The photo for May 12, 2008 is not visible

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The photo for May 12, 2008 is not visible

Post by Polaris93 » Mon May 12, 2008 4:38 am

For some reason the photo for May 12, 2008 isn't visible, though the text is. Is there supposed to be a photo? If so, could somebody PLEASE check this? Thanks.
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Post by madge » Mon May 12, 2008 10:09 am

can't believe how disappointed I was not to get my daily fix of APOD! Please someone fix this! :(
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Re: The photo for May 12, 2008 is not visible

Post by Case » Mon May 12, 2008 10:33 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080512.html

The page and images load fine from here... :?:
[mirrored image (900x600)][big (3628x2439)]
Image (300x200)

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Post by Confused » Mon May 12, 2008 10:35 am

I have not looked at the HTML cloesly, but the following portion of HTML from the May 11 APOD is missing from the May 12 APOD, except with obvious modifications relevant to the May 12 APOD. Note that the missing HTML has the ending ">" which confuses the HTML parser and that causes the image tag to be unrecognized.

onMouseOver="if (document.images)
document.imagename1.src='image/0805/retrogrademars_tezel_annotated.jpg';"
onMouseOut="if (document.images)
document.imagename1.src='image/0805/retrogrademars_tezel.jpg';">

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Re: The photo for May 12, 2008 is not visible

Post by Confused » Mon May 12, 2008 10:37 am

Case wrote:The page and images load fine from here... :?:
I'm Confused. I don't understand how that is possible, unless you are getting a different version of the page than the rest of us do.

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Post by Indigo_Sunrise » Mon May 12, 2008 10:53 am

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that the image didn't seem to appear for. Hopefully TPTB will see these comments and correct the problem.

Confused - Case most likely went to the link that is positioned beneath the image - if it had been there..?
(Case, care to share how you found the image link?)
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Re: The photo for May 12, 2008 is not visible

Post by Case » Mon May 12, 2008 10:57 am

Confused wrote:I don't understand how that is possible, unless you are getting a different version of the page than the rest of us do.
I guess my browser (Safari) is correcting the bad HTML (missing ">") on the fly.

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<a href="image/0805/m81deep_gallego_big.jpg" 
<IMG SRC="image/0805/m81deep_gallego.jpg" 
alt="See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download 
 the highest resolution version available."></a>
The first line should end with a ">" character.

Firefox 2.0.0.14 Mac is also able to correct the bad HTML code and display the image.
Last edited by Case on Mon May 12, 2008 11:35 am, edited 2 times in total.

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Post by Confused » Mon May 12, 2008 11:12 am

Indigo_Sunrise wrote:Confused - Case most likely went to the link that is positioned beneath the image - if it had been there..?
Case indicated that the page was working for Case. Are you agreeing with Case that the page is working for you? If so, then that contradicts your other comment(s). If the page is not working for you, but you are explaining why it is working for Case, then I don't understand what you mean by "Case most likely went to the link that ...".
Indigo_Sunrise wrote:(Case, care to share how you found the image link?)
Look closer at this discussion. I think you are missing a couple of things.

Note that in the HTML code I posted are the addresses of the images for May 11. The addresses of the images for May 12 are also in the HTML for the May 12 (today's) page. I don't know how Case got the addresses, but that is one easy and reliable way to do it.

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Post by Ayiomamitis » Mon May 12, 2008 11:21 am

The page loads fine for me using Safari as well as Netscape V7.2 ... I am assuming the (earlier) problem has been fixed.

Anyway, that is a great widefield image of the M81 region!
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Post by madge » Mon May 12, 2008 11:26 am

The image only appears if I use my safari browser.I have had this problem before with some nasa videos, which is why I started using safari in the first place. Thanks for the tip :D
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Post by Dr. Skeptic » Mon May 12, 2008 11:37 am

FireFox also works.
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Image gone or not?

Post by henk21cm » Mon May 12, 2008 12:16 pm

Dr. Skeptic wrote:FireFox also works.
I pasted the adres "http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/" in the adres line of some browsers at the office:

Iceape 1.0.9 (Debian Linux): Works.
Konqueror (3.5.5) (Linux): Works
Seamonkey 1.1.7 (XP): Works
Internet Exploder (7.0.5730.11) (XP): Does not work
Internet Exploder (6.0.2900.2180) (XP): Does not work.

Hope this helps.
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Post by orin stepanek » Mon May 12, 2008 12:35 pm

I can get it on Firefox also but that's not my default; so I would like to see the url corrected.
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Post by Doum » Mon May 12, 2008 12:52 pm

No image here.

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Post by RJN » Mon May 12, 2008 12:57 pm

Oops. My bad. Fixed it. - RJN

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Post by Indigo_Sunrise » Mon May 12, 2008 2:42 pm

Indigo_Sunrise wrote:
Confused - Case most likely went to the link that is positioned beneath the image - if it had been there..?

Case indicated that the page was working for Case. Are you agreeing with Case that the page is working for you? If so, then that contradicts your other comment(s). If the page is not working for you, but you are explaining why it is working for Case, then I don't understand what you mean by "Case most likely went to the link that ...".
Indigo_Sunrise wrote:
(Case, care to share how you found the image link?)

Look closer at this discussion. I think you are missing a couple of things.

Note that in the HTML code I posted are the addresses of the images for May 11. The addresses of the images for May 12 are also in the HTML for the May 12 (today's) page. I don't know how Case got the addresses, but that is one easy and reliable way to do it.

Confused - I think you're *ahem* confused by what I meant. I've never been known for my clarity, but I did not mean that I could see the image. Hence, why I wrote 'glad I'm not the only one with this problem' . So, no I did not contradict myself. And I don't think I've missed anything. According to other posters, it seems to have been a browser issue, which has since been resolved.
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Post by BMAONE23 » Mon May 12, 2008 3:57 pm

now that it has been fixed,
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/ ... go_big.jpg
The foreground dust seems to be vast in this area. It also appears to be reacting to the central galaxy or an unseen mass causing it to become polarized.
Ever star that is large enough to show a discernable Halo in the image, also shows a pair of bars radiating from their center. Not artifact though, as the apparent bars appear to form a circular pattern around the center of the image (upper left stars point 45deg to the right, upper right stars point 45deg to the left, left and right side are vertical, bottom stars are horizontal. etc...)

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