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Rob Cross writes:

My restored and colourised 1949 aerial photograph featuring Dublin’s Smithfield Market and the old Jameson Distillery with its 170 feet tall brick chimney (built in 1895).

Support Rob’s work here

Ah, there you are. To wit:

…the Moon occasionally moves in front of all of the Solar System‘s planets. Just this past Sunday, as visible from some locations in South America, a waning gibbous Moon eclipsed Mars. The featured image from Córdoba, Argentina captured this occultation well, showing a familiar cratered Moon in the foreground with the bright planet Mars unusually adjacent. Within a few seconds, Mars then disappeared behind the Moon, only to reappear a few minutes later across the Moon. Today the Moon moves close to, but not in front of, Venus. Because alignments will not have changed by much, the next two times the Moon passes through this part of the sky – in early September and early October – it will also occult Mars, as seen from parts of South America.

(Image: Sergio Scauso)

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From top: Graiguecullen Bridge, Carlow; Letter in The Carlow Nationalist praising local Gardai Rachel Boyd, Sean Dunne, Sean Raftery and ‘Custody Sgt Kelly’

Antoinette writes:

To the person who wrote this letter, I hope you are doing OK and thank you for the brave letter outlining how members of An Garda Síochána helped you last weekend. These incidents are difficult for everyone involved…

The Carlow Nationalist

Top pic via MyCarlow

1956.

Waterford.

When circuses were circuses.

Name those jammers, anyone?

Last night.

US Democratic National Convention.

“At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command centre. Instead, it’s a storm centre. There’s only chaos. Just one thing never changes — his [Trump’s] determination to deny responsibility and shift the blame. The buck never stops there.”

Former President Bill Clinton…

*drops cigar*

Someone needs a rub down.

Bill Clinton lays out a stark choice for voters in his Democratic National Convention speech (CNBC)

Previously: Shaky Foundation

 Dr Ronan Glynn, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health

“the average number of close contacts per case was 5 and the median was 3”

Does this not indicate that people are continuing to keep their contact circles pretty small – and/or are maintaining social distancing – without any Garda powers? 

Anyone?

Earlier:“Is There A Magic Number For Schools, Pubs Or Anywhere Else? There Isn’t”

Meanwhile…

Um.

This morning.

Terry Fagen writes:

I think this is an inhumane way to kill pigeons, they’re trapped in a wire mesh where they wait to die of lack of water and food.

This location is under the railway bridge on going down to Sheriff Street [Dublin 1].

There are pigeons trapped, just sitting there waiting to die.

Anyone?

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