The url in the first post in the thread is the non date specific (...generic?...) url which always shows the current day's picture.
See post #13 for the date specific picture for Feb 26, 2010.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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by redwhine » Jan 01, 2015 6:21 am
The url in the first post in the thread is the non date specific (...generic?...) url which always shows the current day's picture.
See post #13 for the date specific picture for Feb 26, 2010.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3483 by DougC » Jan 01, 2015 4:33 pm
Ok.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3484 by redwhine » Jan 01, 2015 10:41 pm
DougC wrote:Ok.
Of course, the real mystery of post #1 is that I managed to post it on the 26th Feb 2010 but I didn't become a forum member until the 27th Feb 2010...
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3485 by DougC » Jan 02, 2015 12:27 am
Look can we just enjoy this thread as a nice start to the day, marveling at the wonders of the cosmos without you introducing a space-time, time travel paradox.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3486 by redwhine » Jan 02, 2015 9:12 am
That should be January 1st and not 31st. I musta had too much red whine.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3487 by Made of Stars » Jan 02, 2015 10:49 am
redwhine wrote:DougC wrote:Ok.
Of course, the real mystery of post #1 is that I managed to post it on the 26th Feb 2010 but I didn't become a forum member until the 27th Feb 2010...
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/member/redwhine/
We know why that is, right?
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3488 by THWOTH » Jan 02, 2015 11:25 am
I borrowed DougC's Time Paradoxalisor to FIFY.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3489 by redwhine » Jan 03, 2015 12:46 am
Made of Stars wrote:redwhine wrote:DougC wrote:Ok.
Of course, the real mystery of post #1 is that I managed to post it on the 26th Feb 2010 but I didn't become a forum member until the 27th Feb 2010...
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/member/redwhine/
We know why that is, right?
(In fact, a full explanation was given earlier in the thread.)
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3493 by THWOTH » Jan 04, 2015 6:37 pm
redwhine wrote:2015 January 3 - Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
Bit blurry that one.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3494 by Made of Stars » Jan 05, 2015 12:30 am
Quite impressive through red-blue glasses, but those anaglyphs always do my head in a bit.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3497 by THWOTH » Jan 06, 2015 10:27 am
100 million and 1 actually.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3498 by redwhine » Jan 06, 2015 12:04 pm
THWOTH wrote:100 million and 1 actually.
There's a speck of dust on your computer screen. Wipe it clean and count again.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#3500 by DougC » Jan 07, 2015 12:31 am
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