APOD: Frosted Leaf Orion (2010 Nov 17)

[Beyond]

Ricinus communis

It is BEYOND me and my WEBSTER's

[YURI BASIN]

What I meant was that this plant is Palmcrist (Ricinus)

[Céline Richard]

Yes , i attach a picture (unfortunately little) about what you suggest, and see how it looks like a lot!!
I guess this frozen leaf is Palmcrist (Ricinus).

[YURI BASIN]

Much information can be found here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ricinus_communis

Yes , i attach a picture (unfortunately little) about what you suggest, and see how it looks like a lot!!
I guess this frozen leaf is Palmcrist (Ricinus).

[owlice]

I don't think so. Let's compare the castor leaf with the leaf depicted in the APOD:

Notice how this leaf has no break; the stem comes into the leaf at its back, not at the bottom. There is no real "bottom" to the leaf.

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This is the leaf in the APOD image. The lobes do not go 360° around, and the stem comes into a well-defined "bottom" of the leaf, rather than the back of the leaf.

I think this post has it right for the reasons listed in the post.

It's a Japanese maple leaf.

[yuribasin]

I don't think so. ... It's a Japanese maple leaf.

I find it hard to judge, I'm not a botanist

[owlice]

I'm not, either. I don't find it hard to look at the leaf and compare it to other leaves, though, so did.

[Céline Richard]

Such a good precision Owlice: i was about to forget you can see at night
Thank you for your pictures, i think you are right.

It might be a Japanese Maple tree, all the more since the photographer has a Japanese name.
Do you think Masahiro Miyasaka was trying to make a challenge, or just to be artistic? If he wanted both, i am convinced of his success

Céline

[owlice]

Céline, thanks!

Do you think Masahiro Miyasaka was trying to make a challenge, or just to be artistic?

I think the photographer was being artistic, and the APOD editor was trying to make a challenge.

We have Japanese maple trees in the US, too; they are very popular ornamental trees.

Mark Seibold, I weep for your lost house; how sad.

[Céline Richard]

I designed and built my own home 22 years ago. Planted many trees, several of which were known as Laceleaf, and Palmatum Maples originating from Japan. I miss seeing those trees now as I lost the home in foreclosure a couple years ago after 20 years there. This image by Masahiro brought me back home for a few moments again. Mark Seibold

I am sorry too, it might have been hard

We have Japanese maple trees in the US, too; they are very popular ornamental trees

Yes, the photographer might have taken this photo in many other places than in Japan. Actually, i remember that in the South of France, i have already seen an Eucalyptus , while i thought it was a tree more likely to grow in Australia!!

Céline

[masahiro miyasaka]

Happy New Year.
Thank you for comment for my shot.

　I think the frozen dead leaves to be a maple.
This leaf resembles the leaf of this image. (^_^)v

Pleiades and maple


masahiro miyasaka from NAGANO JAPAN

[kairnk]

its a japanese maple, of course

[Céline Richard]

Happy New Year.
Thank you for comment for my shot.

　I think the frozen dead leaves to be a maple.
This leaf resembles the leaf of this image. (^_^)v

Pleiades and maple

Thank you for your new picture "Pleiades and Maple" masahiro miyasaka, it is great!
Very happy New Year!

Céline

[Orionsubaru]

He has more wonderful images!! (^_^)v
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 62-j.shtml
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 42-j.shtml
and more,
http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/g ... category/1

Thank you.

[Ailean4321]

lol at people arguing about the leaf. I saw several good cosmic questions which were ignored in favor of arguing about the leaf!! WoW.....
humans can be so silly when they need to be right!

[geckzilla]

He has more wonderful images!! (^_^)v
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 62-j.shtml
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 42-j.shtml
and more,
http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/g ... category/1

Thank you.

Thanks for letting us know. In the future, please only write in English as it is one of our rules. That is why your other post was removed. I would send this as a private message but you are posting as a guest.

[Orionsubaru]

He has more wonderful images!! (^_^)v
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 62-j.shtml
http://www.astroarts.co.jp/gallery/misc ... 42-j.shtml
and more,
http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/g ... category/1

Thank you.

I think that these are his wonderful works too. (^_^)v

Newt
http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/g ... /3165.html
Spider
http://www.astroarts.jp/photo-gallery/g ... /2945.html

[owlice]

This photographer has a Flickr site for his lovely work which is accessible by clicking the link for his name on the APOD page. Please do not keep listing URLs for individual photos for this imager since his Flickr site is readily available.

Thanks.

[Orionsubaru]

This photographer has a Flickr site for his lovely work which is accessible by clicking the link for his name on the APOD page. Please do not keep listing URLs for individual photos for this imager since his Flickr site is readily available.

Thanks.

On the Flickr site, we cannot see his images introduced here.
We can see more a lot of his images on the AstroArts site.
I would like everybody to see.

Thank you.

[owlice]

I understand you want everyone to see these pictures, but this is not the place to advertise them. Please don't do it again.

[geckzilla]

Yes Ori, this is a discussion forum, not a "bump a thread every day with a new link" forum. Once is enough.

[bystander]

On the Flickr site, we cannot see his images introduced here.
We can see more a lot of his images on the AstroArts site.
I would like everybody to see.

If you know the artist, and he wants his images shown, tell him to post them on Recent Submissions.
Please note, it must be the artist, or someone with explicit permission to post who posts the images.
See instructions on posting in How to post images.

[Guest]

look like cannabis at first but im sure its japanese maple im looking at one right now