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by ericchill
Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:50 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Four Billion BCE: Battered Earth (2014 Aug 05)
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Re: APOD: Four Billion BCE: Battered Earth (2014 Aug 05)

Since the iron in the oceans hasn't been oxidized yet, shouldn't they be some shade of green?
by ericchill
Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:49 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Anemic Spiral NGC 4921 from Hubble (2013 Nov 25)
Replies: 50
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Re: APOD: Anemic Spiral NGC 4921 from Hubble (2013 Nov 25)

I'm curious about the largish spiral in the upper left corner. If there's no Milky Way star with a chance alignment, it must have a very bright nucleus given the diffraction spikes at its center.