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Mark 1:12
"And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness."

“methinks it were an easy leap/ To pluck bright honor from the pale-face’d moon”~~~Shakespeare

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"St. Matthew the Evangelist" by Camillo Rusconi (1708-1718) Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome

Backwaters, Kerala, India

A woman from State of Rajasthan, India in typical regional attire.

Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864

The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history, with approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria, being burnt. Twelve human lives were lost, along with one million sheep, thousands of cattle and countless native animals.

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