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by simonbrueck
Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:56 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Unknown Dark Material on Mercury (APOD 2009 July 6)
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Re: Unknown Dark Material on Mercury (APOD 2009 July 6)

Looking at the other craters, it is apparent that there are shadows. The dark material - in my view - qould be easily explained by a steeper hill throwing a distinkt shadow. The sun does not appear to come from the zenith and mercury´s curbature is not sufficiently narrow to hold up the view, that t...
by simonbrueck
Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 (2009 April 7)
Replies: 30
Views: 4570

Re: The Colliding Spiral Galaxies of Arp 274 (2009 April 7)

:D Wide open In its center incredible information Enshrined in a singularity of a billion suns Opening wide Floating majesty Accelerating to speed until they merge For millions and Millions of years Planets torn away from their suns into deep space Suns merging their dust in gravitational attraction...