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wonderboy, I admire your persistance, and am sorry to tell you that your last link is not the solution to the first crop. (So no need to be angry! :) ) Actually, I'm completely puzzled as to how you came up with that! The crop is taken from the image as it appeared on APOD, not from a much larger or...

Yay again, Paul! One more; I thought the first one would be difficult and I'm happy to post another crop from that APOD if folks want.

Yay, Paul!! Only two to go!

Orca, I haven't read the Isaacson book on Einstein. Some years ago, I read Einstein: A Life by Denis Brian and thought it quite good. It's been many years since I've read 1984 and Brave New World ; they are around here somewhere and I should probably re-read them. note to self: move 1984 and Brave N...

Oh, heavens, neufer, I'd forgotten all about Izzy. You had to remind me?!


: paybacks... paybacks... what is it they say about paybacks?.... oh, yeah... :

That's one big hole!!

The first one is the one I thought would be the hardest; the second and third would depend on level of familiarity with astronomy. I'm not surprised you got those quickly! And yes, I suppose it does say something about the way I search images. As someone who knows.... well, nothing, actually, I have...

"there is no Next button to see other 300 items. why?"

Clearly, to thwart you! (I checked search images before posting these crops, BTW....)

Nuttin' wrong with forming teams for this, is there?

makc, I didn't know you'd been keeping a winners list! Perhaps you can wait until the dust settles to see whether this will be too messy to continue your list?

Yes, a multiparter; I think these range in difficulty from easy to... not so easy. I could be wrong, though; please let me know!
(Is this cheating, to have three? If so, my apologies; let me know which to delete if that's the case.)

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music, literature, philosophy, history, comparative religion, economics, logic, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry ... I believe the two most important are logic and mathematics. bystander, thank you; much appreciated! neufer, your answer, the kid had mastered at four and then had several ref...

neufer wrote:So that orange thingy is really Betelgeuse.

Yup! Or at least a very small version of it.

If placed at the center of our Solar System, [Betelgeuse] would extend past the orbit of Jupiter.

I remember reading that sentence in APOD and having to pick my jaw up off the floor. That's one big star!

Among other things, I learned that speckles make an egg stronger (!), and that it's been so long since I've heard Holst's "The Planets," I didn't recognize Venus when I heard it.

neufer!! Oh, that's funny; you're cracking me up here!! Too bad for you I'm immune to the stickiness of the song! :D (Even if I weren't, I actually like it and have willingly been through the ride many times in my life.) Rob, I have a 16-year-old whose education I'm still trying to guide, though my ...

Dang!! I just got it, too! Now will look at makc's to see whether it matches. Dangfraznabbit!!!!!!

ETA:
::falls over laughing::

makc, that's great!!!

I knew you'd post a good one, but was not expecting to be sooooo right!

It's a toughie; still working on it!

Couple of links you might enjoy:
http://www.astronomycast.com/aliens/ep- ... robiology/
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorati ... obial.html

I'm curious as to what you might consider a well-rounded education for, say, a 21-year-old who is a competent, bright student. If you share your thoughts on this matter, I'll be most interested to read them!

This is like watching a very slow tennis match.

My unsuccessful attempt (first link) was through the search feature, to look for "ocean" and then looking through the results of the search to match color. I also searched on "earth," "methane," "false color," "hydrogen" (yeah, THAT'LL get some hits,...

HA!! No, it's this one! That was clever of you; kudos!

yeah you owls have got to stick together <snip> you two'll chew em up! Chew?! Certainly not! :wink: I'd be happy to leave the pellets here if you'd like, though. :D oh, i just realized why your avatar is an owl, owlice!! 8-) (My son took the picture I use for my avatar [with a zoom lens, obviously]...

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