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APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:08 am
by APOD Robot
Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet
Explanation: The alarmingly tall
inhabitants of this small, snowy planet cast long shadows in bright moonlight. Of course, the snowy planet is actually planet Earth and the wide-angle mosaic, shown as a
little planet projection, was recorded on February 25 during the long
northern night of the
Full Snow Moon. The second brightest celestial beacon is Jupiter, on the right above the little planet's horizon. Lights near Östersund, Sweden glow along the horizon, surrounding the snow covered
lake Storsjön. The photographer reports that the journey out onto the frozen lake by sled to capture the
evocative Full Snow Moon scene was accompanied by ice sounds, biting cold, and a moonlit mist.
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Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:03 am
by Beyond
APOD wrote:Lights near Östersund, Sweden glow along the horizon,
Hey Ann, you're almost in today's APOD
![clapping :clap:](./images/smilies/asterisk_clap.gif)
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:12 am
by Ann
Beyond wrote:APOD wrote:Lights near Östersund, Sweden glow along the horizon,
Hey Ann, you're almost in today's APOD
![clapping :clap:](./images/smilies/asterisk_clap.gif)
I am, almost!
It's a pretty picture, and very blue. And very cold!!!!
Winter in Sweden!
But well done, Göran Strand!
Ann
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:24 am
by owlice
A great APOD! The image is charming and beautiful, the text is great, and it even comes with the perfect poem for the occasion!
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:02 am
by Pit
Wow, this is really stunning. Not only aesthetically, but also technically. I really wonder how they did the initial panaorama (and especially the nadir shot) whithout disrupting the snow too much. Well done!
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:31 pm
by MargaritaMc
owlice wrote:A great APOD! The image is charming and beautiful, the text is great, and it even comes with the perfect poem for the occasion!
I nearly missed the link to the poem from the Apod (
evocative). I hadn't come across this poem before - you would think that de la Mare had seen this image, wouldn't you?
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:40 pm
by Boomer12k
Ah, yes, standing on my own little planet would be great...but, please, something a little warmer...Like, Planet Bermuda!!!!
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Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:43 pm
by Ron-Astro Pharmacist
Good thing they didn't turn around... It looked like bigfoot had been creeping up on them
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Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:17 pm
by Ron-Astro Pharmacist
Actually it looks more like a Yeti print.
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:01 pm
by stephen63
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:57 pm
by Ron-Astro Pharmacist
Less seriously, you at APOD are really just getting us ready for what we’ll be seeing when that roaming black hole zips past us accelerating us to nearly the speed of light.
That inspires a truly bad poem to go along with my bad astronomy:
The Black Hole Cometh
By : SA Squash
As the mighty black hole cometh
The folks on Earth were greatly bummed
Before their eyes the sky did change
Twisted, stretched, squished and maimed
As for our New now, where and when
What us here on Earth were needing
Is a better clock, map and compass
To show us where in hell it’s leading
When the sky turned red and mean
Wormholes, spirals, the jets shot by
Bending, turning, the knots unfold
To find us at the pot of gold
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:04 pm
by emc
the moon does look like a big snow ball
Re: APOD: Snow Moon for a Snowy Planet (2013 Feb 28)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:07 am
by awesomeness
Wow, one of the best images yet, amazing!!!