THWOTH wrote:Space is big isn't it?
And awesome too!
We all have seen dogs snuggling and wagging their tails. That's the closest to how I feel when I try to comprehend the enormity of space!
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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by natselrox » Jul 17, 2010 4:38 pm
And awesome too!
We all have seen dogs snuggling and wagging their tails. That's the closest to how I feel when I try to comprehend the enormity of space!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#264 by newolder » Jul 19, 2010 8:37 pm
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#266 by Darkchilde » Jul 20, 2010 7:59 am
If I am not mistaken, this photo was taken near my home. It is part of the Olympic Stadium. And yes there were severe thunderstorms, and lightning earlier this month.
EDIT: Yes, I was right, in fact of where this was shot: http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/animations/20100628ThundersVideo.htm
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#267 by MattHunX » Jul 20, 2010 8:06 am
Darkchilde wrote:
If I am not mistaken, this photo was taken near my home. It is part of the Olympic Stadium. And yes there were severe thunderstorms, and lightning earlier this month.
EDIT: Yes, I was right, in fact of where this was shot: http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/animations/20100628ThundersVideo.htm
That's awesome!!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#268 by newolder » Jul 20, 2010 11:57 am
Well, if the theory that lightning is initiated by the cosmic ray flux to the earth is confirmed, I guess we'd learn a bit more about the cosmos. Either way, it's a stunning image.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#269 by newolder » Jul 20, 2010 9:44 pm
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#270 by The_Piper » Jul 21, 2010 4:42 am
"There are two ways to view the stars; as they really are, and as we might wish them to be." - Carl Sagan
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#272 by redwhine » Jul 22, 2010 7:53 am
2010 July 22 - The Meteor of 1860 by Frederic Church
Rare as rocking-horse shit, an example of the church contributing to science!
The breakthrough was spotting the connection with Church's relatively little-known painting.
Rare as rocking-horse shit, an example of the church contributing to science!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#273 by natselrox » Jul 22, 2010 8:52 am
redwhine wrote:2010 July 22 - The Meteor of 1860 by Frederic ChurchThe breakthrough was spotting the connection with Church's relatively little-known painting.
Rare as rocking-horse shit, an example of the church contributing to science!
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=chu ... =en&tab=ws
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#274 by MattHunX » Jul 22, 2010 8:57 am
2010 July 22 - The Meteor of 1860 by Frederic Church
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/FC ... t96dpi.jpg
Now, it may be the fact that I haven't seen too many paintings, but this one so far is the most life-like I had ever seen. It's almost like a photograph.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/FC ... t96dpi.jpg
Now, it may be the fact that I haven't seen too many paintings, but this one so far is the most life-like I had ever seen. It's almost like a photograph.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#277 by Weaver » Jul 24, 2010 11:06 am
THWOTH wrote:Space is big isn't it?
Douglas Adams wrote:"Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#278 by Ubjon » Jul 24, 2010 11:09 am
redwhine wrote:2010 July 21 - The Crown of the Sun
I love images of the sun. Actually I love any imagine of the sun
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#279 by redwhine » Jul 25, 2010 6:08 am
2010 July 25 - Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth
Astronomy? 
What the hell imaginary torture chamber. I just lurve that vid.
Astronomy? What the hell imaginary torture chamber. I just lurve that vid.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#280 by natselrox » Jul 25, 2010 5:11 pm
redwhine wrote:2010 July 25 - Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth
What the hell imaginary torture chamber. I just lurve that vid.
And the song's in my mother-tongue!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!! beautiful!!!
At the end of the day, it's how we are alike!!
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