on ira

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Daily writing prompt via Jetpack:

what’s a song lyric that has stayed with you forever?

On suivra les étoiles et les chercheurs d’or
On s’arrêtera jamais dans les ports

From Jean-Jacques Goldman’s “On Ira” off the 1997 album En passant. I heard this song in my college French class, loved it, and remember it being one of the first things I could understand in French without actively translating it. Those with a keen eye will realize that the word “étoile” in there, which is the French word for star and via a very convoluted route involving dreams and 7th-grader-taking-an-8th-grade-language-class, from whence my username comes from.

Come for the star pictures, stay for the science. #bigbang   #stars   #galaxies

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Come for the star pictures, stay for the science. #bigbang   #stars   #galaxies  

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/throwback-thursday-from-nothing-to-you-in-ten-sentences-ce55af949a2

Cathedral of Stars

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I’ve always loved looking up at the stars. I guess it’s odd that I never had a telescope.

Enjoy in full screen and let yourself marvel for a little while. I especially like the part where the radio telescopes look like they’re doing a little dance.