"Festival Of Sacrifice" & "Stars"

The blog I read is called Eid al-Adha and the Hajj, 2009 , and it's about the beginning of the Muslim "Festival Of Sacrifice".  It includes a total of 38 beautiful photos.  The Eid al-Adha is a holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.  This celebration takes place immediately right after the Hajj, which is a pilgrimage to Mecca.  Around 2.5 million Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca this year.  After their pilgrimage, they celebrate by shaving their heads and slaughtering animals to be shared amongst their families.

   The second topic I visited is called Stars , which shows amazing photos of the galaxy.  I found it on the National Geographic site and it has a total of 8 photos.  This photo to the left is of a neuron star located 50,000 light years away from Earth.  It was so bright it temporarily blinded all the x-ray satellites in space and lit up the Earths upper atmosphere.