by Ann » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:24 pm
There are many great images here!
There is an unusual number of fascinating atmospheric phenomena. There are no less than four circumhorizon arcs - or perhaps just two, since both got to pose for the camera twice - but the four images all look great!
Then there is airglow, crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and red sprites. So red is not my favorite colors, but those sprites look amazing!
And the anticrepuscular rays over Garching bei Muenchen lok fantastic! The amazing airglow over those very ordinary houses makes the entire picture look like the perhaps ominous opening shot of a movie. I want to see that movie, please!
And speaking about atmospheric phenomena, what can we say about Efrain Morales' Saturnian storm? I rarely go bananas over Saturn, but Efrain Morales, I bow down to you!
I love David Griggs' ISS and Big Dipper image, too. It is so dark that at first you think that there is nothing there - and then youtake a better look, and an amazing conjunction is there. Another good thing is that this image pays respect to the actual faintness of the stars, certainly when they are observed from a light-polluted site.
I am of course very happy to see Wolfgang Promper's delightful portrait of a blue, blue pretty low-mass star forming site, NGC 7129.
There are several galaxy images here, all very beautiful. Let me take this opportunity to recommend Adam Block's galaxy site, where he recently posted his image of NGC 5448, and where you can see some really brilliant images of well-known and not so well-known galaxies!
Check out
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/galaxies.shtml
Ann
There are many great images here! :D
There is an unusual number of fascinating atmospheric phenomena. There are no less than four circumhorizon arcs - or perhaps just two, since both got to pose for the camera twice - but the four images all look great! :D
Then there is airglow, crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and red sprites. So red is not my favorite colors, but those sprites look amazing! :D
And the anticrepuscular rays over Garching bei Muenchen lok fantastic! The amazing airglow over those very ordinary houses makes the entire picture look like the perhaps ominous opening shot of a movie. I want to see that movie, please! :D
And speaking about atmospheric phenomena, what can we say about Efrain Morales' Saturnian storm? I rarely go bananas over Saturn, but Efrain Morales, I bow down to you! :D
I love David Griggs' ISS and Big Dipper image, too. It is so dark that at first you think that there is nothing there - and then youtake a better look, and an amazing conjunction is there. Another good thing is that this image pays respect to the actual faintness of the stars, certainly when they are observed from a light-polluted site. :D
I am of course very happy to see Wolfgang Promper's delightful portrait of a blue, blue pretty low-mass star forming site, NGC 7129. :D
There are several galaxy images here, all very beautiful. Let me take this opportunity to recommend Adam Block's galaxy site, where he recently posted his image of NGC 5448, and where you can see some really brilliant images of well-known and not so well-known galaxies! :D Check out http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/galaxies.shtml
Ann