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Overlooking the South Pacific

Bombo Quarry, Eastern Australia, by Lucy Yunxi Hu

Constellation Orion, partly encircled by Barnard’s Loop, appears upside down (on the left) when seen from the southern hemisphere.

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.

On the far right, near the top, are the two Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.

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