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- Sat Sep 13, 2014 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Median Mashup: Hubble's Top 100 (2014 Sep 13)
- Replies: 63
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Re: APOD: Median Mashup: Hubble's Top 100 (2014 Sep 13)
I think that the crew at APOD has lost the plot!! So many images and they pick the noise.
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:16 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6063
Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
There are many sites on which to see amateur images, including Asterisk, so why denigrate APOD for being, well, APODish? It is because with name like Astronomy Picture of the Day I expect to see a photo directly related to astronomy every day. The website name is very specific. I don't expect to se...
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:13 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6063
Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
There are many professional images that could be shown instead of amateur images, and there are at this point likely millions of images just from NASA missions that could be shown rather than images from other telescopes/missions. Part of APOD's charm (and, given what the editors have said, design)...
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:42 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6063
Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
I think it's the word "Astronomical" that 'throws' some people. Somehow it's forgotten (or never realized in the first place) that the Earth is actually part of the whole Astronomical picture. Just ask any alien passing by. :mrgreen: As far as I am aware astronomy is the study of matter o...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:43 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay (2013 Jun 02)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6160
Re: APOD: A Roll Cloud Over Uruguay (2013 Jun 02)
I have been viewing APOD's for many years and I don't get photos like this one. Sure it is a nice photo but it should be on Meteorological Picture of the Day! As far as I am aware Astronomy is the study of everything outside of the Earth's atmosphere.