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APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:06 am
by APOD Robot
Moon or Frying Pan
Explanation: Which is which? Of the two images shown above, one is a
moon in our Solar System, while the other is the bottom of
frying pan. We are not making this up -- can you tell
a pan from a planetoid? Think you
got it? To find the answer click
here. OK, but there are more! That's right: you, your family, friends, neighbors, and local elected officials can all play "Moon or Frying Pan" with
these other image pairs, too. As everyone knows, the fundamental underlying reason why moons and
frying pans appear similar is -- OK, we
at APOD aren't sure either. And if you'v
e been fooled, don't fret -- just remember that it's OK because today is
April Fool's Day.
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Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:36 am
by Mactavish
Me wife hit me head with one o’ these. Ain’t been been the same since! But sure saw a lot of stars. . . billions and billions.
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:42 am
by Beyond
If this becomes a tradition, I'm glad we will only get 'mooned', once a year.
I got 'fooled' on #5, but on #7 i recognized the orange and picked the alternative answer, which of course, is wrong also.
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:51 am
by Boomer12k
Moons and frying pans are similar in appearance, because they both have a CRUST...This fry pan had a really baked-on one it appears.
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Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:58 am
by Boomer12k
And if you are Korean, Number 7 is Sun Young Moon....
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Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:43 pm
by DrJoeS
Enjoyed both April Fools images. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:49 pm
by ta152h0
prof Lewin is at it again ?
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:56 pm
by sage
The sun and Mars.............. tsk tsk at me
Happy Spring Apod!
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:07 pm
by orin stepanek
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:23 pm
by neufer
Mactavish wrote:
Me wife hit me head with one o’ these.
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:39 pm
by bystander
sage wrote:The sun and Mars.............. tsk tsk at me
Happy Spring Apod!
Did you miss
Mercury?
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:45 pm
by bystander
The Everyday Solar System Challenge
Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2013 Mar 09
Simon Wright is a graphic designer in Australia*. He decided he needed to challenge himself to give his brain a workout, so he created what he calls his “Solar System Challenge”: without using Photoshop or any additional after-effects (with the exception of Instagram), create a set of pictures of everyday objects that look like the planets in the solar system.
The results are pretty cool:
If you go to his
Facebook page where he has those shots, you can see them in more detail. Click on each one to get an explanation of what it is and which planet it is. I tried to guess how he did each one before reading the description; the closest I came was for Earth, but even then I was way off. ...
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:50 pm
by Hovera
I assume the moon in the picture today is Europa?
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:09 pm
by LocalColor
Sure enjoyed the APOD today, lots of fun links!
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:56 pm
by olympusmons
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:06 pm
by Mactavish
neufer wrote:Mactavish wrote:
Me wife hit me head with one o’ these.
One of which
The one that made a big bang!
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:18 pm
by Anthony Barreiro
Which of these pictures is Saturn's icy moon Iapetus and which is a frying pan?
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:53 pm
by Ann
Good one, Anthony!
I like today's APOD. It's been a lot of fun to look at all the pictures and links!
I particularly liked Simon Wright's Solar System challenge. But I thought that...
Ann
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:14 pm
by Anthony Barreiro
bystander wrote:The Everyday Solar System Challenge
Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2013 Mar 09
Simon Wright is a graphic designer in Australia*. He decided he needed to challenge himself to give his brain a workout, so he created what he calls his “Solar System Challenge”: without using Photoshop or any additional after-effects (with the exception of Instagram), create a set of pictures of everyday objects that look like the planets in the solar system.
The results are pretty cool:
If you go to his
Facebook page where he has those shots, you can see them in more detail. Click on each one to get an explanation of what it is and which planet it is. I tried to guess how he did each one before reading the description; the closest I came was for Earth, but even then I was way off. ...
Thanks, this is fun! Jupiter is my favorite.
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:04 am
by ta152h0
Do scientists, astrophysicists, and researchers play April Fool's jokes on each other and the general community ?
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:17 am
by bystander
ta152h0 wrote:Do scientists, astrophysicists, and researchers play April Fool's jokes on each other and the general community ?
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31085
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31086
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:13 am
by geckzilla
ta152h0 wrote:Do scientists, astrophysicists, and researchers play April Fool's jokes on each other and the general community ?
I heard they sometimes drop f-bombs, too. Interesting creatures!
Re: APOD: Moon or Frying Pan (2013 Apr 01)
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:55 pm
by ta152h0
wasn't that long ago someone posted a fake Betelgeuse star exploding. That one quickly disappeared