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Freeze frame: 5 stone cold videos to welcome LA winter
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Photo by LASZLO ILYES via Flickr Creative Commons
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There’s nothing quite like a loosely stitched, broadly interpreted, thematically nebulous collection of retro videos to celebrate the nearly unfathomable importance of a celestial event. Happy winter solstice, everybody!
But first, the science
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/943872332560568325
Now, chill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2X2AhATU_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCKw3VbU54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUq6N7Gx1c
Sponsored message
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R35bw9N0vI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aShcmEksw
Your turn
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