Starship Asterisk*

rstevenson wrote:Turtles, turtles, all the way down.

Rob

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...

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...

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??!!?!?

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...

^^ What everybody else said! ^^

Happy Birthday APOD!!!!


(And great 'cake', geck!)

So many fabulous and interesting images: Venus with airplanes; with birds; bodies of water and ships!
Amazing.

Double thumbs up to all imagers:

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*

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! )
But I was still happy to see something that no one alive today will see again!

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...

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!

GREAT IMAGE!





That is all.

This link is fabulous!

Great APOD!

Beautiful image! Nice job, Brad Goldpaint!



*and Beyond - you said what I was going to! (about 'cool cats'....)

Beautiful image, Ben Cooper!




ETA: Definitely check out this link! I wonder if Mr. Cooper hitched a ride in the T-38 (chase plane) to get those images?!

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...

owlice wrote:

Indigo_Sunrise wrote: *we really need a 'dead horse' icon.

Indigo, what a good idea! Will this do?

owlice,

: DOUBLELIKE :

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...

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:

[Another cell phone pic, but not too bad.] Taken from the National Harbor just outside of DC. It was pretty awesome watching it fly over the Potomac River!

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...

Beyond wrote:Ah, back to the cosmological jewel box again. Neat

Pretty much what I was going to say, Beyond: another pile of dazzling diamonds!

Need - - to look at this!

Lovely!

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...

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...