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Each image is available in a larger size; please click on an image to enlarge it.

Please vote for the two images you think would make the best APOD.
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<- Poll: Recent Submissions #19


Evening Storm in Beynam
Copyright: Tunç Tezel Solstice Sun and Star Trails
http://www.frankryanjr.com
Copyright: Frank Ryan Jr Circumhorizontal Arc
Copyright: Brad Viets
Star Trail from Southern Pole to Northern Pole
http://www.astrosurf.com/sguisard/Pagim ... _pole.html
Copyright: Stéphane Guisard
Quiet Lagoon
http://www.terrastro.com/showimg.php?fi ... 20Rock.jpg
Copyright: Alex Cherney
Moon and Venus Conjunction on June 15, 2010
http://gaf.gokyuzu.org/fotogonder/data/ ... inare3.jpg
Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral
Galactic Eye
http://www.lucperrot.fr/apod/galactic_eye.html
Copyright: Luc Perrot

galactic eye is cool as LOVE IT.


Paul

Paul, I hope you looked at it full size; it looks even more like an eye that way!

(Actually, I hope you clicked on all the images for their larger selves!)

Quiet Lagoon
Copyright: Alex Cherney

Galactic Eye
Copyright: Luc Perrot

I voted for these two! (although I liked Alex's other submission better)

Rho Oph and Milky Way
Copyright: Alex Cherney

Of course, I like all of these images, which is why they are all in the poll! So I have trouble voting, even when given two votes. One thing that I often base my vote on is Which image, if picked for an APOD, would likely generate text that would teach me the most? That's a hard question for me to answer for this particular poll.

When the potential for informative text is considered, then I would say:

1- Star Trail from Southern Pole to Northern Pole : This is a unique view of rotating Earth, and as seen from the Equator no less. I have seen star trail pictures from near Equator even in panorama format, but not all-sky.

2- Evening Storm in Beynam : Has potential of writing about the weather and especially lightning on Earth and other planets. Venus (visible in the picture) might have them, Jupiter and Saturn definitely do.

owlice wrote:Of course, I like all of these images, which is why they are all in the poll! So I have trouble voting, even when given two votes. One thing that I often base my vote on is Which image, if picked for an APOD, would likely generate text that would teach me the most? That's a hard question for me to answer for this particular poll.

Like most participants, I also say that this is a difficult choice. I choose Star Trails Pole to Pole for pure APOD interest, and the Galactic Eye for its beauty.