I like a lot this APOD
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, because the Mono Lake shows how life could be in other worlds, far away from the Earth. It testifies to the existence of other life forms, maybe beyond our observable universe.
It is on our planet, but paradoxically, it have the impression it makes us traveling more far away, towards unknown places.
Perhaps, sometimes... one of the aims of Astronomy is less to escape from our planet, from our world, from what we know, in order to find new things, than to better understand our Universe, including our little planet
We understand
us a little more, if we know ADN with arsenic can exist, instead of with... phosphorous (phosphorus, phosphore
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).
In biology, we understand us better, if we can compare our ADN to another life form. I mean we needed to find something different, in order to know what is the characteristic of our life form.
We are just one life form, among many others. If i don't make a mistake, we have seen other life form could exist, thanks to the study of the Mono Lake, which deals with at least one other life form, which might survive elsewhere in the Universe, than on Earth.
Please Judy, don't give up on APOD! I have discovered it just a few months ago, but i would like you to keep seeing APOD
judy wrote:sadly, i am going to give up on apod. the last three days and five out of the last ten days had pictures of the good old planet earth. i like it. i'm a resident of it. but, yes, i am complaining. i want to spend 60 to 90 seconds of every jam packed day looking at something other worldly. someplace way far beyond us. so, bye for now.
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Actually, the Mono Lake is a breaking news in Astronomy: most of APOD are published in newspapers, which speak about breaking news in Astronomy, while refering to APOD. So I think when APOD publishes an image about a breaking new in Astronomy, those newspapers have the opportunity to show a wonderful picture along with there comments, which is pleasant for the newspapers' readers.
Moreover, many people like APOD, while they don't go in those newspapers: they learn some breaking news in Astronomy thanks to APOD.
Céline
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