APOD: The Galaxy Tree (2018 Dec 30)

[APOD Robot]

The Galaxy Tree

Explanation: First came the trees. In the town of Salamanca, Spain, the photographer noticed how distinctive a grove of oak trees looked after being pruned. Next came the galaxy. The photographer stayed up until 2 am, waiting until the Milky Way Galaxy rose above the level of a majestic looking oak. From this carefully chosen perspective, dust lanes in the galaxy appear to be natural continuations to branches of the tree. Last came the light. A flashlight was used on the far side of the tree to project a silhouette. By coincidence, other trees also appeared as similar silhouettes across the relatively bright horizon. The featured image was captured as a single 30-second frame earlier this month and processed to digitally enhance the Milky Way.

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[RET]

Was there really Pallas? I confirmed it had been there around May 2015.

[Boomer12k]

At least the trees are not lonely with all those stars over head...

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[heehaw]

Of course, the Galaxy does not look like that to the naked eye --- wish it did (but that would take some doing!). But the naked eye does really show us the Galaxy clearly; albeit in black-and-white. I vividly remember my first trip to South America and seeing the Magellanic Clouds for the first time: very impressive indeed: they look like chunks of the Milky Way that have separated off and gone on their merry way. Of course we now know that the opposite is the case; they are on their way to eventual merger with the Milky Way.

[Chris Peterson]

Was there really Pallas? I confirmed it had been there around May 2015.

Yes, this is a Sunday repeat. The original APOD was from 25 May 2015. The caption could use a little tweaking.

[Fred the Cat]

Nice tree!! But you can't see the forest

[starsurfer]

I think hippies would approve of this picture.

For anyone around at the time. what was the hippie revolution of the 1960's like?

[RET]

Aha, I see. thanks Chris
(I don't know why but I couldn't make reply, so I made a new post)

[RJN]

Was there really Pallas? I confirmed it had been there around May 2015.

Yes, this is a Sunday repeat. The original APOD was from 25 May 2015. The caption could use a little tweaking.

Yes, sometimes APOD repeats "best of" APODs, and this was one. The caption has now been tweaked. Thanks!
- RJN

[rstevenson]

I think hippies would approve of this picture.

For anyone around at the time. what was the hippie revolution of the 1960's like?

I forget.

Rob

[neufer]

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

I think hippies would approve of this picture.

For anyone around at the time. what was the hippie revolution of the 1960's like?

I forget.

Rob