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[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

Day 115, orbit 1780 — On the occasion of World Oceans Day, I’d like to share this photo of two islands, offering a beautiful perspective over the deep blue of the Indian Ocean 🌏. These islands are Réunion 🍍 and Mauritius 🦤, located about 230 km apart.

Réunion’s volcanic landscape creates a vast leeward zone over the ocean. There, the sea surface is calmer, and from the Station, sunlight reflects off it like a mirror – a phenomenon known as specular reflection in Physics.

Protecting the ocean means preserving one of the essential pillars of the Earth system:  a reservoir of biodiversity, a regulator of climate, and a link between continents and cultures. Around the world, we call it by different names, but from 400 km above, there is only one ocean,  a truly global one. 🌊

📸 @esa /@NASA – S. Adenot

#εpsilon • #WorldOceansDay • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson • @UN

[Valarrou @Valarrou]

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[Thomas Pesquet @Thom_astro]

[English below] 🖼️ On continue le rendez-vous hebdomadaire du #WallpaperWednesday : deux images issues des archives de mes missions une image format paysage pour ordinateur 💻 et une image format portrait pour smartphone 📱.

À retrouver aussi dans La Terre entre nos mains 🌍🤲 aux éditions @Ed_Flammarion (droits toujours reversés pour les @restosducoeur )

🌌 Version ordinateur : l’ISS sous un ciel étoilé, baignée dans les couleurs d’une aurore, entre structures métalliques et horizon lumineux.

🌈 Version smartphone :  aurores polaires vues depuis l’orbite, rideaux de lumière verte et rouge qui ondulent au-dessus de la courbure de la Terre, ponctués par les lumières des villes.
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🖼️ It’s #WallpaperWednesday: two images from mission archives, processed again in high resolution, one formatted for desktop 💻 and one for mobile 📱.

🌌 Desktop version: the ISS under a star-filled sky, lit by the colors of an aurora, between metallic structures and a glowing horizon.

🌈 Mobile version: auroras seen from orbit, green and red light curtains flowing above Earth’s curvature, with city lights shimmering below.

#ISS #Photographie #Wallpaper
©ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet ©ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet Retouches : L. Wallendorff https://t.co/V6d1XyfwiR @dpc313 @esa @ESA_fr @nasa @Space_Station

[Valarrou @Valarrou]

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[Michel BASSOMPIERRE @BassompierreArt]

Le papa des ours, Michel BASSOMPIERRE s’est brutalement éteint mardi.

Il laisse une formidable Arche orpheline mais riche de son amour.

La douceur de son regard, sa force paisible et son engagement continueront d’inspirer ceux qui ont eu la chance de croiser son chemin.

[Valarrou @Valarrou]

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[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

FIREBALLS ARE COMING🚨: 2026 is going to start with a spectacular cosmic event.

On the night of January 3, you can see up to 100 "shooting stars" per hour as the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks.

Don't miss the dazzling light show!

[Valarrou @Valarrou]

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[Valarrou @Valarrou]

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[France Musique @francemusique]

"Chez Jane Austen, quand on est mal assortis en danse, on est mal assortis dans la vie."
À l'occasion des 250 ans de la naissance de la romancière, Claire Saim analyse l'évènement récurrent de ses intrigues : les bals 💃🏻

[Dr Helena Kelly @MsAshtonDennis]

Happy 250th birthday Jane Austen! 🎂🎈🎈🍾

[Westminster Abbey @wabbey]

Today we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, one of the best-loved authors in the English-speaking world.

Famous for works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility and more, some of Austen’s works were originally published anonymously. Her works are characterised by social commentary, irony with strong female characters showing that the inner thoughts and feelings of her characters - rather than action - was suitable material for a novel.

A small tablet was unveiled to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, on 17th December 1967. This was given by The Jane Austen Society.

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today ✨

Our new display, Dancing with Austen, explores how dance shaped her social world and drove the plots of her novels.

Now on display at the Weston Library.

#JaneAusten

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

Happy birthday Jane Austen, born 250 years ago today!!! 🎉

Romantic, witty, acerbic and endlessly popular, Austen remains one of the world’s most beloved writers, and her popularity shows no signs of slowing down a full quarter millennium after her birth: https://t.co/EUqW2ubrU0

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

🎂 There's still time to book your tickets to our annual fundraiser, JANE AUSTEN’S VIRTUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY, tomorrow!

🎉 Join us in celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen with a fun-filled evening of revelry!

🔗 Find out more and book your tickets here: https://t.co/Ok3l3loGYR

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

🎉 Happy 250th Birthday Jane Austen! Today marks Jane Austen’s birthday and the 250th anniversary of her birth, #onthisday in 1775.

📖 Today we are celebrating her life and incredible contribution to English literature and getting excited for our virtual birthday party!

[Peggy Whitson @AstroPeggy]

During a long duration mission another astronaut and I floated in the cupola for a full 90 minutes just watching the Earth go by beneath us. I looked at her and said, 'We just went around the world together.' It was spectacular!

[franceinfo @franceinfo]

"Le Mal-Aimé" : qui se cache derrière la pub au loup d'Intermarché, devenue un véritable phénomène sur les réseaux ? https://t.co/AknaYC4aXj

[franceinfo @franceinfo]

🇮🇹 Mamma mia! La cuisine italienne entre au patrimoine immatériel de l’Unesco. L’Italie est consacrée pour sa « façon de vivre la cuisine », ce ne sont pas des plats qui sont consacrés. Une première mondiale pour la cuisine d’un pays dans son ensemble.

[franceinfo @franceinfo]

Les santons de Provence réclament leur indication géographique https://t.co/BE2rVQrMxp