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CyberneticPanda t1_j7br2z1 wrote

That is Orion right above the palm tree. The 3 stars in a row are his belt and the stars forming a line to the right of it is his sword. The sword has the Orion nebula in it which is a stellar nursery about 5000 light years away and the only stellar nursery visible with the naked eye.

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theeternalpanda OP t1_j7btsgw wrote

This was really a treasure for me because my friend in Thailand had sent me a pic a few days before with the same sky :) it was fun to talk about and see how the geographic opposite side of the planet shares this incredible view

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