Great shot! It reminds me of this.
Artemis, Fantasia, end of Beethoven pastoral symphony (flipped l-r)
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Plane Crossing Crescent Moon (2023 Dec 04)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11034
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star (2023 Nov 16)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4029
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Color the Universe (2023 Jun 04)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8709
Re: APOD: Color the Universe (2023 Jun 04)
Why not use the original caption as a springboard?
"A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where the sky and the Earth touch" ("Un missionnaire du Moyen Âge raconte qu'il avait trouvé le point où le ciel et la Terre se touchent")
"A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where the sky and the Earth touch" ("Un missionnaire du Moyen Âge raconte qu'il avait trouvé le point où le ciel et la Terre se touchent")
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula (2023 Mar 20)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3017
Re: APOD: M1: The Expanding Crab Nebula (2023 Mar 20)
This is a magnificent movie! I was just as impressed when Mr. Hartman released the 10-year version in 2017. (A humble suggestion: perhaps the next time APOD posts a short video like this, maybe make a single video that contains multiple copies of the source video, which would then be a rough simulat...
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple (2023 Feb 28)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2064
Re: APOD: Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple (2023 Feb 28)
Beautiful shot!
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky (2022 Dec 18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 297265
Re: APOD: 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky (2022 Dec 18)
'Sirius ("the scorcher" in Latin)' Greek, actually. From wikipedia : "Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος, or Seirios, meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'." This is the only mistake I've caught in APOD since following i...
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:49 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Video: Powers of Ten (2022 Dec 04)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3310
Re: APOD: Video: Powers of Ten (2022 Dec 04)
One small mistake: the field isn't "near" Chicago. It's in Chicago, on the lakefront. For more info on the surroundings as they exist today, search for "Soldier Field" on Google Maps. The approximate starting point has a place marker. I remember seeing the film at the time. Today...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5043
Re: APOD: A Rorschach Aurora (2021 Oct 30)
I was focused on the aurora for a couple of seconds before I realized it was mirrored. I immediately thought of this clip from "Fantasia".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7kE_cncEs&t=47s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7kE_cncEs&t=47s
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire (2021 Jun 18)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4242
Re: APOD: Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire (2021 Jun 18)
I was reminded of the sun god Ra traveling across the sky in his solar barque.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_barque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_barque
- Tue May 25, 2021 6:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (2021 May 25)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2994
Re: APOD: The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (2021 May 25)
Why does the edge of earth's shadow appear to move across the moon's face from 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock beginning the eclipse, but from 5 o'clock to 11 o'clock ending the eclipse? Another factor to consider is that unless the Moon passes directly through the center of the Earth's shadow, the leading ...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: 3D Ingenuity (2021 Apr 08)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14787
Re: APOD: 3D Ingenuity (2021 Apr 08)
Thank you, sir! I wasn't having any luck trying to find the originals.
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars (2020 Sep 30)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4397
Re: APOD: Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars (2020 Sep 30)
Exactly what I was thinking.Dan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:17 am Right out of Forbidden Planet...
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Sea... (2020 Jul 13)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6670
Re: APOD: Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Sea... (2020 Jul 13)
Absolutely stunning, gorgeous pictures and video! Bravississimo, Paolo!
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: APOD is 25 Years Old Today (2020 Jun 16)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 48144
Re: APOD: APOD is 25 Years Old Today (2020 Jun 16)
Congratulations! And THANK YOU to all involved for 25 years of GREAT IMAGES EVERY DAY!
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:15 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View (2019 Nov 23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3046
Re: APOD: Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 Stereo View (2019 Nov 23)
Thank you for posting links to the left and right images for us folks who choose other methods of viewing in 3D.
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Ghost of Jupiter's Halo (2019 Jul 11)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10861
Re: APOD: The Ghost of Jupiter's Halo (2019 Jul 11)
Underlining added: Intense and otherwise invisible ultraviolet radiation from the nebula's central white dwarf star powers its illusive glow in visible light. "Illusive" is the wrong word here because the glow is real and can be photographed. You may have meant "elusive". https:/...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Moon, Four Planets, and Emu (2019 Feb 08)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3918
Re: APOD: Moon, Four Planets, and Emu (2019 Feb 08)
I can't really agree that the aborigines were the "earliest astronomers". Telling stories about the sky certainly doesn't make one an astronomer. If anything, it trivializes the word. Noting the number of days from one full Moon to the next could be called early astronomy. But if the abori...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ultima Thule from New Horizons (2019 Jan 29)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 20930
Re: APOD: "Utima Thuli"?
The 4th sentence begins with those exact words, and they link to a 30-second YouTube video for a company that installs windows.
Does my PC have some rogue adware that added this, or does everybody see it?
Does my PC have some rogue adware that added this, or does everybody see it?
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Highlights of the North Winter Sky (2018 Dec 05)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2726
Re: APOD: Highlights of the North Winter Sky (2018 Dec 05)
Just curious where this chart was originally created. It's not just aline, one of the descriptions is entirely in Spanish. (I think.) Although Google says that align in Spanish is alinee, not aline, so that's puzzling, too. Yeah, the note for Feb. 10 is odd. That's the closest approach of Moon and ...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Rocket Launch as Seen from the Space... (2018 Nov 26)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17645
- Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (2018 Jul 29)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3499
Re: APOD: Journey to the Center of the Galaxy (2018 Jul 29)
Great video! But I have a question. The time lapse starts in 2004, but in reverse it ends in 2002. Why was the time lapse made that way?
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab (2018 Jan 04)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9310
Re: APOD: M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab (2018 Jan 04)
Fantastic! Great work, Detlef Hartmann!
- Sat Dec 02, 2017 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Messier Craters in Stereo (2017 Dec 02)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5928
Re: APOD: Messier Craters in Stereo (2017 Dec 02)
Thank you. It would be great if these were always provided along with the anaglyphs.Chris Peterson wrote:Split version for those who prefer looking with crossed eyes to using red/cyan glasses.
MessierCrater3d_vantuyne_split.jpg
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Traces of the Sun (2016 Dec 21)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9286
Re: APOD: Traces of the Sun (2016 Dec 21)
Interesting and original sequences! One feature puzzles me, the interferences ovals visible at 0:25 and later when many daily tracks are superposed. Are they coming from a front windows, or could result from interferences in the camera? I noticed them, too. Anyone know why they're there? They also ...
- Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Color the Universe (2016 Jul 19)
- Replies: 161
- Views: 25512
Re: APOD: Color the Universe (2016 Jul 19)
I actually use a color version of this image as my avatar on the International Skeptics forum (formerly the JREF forum). How about using the quote in the paragraph of the original book? It would make a superb title for the illustration: 'Where the sky and the Earth touch.' That's a possibility. In t...