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Right. Actually spelled lake Memphremagog, with an r. My clerical error this time. Magog, QC, is on it's northern tip, and Newport, VT, is on it's southern tip.

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:10 pm Lake Magog, Quebec

The picture was actually taken in the town of Magog, QC, on the shore of Lake Memphemagog. Lake Magog is another lake slightly east of Magog. This was Stan's mistake. He acknowledged my correction below my comment of this picture on his Instragram page.

Great post as usual. Still, APOD should have kept this one for Valentine's Day coming up soon.

For those who prefer the cross-eyed method.

Wonderful! Now, I'd like to see fly away in 3D!

This is not a new discovery. So how come it's all over the web all of a sudden? Maybe because of better imagery?

This is anthropology, not astronomy. So APOD has become the Anthropology Picture Of the Day.

Nice but too fast and to short.

I see smoke rising up. I presume it's from the volcano and not campfires.
I feel the Earth rising up, like an elevator.

Oh, thank you. Did not see that a Wiki page existed on the subject. Future astronauts on Mars (if there by 2084) should bring a small telescope with sun filter to see that. Presently, I presume that robots and satellites on and around Mars cannot point and zoom in at the sun without damage. Curiosi...

Oh, thank you. Did not see that a Wiki page existed on the subject. Future astronauts on Mars (if there by 2084) should bring a small telescope with sun filter to see that. Presently, I presume that robots and satellites on and around Mars cannot point and zoom in at the sun without damage.

I wonder... could a transit of our planet Earth be seen from planet Mars ? Anyway, this one is an excellent imaging of Mercury against the Sun.

Really great details on this image. Does the mottled aspect of the ring plane show actual individual ring particles? Ring particles go up to some meters wide, so the larger ones will show up on the highest resolution images someday, for sure. Maybe some are visible here, looks like.

sort of like the Cat Eye Nebula at center

Amazing shot. Better art than a lot of "artwork" I've ever seen.

I prefer 3D without glasses, in the parallel view (//) method or, the one I use, the cross-eyed (X) method. Here they are (my X view is higher scale the the one above):

Artsy. Love it. Could be a painting.

A little planet for The Little Prince.

Cool.

This goes down to 225 km. Would the Sun's distant light really penetrate at such a depth?

Worked for me. Thanks.

Just in case someone is looking for discussion on the original Post for this day, titled "International Space Station Transits Saturn", it's at http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=35581

Wow.... you learn something every day....

Great to see stars through Earth's atmosphere. Also love the combination of our galaxy with our planet.

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