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12-21-2007, 10:21 AM #1Registered User
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The Space Picture Thread
There is some seriously cool stuff out there
In this photo there is 10,00 separate galaxies, and the picture represents just a fraction of the sky
Last edited by nick > jesus; 02-27-2012 at 12:58 AM.
Preserving farness, nearness presences nearness in nearing that farness
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12-21-2007, 10:44 AM #2
And in that seemingly empty space there are galaxies you cant see because the light hasnt gotten to us yet
And each one of those tiny dots (the real small ones) represents another picture just like this one...pretty freakyDecisions Decisions
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12-21-2007, 10:45 AM #3What can brown do for u?
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That image blew me away when I saw it first a few years ago.
If you have Google Earth, try the new Sky feature. You can navigate around the night sky and zoom in on spectacular views like this (and the one above):
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12-21-2007, 10:51 AM #4
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12-21-2007, 10:57 AM #5mental projection
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Astronomy Picture of the Day:
Kind of a cool horizon to horizon photo
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12-21-2007, 11:33 AM #6
Santa has a lot of ground to cover
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12-21-2007, 11:58 AM #7I call bullshit
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12-21-2007, 12:03 PM #8
Saw this on another forum and laughed.
Carl Sagan Says:
And for good measure:
Hubble Gallery
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12-21-2007, 12:36 PM #9
I <3 this thread, nice concept.
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12-21-2007, 12:40 PM #10
We are not alone...
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12-21-2007, 12:43 PM #11
I just never tire of looking at these pics.
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12-21-2007, 12:45 PM #12
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12-21-2007, 12:48 PM #13
Although the fact that you can't type "thread" right is sign that you never should have typed it at all.
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12-21-2007, 12:50 PM #14
crab nebula
keyhole nebula
nebula ngc6751
horsehead nebula
catseye nebula
eagle nebula
supernova
magellenic cloud
swan nebula
and probably my personal favorite, monocerotis:
space debris:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/sc...=1&oref=sloginLast edited by smalls; 12-21-2007 at 12:55 PM.
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12-21-2007, 12:50 PM #15
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12-21-2007, 12:52 PM #16
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Space is giving me the finger.... (upper left)
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12-21-2007, 01:50 PM #17What can brown do for u?
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If you have Google Earth, turn on the Sky layer, plug in these coordinates and zoom in:
-59.6031°, -18.9406°
-13.8052°, 94.7608°
41.1192°, -169.425°
-29.2049°, 89.747°
-63.3455°, -5.40942°
-27.9423°, -126.828°
-27.7921°, -126.839°
-43.0186°, 21.3723°
15.8184°, 5.73902°
-2.32841°, -94.7939°
-5.40571°, -96.1582°
47.2088°, 22.4693°
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12-21-2007, 03:18 PM #18I call bullshit
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12-21-2007, 06:48 PM #19
Those shuttle/space station shots are cool! Can you imagine being outside the shuttle, above the planet like that? Unreal.
Shut your eyes and think of somewhere. Somewhere cold and caked with snow.
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12-21-2007, 09:03 PM #20
There has to be snow out there somewhere. lovin the this thread.
I don't hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. JOhNGchrist goes killing.
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12-22-2007, 03:14 AM #21
A couple seasons ago I banked a sweet pillow line down The Eagle. Drop in from the tip of the triangle at top center, then it's like three big airs nearly straight down. Make sure to cut hard to skier's left as you hit the big pillow with the nub jutting out. Air it out there one last time, and it's a pretty mellow cruise after that.
I'll post the vid if I can find it.
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12-22-2007, 08:07 AM #22
Seriously... amazing experience, I'm sure. There's a great movie called, "The Dream is Alive." The Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum had it in the Imax theater which made it all the more amazing.
PS- Imagine some of the lines that exist on some of these other planets... with half the gravity, too!
EDIT: Just saw the "Dream is Alive" video advertised at Best Buy. Might be a good gift?Last edited by BigDaddy; 12-22-2007 at 10:22 AM.
Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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12-22-2007, 11:20 AM #23
MtnJam's source is a Daily Space Picture courtesy of NASA.
I used to look at it every day but forgot about it.
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12-22-2007, 01:36 PM #24
^GGD! That's so f'n surreal and unworldly.
Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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12-22-2007, 01:42 PM #25
APOD is my homepage. Sometimes I'll stay up until 2 just to see it change to the next day's picture.
I'm having the best time being off my pickle and feeling the music. -HT
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