walks past a mural in Toribio, department of Cauca, Colombia. The Colombian government and FARC rebels scrambled Monday to save a peace deal after voters narrowly rejected it in a referendum, throwing the four-year-old peace process into uncertainty.: photo by Luis Robayo/AFP, 4 October 2016

A stag stands in an inversion fog with its antlers visible above the vegetation during the rutting season, when they breed, in Richmond Park, south west London,

A stag stands in an inversion fog with its antlers visible above the vegetation during the rutting season, when they breed, in Richmond Park, south west London: photo by Matt Dunham/AP, 4 October 2016

A stag stands in an inversion fog with its antlers visible above the vegetation during the rutting season, when they breed, in Richmond Park, south west London, 

A stag stands in an inversion fog with its antlers visible above the vegetation during the rutting season, when they breed, in Richmond Park, south west London: photo by Matt Dunham/AP, 4 October 2016

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