Informal Poll

[RJN]

Please vote for any or all of the entries -- and feel free to explain why below.

[Beyond]

I picked door #3. Why? Because APOD has to do with Space, the stuff this planet is hanging in, which also makes this planet fair game for APODs.

[Moonlady]

I picked door #3. Why? Because APOD has to do with Space, the stuff this planet is hanging in, which also makes this planet fair game for APODs.

I agree to this statement!

Can't make real scientific research when earth is cut out of APODs, need to understand what physical things going on on earth to help to understand what and how
things work in outer space.

[geckzilla]

I had to vote #3 as well because I'm not sure I can really say overall which interests me more even if I try to limit them to categories of interest like aesthetic or academic interest. For instance, another terrestrial view of Milky Way might be very beautiful but at the same time not intellectually stimulating. Meanwhile, there are plenty of less pretty pure sky images which illicit deep thought.

[emc]

Just to be clear we're voting on Airglow over Italy, right? I voted 1 and 2. I love this picture! Land and sky are complementary. The sky has several interesting subjects and the land provides yet another interesting subject… The main rock outcropping looks like a crown with the Milky Way as a halo. The airglow appears to be emanating from behind the crown and there appears to be snow in the foreground. The only thing missing is a star map that appears when the mouse cursor is over the image.

[owlice]

Just to be clear we're voting on Airglow over Italy, right?

No; this is for a future APOD.

[emc]

Thanks Owlice. My vote still stands. As much as I enjoy the deep space pictures, the APOD's that include a bit of home, especially with an interesting subject, draw on a different part of my heart strings.

[rstevenson]

I'm confused. The question is, "Which part of today's APOD do you find more interesting?" with possible answers being "Land" and "Sky". The question was posted on Sept. 7th. The APOD of Sept. 7th has no land in it.

Mr. Ed asked if this was in reference to the previous day's APOD, but the answer to that was "No; this is for a future APOD."

Wazzup??

Rob

[owlice]

The thread title is "informal poll for a future APOD" (emphasis mine). Since polls such as this are typically linked to from APOD, I would expect that the APOD for which this poll was posted will carry such a link. As it is intended for a future APOD -- one appearing after the poll's posting date of 9/7 -- and we have not yet seen a link to this poll on APOD, I think it is very very likely that the APOD for which this is intended has not yet appeared. When the APOD for which this poll is intended does appear and has a link to this poll, the image that is shown will be the one to which the question in this poll refers.

Does that help? I hope so, because now I need a nap!

[rstevenson]

Does that help? I hope so, because now I need a nap!

I need a nap too, and all I had to do was read your answer.

I think I understand now.

Rob

[Beyond]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.... uh,,, What??

[starstruck]

FWIW, I was pleased to be able to vote for all three options, because they are all true! Pictures that show some context are almost always more interesting than those that don't. This Bungle Bungles view is a fine example!

[DavidB]

Interesting picture, The Bungle Bungles are VERY REMOTE. I used to live in Halls Creek, the nearest town about 150km away, SO WHAT CAUSES THE GLOW ON THE HORIZON?

There are no towns to either the north or east where the glows are seen, only the virtually uninhabited Kimberly ranges.

[Derrick Watt]

I picked 'Land' as the Milky Way figures frequently in many night sky pictures.
Pictures of each land feature usually only appear once.

[Indigo_Sunrise]

>snip<

When the APOD for which this poll is intended does appear and has a link to this poll, the image that is shown will be the one to which the question in this poll refers.

And that day is today!

[uwe]

I've voted for the land, because I think the sky is quite boring. Millions and millions of dots of light, not even displayed in a rational order! Make that boring and annoying. Now look at the land - tidy layers of geological material nicely presented in appealing geometric structures. Best of all, you can atually go to that place! No romantic ideas connected, that probably will turn out as some low informed scientist''s fantasy. Questions? Go there, find out yourself. So it's definitely land, who could ever vote for that other thingie?

[naomisarna]

I voted for all three. I travel extensively on earth and always look up at the sky; the two in relation to each other are always of interest to me. Thanks again for my first-thing-in-the -morning pleasures.

[rstevenson]

Definitely both. The land is always vital to us mud hens, but the sky is where we dream.

Rob

[TNT]

This is the ONLY thing I voted on all day. I'll have to go with 1 and 2, because in my opinion, land scenes enhance the sky scene. I like it.

[colortime]

is the milky way false color in this picture? or can you really get photos that look like that with the right camera?

[colortime]

I voted for all three. I travel extensively on earth and always look up at the sky; the two in relation to each other are always of interest to me. Thanks again for my first-thing-in-the -morning pleasures.

yeah, they probably should have used radio buttons for a poll, haha

[Reeves]

I picked "Sky" because this is Astronomy Picture of the Day.

If this was the Earth Science Picture of the Day, http://epod.usra.edu/, I would have picked Land.

[Astrogator John]

I had to go with 3, although it really isn't because I thought it was silly. The combination of the land and the sky is really interesting, and the land gives a nice geographic reference as to what the sky looks like from that latitude. Plus the land looks as cool as the sky!

[spitzerr]

As a photographer, one part provides a perspective for the other. Cover the land or cover the sky and it is not very dramatic.

[Zoe]

I picked "Sky". I love mountains and these ones look really fascinating. But I prefer mountainous landscapes to be greener and more, so to say, alpine. These look very desert-like; it would be fascinating for me to see them, but they seem interesting rather that beautiful to me. The Milky Way here, in this picture, is a totally different kettle of fish. It's simply stunning - I love the feeling of facing infinity and being so small while looking at the stars, especially when they form as beautiful views as this one. The whole natural world is fascinating (the Bungle Bungle Range being no exception) but the stars make me just so amazed at the great mind of God, who, as I believe, has invented it all...