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The Internationally Renowned Artists of Gee’s Bend

The Beauty of Discarded People

The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bends were bought, sold, and discarded. Everything they had was taken away.

They were the poorest of the poor in their Day. Even their names were stolen. By God’s Hand of Divine Justice, they became internationally renowned as Masters of their Art.

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SPACEWEATHER: 70th Anniversary of a Ground Level Event

GLE05: A major solar radiation storm in 1956

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/23/2026

70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1956 GROUND LEVEL EVENT: It doesn’t have a catchy name, and most people have never heard of it. Yet space scientist Clive Dyer of the Surrey Space Centre can’t stop worrying about ‘GLE05’–a major solar radiation storm in 1956. 

“Today is the 70th anniversary of that extreme space weather event,” says Dyer. “If it happened again today, it would have a significant impact on air travel and modern technology.” 

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