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by Pol Jansegers
Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jagged Shadows (APOD 2009 April 15)
Replies: 22
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Re: Jagged Shadows (APOD 2009 April 15)

Could the donut shadow on the B-ring be one of the "spokes"?
by Pol Jansegers
Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:30 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Layers of Red Cliffs on Mars (APOD 06 Oct 2008)
Replies: 8
Views: 3158

Layers of Red Cliffs on Mars (APOD 06 Oct 2008)

I am a bit puzzled with the comment to the today's APOD, when it says that the "Cliff faces [are] mostly facing left..." and that "the elevation drop from right to left is...". Observing the rubble piles along the cliffs - especially the one near top left of the picture, which cl...
by Pol Jansegers
Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:10 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Saturn from above (APOD 6 Mar 2007)
Replies: 15
Views: 6487

Today's APOD (6 Mar 2007)

How comes that Saturn's rings seem to be behind Saturn both above and below the planet? (or, since we are looking at Saturn from "above": ...seem to be below Saturn, both left and right of the planet?)