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Heavenly Night

by Andee Sherwood, California, USA

Published: Sunday, December 15 2019 19:39

Starry night - Silent!
All is calm, the sky so bright.
Heavenly Peace - Joy!

This haiku was created with respect to the poem called ""Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht," written by Josef Mohr. To learn more about the song called "Silent Night," please explore the story found on the following website:
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/silent.htm

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Image Credit:
NASA ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002049
Image title: Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial
Creator: NASA Goddard
Date Created: 2017-12-08
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NASA image release June 6, 2010 Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust - the raw material for new star formation. The nebula, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603. Learn more at :https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002049

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