Smokey sunset, Wollombi Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Our friend Helios has a diameter about 109 times that of Earth, and it a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth, accounting for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system. With a surface temperature of approximately 5,778 K (5,505 °C, 9,941 °F) it keeps us warm despite being a distance of 1.496x10^8 km, or 8 min 19 s at light speed, away .
Male King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Wollombi Valley, NSW, Australia
The precipitous hairpins of Jacob’s Ladder make up one of the most dangerous stretches of road in Australia. Constructed in 1963 the road winds its way up between a break in the walls of dolerite to an extensive plateau above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) altitude that makes up Ben Lomond. The highest spur on the plateau itself is Legges Tor, at 1,572 metres (5,157 ft). Ben Lomond is located east of Launceston in the Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania. Australia
