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by Buzz
Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Hollows Discovered on Planet... (2012 Mar 27)
Replies: 12
Views: 3143

Re: APOD: Unusual Hollows Discovered on Planet... (2012 Mar

Due to the nature of the pattern here, it almost certainly had to come from above or below. If it came from the side or from nearly any angle, then the inconsitent levels in the topography would have shielded one side or the other of the hills that are effected here. Also, it looks regular in depth ...
by Buzz
Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble (2011 Dec 21)
Replies: 50
Views: 7894

Re: APOD: A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble (2011 Dec 21

Remember that even though the path of the light photons are being altered, in the grand sceme of things, the deviation in their path is very minute. Consider the distance between those two galaxies, and the distance to us from them. I would wager that the angle of change is very small, so small that...