APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Comments and questions about the APOD on the main view screen.
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by caleb » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:47 pm

It looks like a jellyfish. It would look like an eagle to me, except it's feet are a little on the long side. So a jelly fish.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by guest 23 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:45 pm

Any video available? The really amazing part of auroras I have seen is the way they move as if alive! The classic view is curtains moving in a breeze, but subtle smaller changes really do appear to illustrate living motion.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by solmate » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:46 pm

A soul - streaming through the threshold of heaven.
One of the angel’s wings is clearly shown on the left hand side, just beneath the shock-wave.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Minuteman » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:01 pm

The aurora looks like a winged angel with flowing hair. Near the top is the angel's face looking to the left, with hair flowing off to the left above the left wing.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by daddybcat » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:41 pm

Looks like the space ship from Moon Cresta.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by BonnieBee » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:43 pm

I see the face of a woman. She is facing right, and she has a feathered hat on and a cowl around her neck. But I must admit I also see the eagle.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Dan Kemp » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:55 pm

I see a church bell with the pull extending down.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Guest » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:50 pm

Looks like an angel

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by rstevenson » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:45 pm

I see one of the most interesting sights anyone can witness in the sky -- an aurora!

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by saturn2 » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:10 pm

Coronal mass ejection of the our Sun ------ electromagnetic radiation-------
Earth´s magnestosphere ----------Auroras in the sky.
The Auroras are a phenomeno very beautiful in the sky.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Guest » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:12 pm

I certainly see the eagle, but I also see Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Guest » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:37 am

It is the Banshee from that magical movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" and she would terrify any 7 or 8 year old. :twisted:

Disney owns the rights but that could really do with a proper remake. And Spielberg is the man to do it because he understands 8 year olds.

boca bubbe

Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by boca bubbe » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:53 am

I see Kermit the frog singing in the shower.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by lawrence anderson » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:30 am

looks like a giant evil prehistoric swan (a la mothra) swooping down for the kill...

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by TNT » Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:55 am

boca bubbe wrote:I see Kermit the frog singing in the shower.
Hahaha, I like that idea. The eagle is very prominent in the image, but I think of the Aurora as a large snowdrift that is green.
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anjewella

Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by anjewella » Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:03 am

Looks like an eagle to me. Very cool.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by neufer » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:40 pm

Montana wrote:
Reminds me of a Lorax Tree from the world of Dr. Suess!

Not the typical circle tree, but a tree that is waving happily in the wind!
http://traubeck.com/years/ wrote:
A record player that plays slices of wood.
Year ring data is translated into music, 2011.
Modified turntable, computer, vvvv, camera,
acrylic glass, veneer, approx. 90x50x50 cm.

A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). The foundation for the music is certainly found in the defined ruleset of programming and hardware setup, but the data acquired from every tree interprets this ruleset very differently.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Beyond » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:58 pm

Talk about dancing to the beat of a different (wooden) drummer :!: Do they have any 'livelier' trees to make records from :?: Interesting, but i don't think that they would sell to many. :mrgreen:
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Guest » Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:55 am

Mizar wrote:It looks like an American Indian, on the top part. The face is on the left with the feathered headdress flowing out to the right. :ssmile:
I like this. I thought it looked like the comedy mask from those comedy-tragedy masks from the theatre, but yours is much more elegant.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by agulesin » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:39 am

Beyond wrote: What does--->(cevsenul-kebir) mean :?: I cannot type here, what i think of the microsoft Bing translater :!: :!:
It is the name of a prayer revealed to the Last Prophet and contains many names of the Creator. For more information look here http://www.islamekseni.com/english/id9.html

I thought it was very appropriate for this photo of Aurora.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by janice54c » Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:02 pm

the eagle..the good fig tree..the dove..the sirit of God

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Guest » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:35 am

Thoth egyptian god of knowledge and writing. He had the head of an ibis.

Andrea

Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by Andrea » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:10 pm

This reminds me of the cover of the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince =) At any rate, it could be the cover for my copy of the HBP :D OR it could be the cover of Philip Pullman's book, The Nortern Lights:) it is more convenient for it, actually.

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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)

Post by hello » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:27 am

looks like God sneezed!