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from https://www.weather.gov/ July 30, 2025 15:56 UTC / 10:56 a.m. CDT Wednesday: Air Quality Alert in effect until  5:00 p.m. CDT Saturday

from https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/current-air-quality-conditions Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 3:30 p.m. July 30, 2025

from https://www.google.com/maps/search/hovde,+branting+in+beridalen,+gj%C3%B8rvik,+nordre+land,+norway/@60.9178622,9.6728485,52847m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1 August 5, 2025 (Google search hovde, branting in beridalen, gjørvik, nordre land, norway)

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gj%C3%B8vik,+Norway/@60.9403376,10.3764239,54357m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4641da1511542929:0x4f493de5ad7181ed!8m2!3d60.7954302!4d10.6916303!16s%2Fg%2F11bc65gs29 August 6, 2025 Google Maps Gjøvik, Oppland, Norway

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,3a,75y,180h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sbAytq_mFdrRlH9DgHuPdnQ!2e0!5s20120801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0%26panoid%3DbAytq_mFdrRlH9DgHuPdnQ%26yaw%3D180!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D August 7, 2025 see https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,1139m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D ( https://www.google.com/maps/place/Goose+River/@47.4036265,-97.0894745,1139m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x52c60e5dec93208d:0x35f87a006b70cc3c!8m2!3d47.4175312!4d-97.0685875!16s%2Fm%2F0glrg06?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D ) County Highway 11 near Goose River, looking south August 2012 Google Maps

from https://www.weather.gov/ August 8, 2025 Friday evening thunderstorm, around the time that sirens went off here in Sauk Centre

Taken Saturday afternoon, August 9, 2025 - folks enjoying themselves at the Stearns County Fair

from Google Maps August 19, 2026 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sion,+Switzerland/@46.7277407,8.3556527,147589m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x478ede85d8f91aaf:0xfe3fae7d36878aca!8m2!3d46.2331221!4d7.360626!16zL20vMDJsejhx
 Liechtenstein (upper right) and Sion, Switzerland, (lower left)

from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gran_Vitral_Tiffany_del_Hotel_Ciudad_de_Mexico_-_panoramio.jpg August 22, 2025 Gran Vitral Tiffany del Hotel Ciudad de Mexico September 22, 2012 photo by Octavio Alonso Maya see https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mexico_City/Centro#Splurge_2 https://web.archive.org/web/20161024202757/http://www.panoramio.com/user/5358119?with_photo_id=80130778

from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Busy_desk.svg Aug. 27, 2025 "Busy Desk" cartoon by Bilboq 2006 public domain see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bilboq

from https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/outpouring-of-light-and-love-and-hope-annunciation-holds-first-mass-since-shooting Sept.1, 2025 Annunciation Catholic Church, via Bring Me The News

flag at half-staff BHG render

from https://www.google.com/maps/place/Annunciation+Church/@44.9050441,-93.2850342,3a,90y,259.62h,92.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.2407783895950217%26panoid%3DgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g%26yaw%3D259.6194381490824!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x87f6264573452029:0xff9e0e9015bb743f!8m2!3d44.9047426!4d-93.2856882!16s%2Fg%2F1tfbtfq5?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D see
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Annunciation+Church/@44.9050441,-93.2850342,3a,90y,259.62h,92.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.2407783895950217%26panoid%3DgW6OIcwbOTVC4xmxn_2E-g%26yaw%3D259.6194381490824!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x87f6264573452029:0xff9e0e9015bb743f!8m2!3d44.9047426!4d-93.2856882!16s%2Fg%2F1tfbtfq5 September 2, 2025 - Google Street View Church of the Annunciation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 2022

from https://youtu.be/dfvrkfDGLys?si=2Uthd5LU7W_W79C7 "Historic Church, Damaged By Arson, Opens Doors To Public" WCCO - CBS Minnesota June 14, 2016 Melrose arson - before kid who torched the place identified

from https://www.loc.gov/item/2016894347/ Sept. 3, 2025 "Ku Klux Klan at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C." Harris & Ewing, photographer - 1925 August - part of Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress

from https://www.mcstashmills.com/mcstash-mills-gallery September 15, 2025; September 16, 2025 see https://www.mcstashmills.com/ McStash Mills

from https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266567/vatican-lights-up-with-drone-show-at-historic-grace-for-the-world-concert September 16, 2025 Captions: (largest) Illuminated drones reproduce Michelangelo's 'Pietà' over St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. | Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA / (right) Illuminated drones portray Pope Francis above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Eva Fernández / (upper left) Illuminated drones reproduce a detail from Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam' above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA / (lower left) Illuminated drones reproduce a detail of the icon "Salus Popoli Romani" above St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

The Village, the Fence, and the Sign artwork September 22, 2025

The Village, the Fence, and the Sign artwork - detail - landscape September 22, 2025

from https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-baby-planet-photographed-in-a-ring-around-a-star-for-the-first-time/ Oct. 1, 2025 "This artist's concept depicts the protoplanet WISPIT 2b accreting matter as it orbits around its star, WISPIT 2. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)"

from https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/discovery-alert-baby-planet-photographed-in-a-ring-around-a-star-for-the-first-time/ Oct. 1, 2025 "This image of the WISPIT 2 system was captured by the Magellan Telescope in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b is a small purple dot to the right of a bright white ring of dust surrounding the system's star. A fainter white ring outside of WISPIT 2b can be seen. Laird Close, University of Arizona"

from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sco-CenMap.png Oct. 1, 2025 (colors reversed and modified for clarity and appearance) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpius%E2%80%93Centaurus_association Map of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association, by Roberto Mura 15 June 2009 Taken from software Perseus, all rights belong to the author who takes the screen (as written in Copyright file) "4. COPYRIGHT. [...] ELItalia non rivendica il copyright sui dati utilizzati nel software, e autorizza comunque qualsiasi utilizzo dei dati forniti o generati con il software. I diritti d'autore sulle immagini o i documenti stampati generati con il software appartengono all'utente che li ha realizzati. Translated: ELItalia release the copyright on the data used in the software, and authorizes any usage of the data supplied or generated with the software. The copyright of images or documents generated with the software belongs to the user who takes them." (a translation)

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WISPIT_2_Annotated_LBTI_Image.png Oct. 1, 2025 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISPIT_2 Laird Close & Gabriel Weible (University of Arizona) image and annotations - "Annotated thermal-infrared image of the WISPIT 2 protoplanetary system seen with LBTI/LMIRcam. Credit: Laird Close & Gabriel Weible (University of Arizona)"

collage elements from https://www.mcstashmills.com/mcstash-mills-gallery September 15, 2025; September 16, 2025, October 6,2025 see https://www.mcstashmills.com/ McStash Mills