The Ñandú in the Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Fefo Bouvier; Line Drawing: Alfonso Rosso

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APOD: 2023 June 20 – The Nandu in the Milky Way

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With today's APOD (Astronomy Picture Of the Day) being about The Ñandú in the Milky Way, here's a short video covering it from an Aboriginal perspective. Through Our Eyes - Dhinawan 'Emu' In The Sky with Ben Flick https://area51.media/w/5ZZG5kVcRuGReq7p9sdm7w #astronomy #apod NB: Video is Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed) The BBC had a longer version of this a few years back

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I guess when viewing this from South Africa, we could call it Ostrich. 😂 Awesome pic btw.

@farstrider @APoD and I just learned today that this is a Llama for the Andean people… I should have known better! https://youtu.be/ScoShd2JcoE
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Nice find, always interesting to hear from another cultural (as opposed to mine) perspective. Thanks.