Starship Asterisk*

Wow! It would be really nice to see an animation of these, if more pictures were taken... To see their evolution. Personally I find it both "strange" and "amazing" that there appears to be a relation between airglow emission and the position of air within the wave (phase). It wou...

Earth-lit Moon, with a crescent painted on it, is rolling Weston the sky, following Teide's silhouette:

Hi, Here in Portugal we could not see the Full Moon 21 minutes after perigee at our antipodes, so we could either see it the night before or after its "biggest size". Here are two views from before and after "Super Moon"! 2013-06-22 19:30 UT http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/912...

I have another question: The tracks left printed on the ground by the rover have a clearly periodic pattern.. I was expecting the tracks to be smooth and constant, as made by wheels in good condition! Does this mean there is a defect on (all) wheels :shock:, or is it an intentional effect, meant to ...

Artifact of photography. Your reference to different emulsions producing different colors isn't very relevant to a digital image like this. In fact, lightning ionizes nitrogen, which results in the purple color seen here. The main lightning path is saturated, making it appear nearly white. Less bri...

Really nice picture! Great framing with the bridges! Does anyone know which direction they were going? Hmm, dumb question, I will check... Judging from http://www.calsky.com , and it seems they both were going from roughly North to roughly SouthEast, so one the image it would mean down from top to b...

In my view, the multiplication of the number of Suns occurs between the camera focal plane and the atmosphere where the Sun gets deformed or where the clouds are. The reason for this assumption is that the extra images of the Sun have this same shape/image. So, unless there is something with a disco...