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by Stardance
Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:19 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: False Color Illusion (APOD 17 July 2007)
Replies: 17
Views: 6302

July 17 APOD - Adelson’s checker shadow illusion

Personally, I don't see the "illusion" even when the two squares are connected with a rectangle that allegedly contains the "same color" as the respective squares. Square A has a relatively dark shade of what appears to be "gray", and Square B has a relatively light sha...
by Stardance
Mon May 29, 2006 6:27 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: NASA TV broadcast as APOD
Replies: 4
Views: 2472

NASA TV broadcast as APOD

FWIW, I object to APOD being used for NASA TV webcasts!!! First, the sound system on my computer may already be in use when the browser retrieves the APOD page. In my experience so far, the NASA TV stream simply begins without asking whether I want it to begin, so the stream sends sounds to the spea...