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12Aug2019

August 12~ Perseid Meteor Shower

Posted in On This Date by Christy

Persée (Perseus) by Joseph Blanc

1869 / Oil on canvas / 119”x68 1/2” / Musée d’Orsay, Paris

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What is the Perseid Meteor Shower?
https://www.fi.edu/en/blog/what-perseid-meteor-shower

Previous August 12 posts:

Self Portraits~August 12

Cecil B. DeMille: Born August 12, 1881

August 12 or 19: Birthday of George Bellows

Erwin Schrödinger: Born August 12, 1887

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