Happy Thursday!
Regular photo of the day contributor Celine Pollard submitted today’s stunning feature photo of the sun setting during last week’s Blackberry Festival street party.
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On this day:
In 1944, after being under Nazi control since 1940, Paris was liberated by Allied forces.
In 2012, the most distant man-made object in space, NASA’s Voyager 1, left the heliosphere, which is shaped like a long wind sock as it moves with the Sun through interstellar space. Solar wind from the Sun creates a bubble that extends far past the orbits of the planets. Voyager 1 was launched in 1977.
Today’s weather:
Thursday, August 25, is expected to be sunny and hazy with a high of 29 degrees Celsius, dropping to a low of 15 degrees in the evening. For the full 12-hour and seven-day qathet region weather forecast, go to our weather page.
In case you missed it…
In conjunction with International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, three events are scheduled for qathet region.
Meanwhile…
Eight paddlers from the qathet region successfully represented Canada recently at the 2022 International Va’a Federation World Outrigger Sprint Championships in Windsor, United Kingdom.
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