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by gingerd
Wed May 25, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Space Shuttle Rising (2011 May 25)
Replies: 10
Views: 6640

Re: APOD: Space Shuttle Rising (2011 May 25)

Is it a smoke plume or a steam plume (or a mixture of both)?
by gingerd
Sun May 02, 2010 11:58 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies (2010 May 02)
Replies: 20
Views: 25730

Re: APOD: The Coma Cluster of Galaxies (2010 May 02)

Why "coma"or is that just the US spelling of comma? If it is comma then why, does it look like one?
by gingerd
Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:04 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Bright Points on the Quiet Sun (2010 Apr 16)
Replies: 20
Views: 3074

Re: APOD: Bright Points on the Quiet Sun (2010 Apr 16)

I think we have the first published picture of Hell! If you examine the granules closely you can discern many tortured human faces a la Hieronymus Bosch. I often wondered where the bad ones went!