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by matt4444
Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: A Dark Sky Over Death Valley (APOD 13 July 2008)
Replies: 16
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Re: 2008 July 13 "A dark sky over death valley"

Is that picture of the sky over Death Valley an infrared image? I ask because I'm wondering if that image is representative of what the naked eye would have seen that night at Death Valley. With no moon in the sky, I don't see how the ground could be so illuminated. It isn't an IR image. This is wh...
by matt4444
Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:45 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: A Dark Sky Over Death Valley (APOD 13 July 2008)
Replies: 16
Views: 4224

2008 July 13 "A dark sky over death valley"

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080713.html Is that picture of the sky over Death Valley an infrared image? I ask because I'm wondering if that image is representative of what the naked eye would have seen that night at Death Valley. With no moon in the sky, I don't see how the ground could be so...