APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

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APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by APOD Robot » Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:06 am

Image Milky Way over Uluru

Explanation: What's happening above Uluru? A United Nations World Heritage Site, Uluru is an extraordinary 350-meter high mountain in central Australia that rises sharply from nearly flat surroundings. Composed of sandstone, Uluru has slowly formed over the past 300 million years as softer rock eroded away. The Uluru region has been a home to humans for over 22,000 years. Recorded last month, the starry sky above Uluru includes the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, complete with complex dark filaments of dust, bright red emission nebulas, and billions of stars.

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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by Ann » Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:04 am

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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by Supernovice » Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:51 pm

What a marvellous photograph. While the visible part of Uluru rises approximately 348 meters above the surrounding plane, it is estimated that the rock extends approximately 2.5 kilometres into the ground as a result of tectonic activity 300 - 400 million years ago.

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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by johnnydeep » Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:48 pm

The first thing I thought of when I saw "Uluru", was Lurulu the troll from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent
Lurulu — A troll sent by the Elf King to deliver a rune that will return Lirazel to Elfland, who later becomes Orion's whipper-in and lures other creatures of Elfland to Erl. He and the brown trolls aid Orion by controlling his hounds, and they live in a pigeon roost while in Erl.
And it turns out that Lurulu is actually an entire book by Jack Vance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurulu
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In Lurulu, Myron continues in his role as crewman of the space freighter, the Glicca, under Captain Adair Maloof. The Glicca is crewed by an eccentric mix of picaresque rogues, pilgrims and intellectuals. The crew are searching for the mysterious "lurulu", "a special word from the language of myth," that refers to a sense of longing.
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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by alter-ego » Tue Jul 30, 2024 2:15 am

johnnydeep wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:48 pm The first thing I thought of when I saw "Uluru", was Lurulu the troll from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent
Lurulu — A troll sent by the Elf King to deliver a rune that will return Lirazel to Elfland, who later becomes Orion's whipper-in and lures other creatures of Elfland to Erl. He and the brown trolls aid Orion by controlling his hounds, and they live in a pigeon roost while in Erl.
And it turns out that Lurulu is actually an entire book by Jack Vance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurulu
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In Lurulu, Myron continues in his role as crewman of the space freighter, the Glicca, under Captain Adair Maloof. The Glicca is crewed by an eccentric mix of picaresque rogues, pilgrims and intellectuals. The crew are searching for the mysterious "lurulu", "a special word from the language of myth," that refers to a sense of longing.
First thing I thought of is uhuru which is Swahili for freedom.
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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by johnnydeep » Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:15 pm

alter-ego wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 2:15 am
johnnydeep wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:48 pm The first thing I thought of when I saw "Uluru", was Lurulu the troll from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent
Lurulu — A troll sent by the Elf King to deliver a rune that will return Lirazel to Elfland, who later becomes Orion's whipper-in and lures other creatures of Elfland to Erl. He and the brown trolls aid Orion by controlling his hounds, and they live in a pigeon roost while in Erl.
And it turns out that Lurulu is actually an entire book by Jack Vance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurulu
Plot
In Lurulu, Myron continues in his role as crewman of the space freighter, the Glicca, under Captain Adair Maloof. The Glicca is crewed by an eccentric mix of picaresque rogues, pilgrims and intellectuals. The crew are searching for the mysterious "lurulu", "a special word from the language of myth," that refers to a sense of longing.
First thing I thought of is uhuru which is Swahili for freedom.
Ah, yes, the inspiration for Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhuha's name!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyota_Uhura#Name wrote:Name
Gene Roddenberry had intended his new female communications officer to be called "Lieutenant Sulu".[1] Herb Solow pointed out how similar this was to "Zulu" and thought it might act against the plan for racial diversity in the show, so the name Sulu remained with George Takei's character.[2] "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word uhuru, meaning "freedom". Nichols states in her 1994 book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by Robert Ruark's 1962 book Uhuru, which she had with her on the day she read for the part. When producer Robert Justman explained to Roddenberry what the word uhuru meant, he changed it to Uhura and adopted that as the character's name.[2] Coincidentally, the end credits of the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country incorrectly refer to Uhura as "Uhuru".
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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by Chris Peterson » Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:27 pm

johnnydeep wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:15 pm
alter-ego wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 2:15 am
johnnydeep wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:48 pm The first thing I thought of when I saw "Uluru", was Lurulu the troll from Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_ ... oll%20sent



And it turns out that Lurulu is actually an entire book by Jack Vance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurulu

First thing I thought of is uhuru which is Swahili for freedom.
Ah, yes, the inspiration for Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhuha's name!
Thankfully, that wasn't quite her name, or we'd all have laughed every time somebody said it!
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Re: APOD: Milky Way over Uluru (2024 Jul 29)

Post by RocketRon » Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:01 am

What is missing from this discussion is the 1st Australians view of cosmology.
The Emu in the Sky is the guiding light in their worldview ?
Particularly relevant since Uluru is involved
With credit to whomevers image is involved here ...

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