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Happy Thought for 4 April 2025

Ha ve a Happy Tho ught:     Thanks to astronomy ( I’d say “modern astronomy ”, but the prediction of eclipses goes waaaaaayyyyy back in time ), we don’t need to be freaked out when we see a sun rising like this:   Image: still from a video capturing partially eclipsed Sun rising over the St Lawrence River in Quebec, on March 29. Video by Jason Kurth .     In fact, we marvel at the skill (and luck) of the videographer who captured the moment.     You can watch a sped-up version of the full sunrise here: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/266/494/550/240/439/original/d1caf0f81c98ce6f.mp4     Or you can watch the original, at real-time speed, here:   https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250401.html     Happy sky-gazing!