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- Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Teimareh Petroglyphs and Star Trails (2012 Jul 12)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4001
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Teimareh Petroglyphs and Star Trails (2012 Jul 12)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4001
Re: APOD: Teimareh Petroglyphs and Star Trails (2012 Jul 12)
You should be able to take criticism without resorting to personal abuse. This has scientific interest although more strictly paleontology. And you should be able to recognize sarcasm. Also, the study of ancient drawings is not called paleontology - isn't that the study of fossilized organisms? May...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53466
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
Were the Opportunity rover on Mars to find inhabitants of the planet, lined up and dancing in some fashion; and to send pictures of said event back to the third rock; SOME people who view APOD would object were said pictures to be posted. After all, it is a different science from astronomy and woul...
- Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Morning Line of Stars and Planets (2012 Jul 11)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6133
Re: APOD: A Morning Line of Stars and Planets (2012 Jul 11)
This is a gorgeous image!
*Where are all the naysayers/whiners/complainers - the ones that cried so loudly yesterday about wanting to look at an astronomy image - now??!!?!?
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*Where are all the naysayers/whiners/complainers - the ones that cried so loudly yesterday about wanting to look at an astronomy image - now??!!?!?
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- Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53466
- Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
- Replies: 139
- Views: 53466
Re: APOD: Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth (2012 Jul 10)
I wonder how many people read the whole thread before commenting? I'm thinking... not many. That's what I thought, owlice: not many at all. Because then they'd realize that the video is only the 'home screen' for 24 hrs, and if they don't like it they can visit somewhere else until this time tomorr...
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: APOD Turns 17 (2012 Jun 16)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8175
Re: APOD: APOD Turns 17 (2012 Jun 16)
^^ What everybody else said! ^^
Happy Birthday APOD!!!!
(And great 'cake', geck!)
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Happy Birthday APOD!!!!
(And great 'cake', geck!)
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- Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
- Replies: 184
- Views: 441413
Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
So many fabulous and interesting images: Venus with airplanes; with birds; bodies of water and ships!
Amazing.
Double thumbs up to all imagers:
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Amazing.
Double thumbs up to all imagers:
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- Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Live: Watching for Venus to Cross... (2012 Jun 05)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6565
Re: APOD: Live: Watching for Venus to Cross... (2012 Jun 05)
owlice wrote:Weeping in Maryland. Darn big stupid cloud.
Did you get to see any of it, owlice?
I'm in So Md, and got about an hour's worth of viewing before the clouds moved in.
*fingerscrossedforyou*
- Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:45 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
- Replies: 184
- Views: 441413
Re: Gallery: Venus Transit 2012
Here are a couple that I took using my binoculars as a projector:
(And now I'm in the market for a new camera; I had a terrible time focusing!
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But I was still happy to see something that no one alive today will see again!
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(And now I'm in the market for a new camera; I had a terrible time focusing!
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But I was still happy to see something that no one alive today will see again!
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- Thu May 31, 2012 10:40 am
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: A Suggestion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1269
Re: A Suggestion
I can't remember exactly how I found my way here, but I'm pretty sure it was through another astronomy website. It was a couple of years before I found the 'Discuss' link and wondered if I had anything meaningful to contribute. I still wonder..... :lol2: And I'm not sure that the link for discussion...
- Mon May 14, 2012 10:39 am
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: APOD assessment poll #1
- Replies: 49
- Views: 123593
Re: APOD assessment poll #1
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said. The images are fascinating; the text is enlightening; the links are informative, engrossing and entertaining.
Keep up the great work!
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Keep up the great work!
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- Wed May 09, 2012 10:28 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Shuttle Enterprise Over New York (2012 May 09)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6424
Re: APOD: Shuttle Enterprise Over New York (2012 May 09)
GREAT IMAGE!
That is all.
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That is all.
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- Tue May 01, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Higgs Boson Explained by Cartoon (2012 May 01)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5408
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:32 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Meteor Over Crater Lake (2012 Apr 25)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5172
Re: APOD: Meteor Over Crater Lake (2012 Apr 25)
Beautiful image! Nice job, Brad Goldpaint!
*and Beyond - you said what I was going to! (about 'cool cats'....)
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*and Beyond - you said what I was going to! (about 'cool cats'....)
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- Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Discovery Departs (2012 Apr 19)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3469
Re: APOD: Discovery Departs (2012 Apr 19)
Beautiful image, Ben Cooper!
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ETA: Definitely check out this link! I wonder if Mr. Cooper hitched a ride in the T-38 (chase plane) to get those images?!
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ETA: Definitely check out this link! I wonder if Mr. Cooper hitched a ride in the T-38 (chase plane) to get those images?!
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- Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: What did you see in the sky tonight?
- Replies: 1303
- Views: 1135233
Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?
I saw nuthin' last night, it was cloudy. However, at daybreak, just before the sun was visible through the trees in the east, i saw a rainbow in the west. It was sprinkling gently outside, just enough to form a pinkish bow. The south side had just a hint of green and was a double bow. Also, about a...
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9634
Re: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
owlice,owlice wrote:Indigo_Sunrise wrote: *we really need a 'dead horse' icon.
Indigo, what a good idea! Will this do?
: DOUBLELIKE :
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- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:25 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9634
Re: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
Ben Cooper has a great shot of yesterday's Discovery ferrying here ; there are other shots of Discovery's flight there, too. At the top of the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" page it says "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a b...
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:20 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9634
Re: APOD: The Flight Deck of Space Shuttle... (2012 Apr 18)
Maybe it is time to set-up an alternative site called "Terrestrial Picture of the Day" for those who do not like astronomical photographs. :blah: Or maybe you can create that sort of site yourself and stay over there....... :really?: *we really need a 'dead horse' icon. :facepalm:
- Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:13 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Gallery: Discovery Fly-over
- Replies: 13
- Views: 41194
Re: Gallery: Discovery Fly-over
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- Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Tree... (2012 Apr 10)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5844
Re: APOD: A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Tree... (2012 Apr 10)
While TPTB updated most of the description/explanation from this APOD, they should have changed the part about the convoluted pelt that "lies at the upper left," to: "...lies almost at the center of the image." To me, the 'feature' in the upper left of today's image looks more li...
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:50 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2012 Apr 09)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3059
Re: APOD: Blue Straggler Stars in Globular M53... (2012 Apr
Beyond wrote:Ah, back to the cosmological jewel box again. Neat![]()
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Pretty much what I was going to say, Beyond: another pile of dazzling diamonds!
Need -
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Lovely!
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- Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rocket Trails in the Milky Way (2012 Mar 29)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3521
Re: APOD: Rocket Trails in the Milky Way (2012 Mar 29)
I am always disappointed when I hear about these things on the news AFTER they've happened. Is there a website that I can visit that would alert me to upcoming cool spaces happenings, such as this one? SpaceWeather & Space.com are two sites that I look at frequently for space/sky happenings. *B...
- Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:09 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rocket Trails in the Milky Way (2012 Mar 29)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3521
Re: APOD: Rocket Trails in the Milky Way (2012 Mar 29)
I was able to see these trails - very ghostly! What was most impressive to me is how the chemicals that were used seemed to appear (begin to glow/reflect) from out of nowhere. One minute I was looking at a dark sky, and the next these 'clouds' just kinda showed up. Faded into view, is about the best...