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The MET Museum. via Rawpixel.com</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T01:02:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/08/11/a-thought-about-kindness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/people-in-city-piqsels.comenpublic-domain-photo-skgwn.png</image:loc><image:title>people in city piqsels.com:en:public-domain-photo-skgwn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/girl-in-forest-doug-robichaud-2014-on-unsplash-via-wikimedia-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>girl in forest Doug Robichaud 2014 on unsplash via wikimedia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/old_man_lonely_in_the_park-mathew-schwartz-via-wikipedia.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Old_Man_Lonely_In_The_Park Mathew Schwartz via wikipedia</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:38:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/08/04/tao-te-ching-daodejing-by-lao-tzu/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tao-te-ching-cropped-for-featured-image.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>tao te ching cropped for featured image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tao-te-ching-via-amazon.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Version 1.0.0</image:title><image:caption>Version 1.0.0</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:33:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/07/23/the-mystery-of-the-present/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/abandoned-historic-church-interior-with-sunlight-by-breaks-out-on-pexels-pexels.comphotoabandoned-historic-church-interior-with-sunlight-31000900-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abandoned Historic Church Interior with Sunlight by Breaks Out on pexels pexels.com:photo:abandoned-historic-church-interior-with-sunlight-31000900:</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/the-passage-of-time-toni-verdu-carbo-on-flickr-flickr.comphotostonivc2283676770inphotostream-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Passage of Time Toni Verdu Carbo on flickr flickr.com:photos:tonivc:2283676770:in:photostream:</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:20:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/07/21/absolute-silence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/universe-by-wallpaper-access.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Universe by wallpaper access</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/pseudo-dionysus-mystical-theology.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pseudo Dionysus Mystical Theology</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:16:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/07/07/a-means-by-which-the-universe-explores-itself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/kandinsky-heavy-red-1924-wikimedia.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>HxB: 58.7 x 48.7 cm; Öl auf Karton; Inv. G 1960.20</image:title><image:caption>HxB: 58.7 x 48.7 cm; Öl auf Karton; Inv. G 1960.20</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/starry_night_at_la_silla-via-wikimedia.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Starry_Night_at_La_Silla via wikimedia</image:title><image:caption>A piercingly bright curtain of stars is the backdrop for this beautiful image taken by astronomer Håkon Dahle. The silhouetted figure in the foreground is Håkon himself surrounded by just a couple of the great dark domes that litter the mountain of ESO’s La Silla Observatory. Many professional astronomers are also keen photographers — and who could blame them? ESO sites in the Atacama Desert are among the best places on Earth for observing the stars, and for the same reason, are amazing places for photographing the night sky. Håkon took these photos while on a week-long observing run at the MPG/ESO 2.2 -telescope. During this time, the telescope was occasionally handed over to a different observing team, giving Håkon the opportunity to admire the starry night — as well as to capture it for the rest of us to see. The Milky Way is brighter in the Southern Hemisphere than in the North, because of the way our planet’s southern regions point towards the dense galactic centre. But even in the South, the Milky Way in the night sky is quite faint in the sky. For most of us, light pollution from our cities and even the Moon can outshine the faint glow of the galaxy, hiding it from view. One of the best aspects of La Silla Observatory is that it is far away from bright city lights, giving it some of the darkest night skies on Earth. The atmosphere is also very clear, so there is no haze to further muddy your vision. The skies at La Silla are so dark that it is possible to see a shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone. Håkon submitted this photograph to the Your ESO Pictures Flickr group. The Flickr group is regularly reviewed and the best photos are selected to be featured in our popular Picture of the Week series, or in our gallery.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:08:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/06/30/the-hollow-fabric/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/eternity-russ-allison-loar-via-flickr-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eternity Russ Allison Loar via Flickr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/eternity-russ-allison-loar-via-flickr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eternity Russ Allison Loar via Flickr</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/time-clock.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>time clock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/light-perpetual-review-in-nyt-woolworths-bomb-site.png</image:loc><image:title>Light Perpetual review in NYT Woolworths bomb site</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/light-perpetual-francis-spufford-cover-via-abbeys-bookshop.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Light Perpetual Francis Spufford cover via abbeys bookshop</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:05:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/06/14/the-impossible/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-room-by-tomas-monteiro-via-pexels-online-4107748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dark room by tomas monteiro via pexels online-4107748</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/chesterton-innocence-of-father-brown.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Chesterton Innocence of Father Brown</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/9229c-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-poe.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Murders in the Rue Morgue Poe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/848d9-carter-dickson-locked-room-.jpg</image:loc><image:title>carter dickson locked room</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-28T00:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/06/07/the-mystified-the-credulous-and-the-sceptical/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/stained-glass-window-lower-fragment-22figures-of-wisdom22-1901-john-la-farge-massachusetts-unity-church-copy-1.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>stained glass window lower fragment Figures of Wisdom 1901, John La Farge, Massachusetts, Unity Church copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/stained-glass-window-lower-fragment-22figures-of-wisdom22-1901-john-la-farge-massachusetts-unity-church-copy.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>stained glass window lower fragment Figures of Wisdom 1901, John La Farge, Massachusetts, Unity Church copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/stained-glass-window-fragment-22figures-of-wisdom22-1901-john-la-farge-massachusetts-unity-church-copy.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>stained glass window fragment Figures of Wisdom 1901, John La Farge, Massachusetts, Unity Church copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/stained-glass-window-22figures-of-wisdom22-1901-john-la-farge-massachusetts-unity-church.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>stained glass window Figures of Wisdom 1901, John La Farge, Massachusetts, Unity Church</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/religion-vinoth-chandar-from-chennai-india-namaste_to_the_rising_sun_hindu_culture_religion_rites_rituals_sights.jpg</image:loc><image:title>religion Vinoth Chandar from Chennai, India 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Wikipedia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/william-james-portrait-by-john-la-farge-1859.png</image:loc><image:title>William James portrait by John La Farge, 1859</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/turtles-all-the-way-down-river_terrapin-by-pelf-commons.wikimedia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/infinite_regress-via-wikipedia-wikipedia.orgwikiinfinite_regress.png</image:loc><image:title>Infinite_regress via Wikipedia wikipedia.org:wiki:Infinite_regress</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1-turtles-joelduren.medium.comits-turtles-all-the-way-down-9a680ea3d976.png</image:loc><image:title>1 Turtles joelduren.medium.com:its-turtles-all-the-way-down-9a680ea3d976</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-27T23:49:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/06/01/something-just-out-of-sight-that-vanishes-as-we-turn-towards-it/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/agatha-christie-books.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Agatha Christie books</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mystery-by-dustin-scarpitti-on-unsplash.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>mystery by dustin scarpitti on unsplash</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mystery-man-in-street-with-shadows-pexels.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>mystery man in street with shadows pexels</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/4fabc-christian-richter_travelled-europe-abandoned-buildings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>christian-richter_travelled europe abandoned buildings</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-27T23:46:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/05/08/incompleteness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/godel-second-incompleteness-theorem-in-gl-logic-via-wikipedia.png</image:loc><image:title>Godel second incompleteness theorem in GL logic via wikipedia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/godel-book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>godel book</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-07-27T23:37:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/2025/08/25/a-curious-and-fascinated-darkness-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jung-memories-dreams-reflections-harper-collins-cover-cropped-for-featured-image.png</image:loc><image:title>Jung Memories Dreams Reflections Harper Collins cover cropped for featured image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theabsentanswer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jung-memories-dreams-reflections-harper-collins-cover.png</image:loc><image:title>Jung Memories Dreams Reflections Harper Collins 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