Comments and questions about the
APOD on the main view screen.
-
APOD Robot
- Otto Posterman
- Posts: 5611
- Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:27 am
Post
by APOD Robot » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:06 am
Color the Universe
Explanation: Wouldn't it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical illustration as a preliminary substitute. You,
your friends, your parents or children, can print it out or even
color it digitally. While
coloring, you might be
interested to know that even though
this illustration has appeared in
numerous places over the past 100 years, the actual artist remains unknown. Furthermore,
the work has no accepted name --
can you think of a good one? The illustration,
first appearing in a
book by
Camille Flammarion in 1888, is
used frequently to show that humanity's present concepts are susceptible to
being supplanted by greater truths.
[/b]
-
gabi
Post
by gabi » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:20 am
Where's Wally
-
The Wyrm Ouroboros
Post
by The Wyrm Ouroboros » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:38 am
Beyond the Veil of Night / Beyond the Wall of Night
-
Brian@BrianCrawford.info
Post
by Brian@BrianCrawford.info » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:45 am
The Enlightenment. Science pierces the veil.
-
JoWi
Post
by JoWi » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:46 am
"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"....
-
M.A.
Post
by M.A. » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:50 am
I've long wanted to see a version of this picture in which the 21st century human is looking the other way -- from the realm of abstract thought, rediscovering with astonishment the wonders of the natural world.
-
Ann
- 4725 Å
- Posts: 13879
- Joined: Sat May 29, 2010 5:33 am
Post
by Ann » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:55 am
Cosmic latte - I'm just saying!
Me being me, I of course hoped that the universe would turn out to be more blue. But all things considered, it is probably for the best that the universe is sort of beige. A blue universe would be more violent, more filled with supernovas, for example.
And while I don't drink latte myself, I sympathize with those who. It's not too bad to think that we live in a sort of milky universe, in a minute part of it called the Milky Way. Ours is a universe that has produced coffee, milk and humans, and that is not so very bad!
Ann
Color Commentator
-
wyattonline
Post
by wyattonline » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:57 am
From one end to the other, and all points in between.
-
Nitpicker
- Inverse Square
- Posts: 2692
- Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:39 am
- Location: S27 E153
Post
by Nitpicker » Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:58 am
Gnome's Known Unknowns
-
alter-ego
- Serendipitous Sleuthhound
- Posts: 1123
- Joined: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:51 am
- Location: Redmond, WA
Post
by alter-ego » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:05 am
infiniti termini
A pessimist is nothing more than an experienced optimist
-
csukas
Post
by csukas » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:05 am
Beyond the celestial sphere - exploring the unkown
-
MichaelAE
Post
by MichaelAE » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:15 am
Bruno's Dream
-
geckzilla
- Ocular Digitator
- Posts: 9180
- Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:42 pm
- Location: Modesto, CA
Post
by geckzilla » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:32 am
I colored it the other day when it was posted to the Sky page on FB.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.
-
Ratcatcher
Post
by Ratcatcher » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:34 am
Ascension of Man
-
Peter Varhegyi
Post
by Peter Varhegyi » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:35 am
The Truth Is Out There
-
Ratcatcher
Post
by Ratcatcher » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:38 am
Ratcatcher wrote:Ascension of Man
Ascension of the Son of Man
-
Ulrich Sowada
Post
by Ulrich Sowada » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:43 am
Sapere Aude!
-
rikkearthy@hotmail.com
Post
by rikkearthy@hotmail.com » Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:49 am
EUREKA!
-
santaklaus
Post
by santaklaus » Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:24 am
"Seeking knowledge a little further"
-
Boomer12k
- :---[===] *
- Posts: 2691
- Joined: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:07 am
Post
by Boomer12k » Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:35 am
He got the phase of The Moon right....and actually it is not all that bad as we know more now... and STILL have inaccurate "artists conceptions"....
It depicts...I believe... a man trying to "pierce the veil", and glean the "Secrets of the Universe"... which man has been doing since.... forever.... not really such a bad depiction....as "realms beyond what we can merely see".....very imaginative... and quite appropriate for the time.... We are still doing this.... M Theory anyone? 11th Dimension?
Name for Illustration? "Curiosity".....
"Pardon me, while I kiss the sky....."
:---[===] *
-
Guest
Post
by Guest » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:27 am
geckzilla wrote:I colored it the other day when it was posted to the Sky page on FB.
Good work, dude!
-
mikerayneruk
Post
by mikerayneruk » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:48 am
Limited minds, limitless skies
-
Guest
Post
by Guest » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:50 am
Although the artist is not known, the vision is based on Ezekiel’s text from the Old Testament. A wheel within a wheel.
-
JohnD
- Tea Time, Guv! Cheerio!
- Posts: 1593
- Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:11 pm
- Location: Lancaster, England
Post
by JohnD » Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:09 am
Latest from Hubble, false-colour coded, reveals some very nearby secrets?
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.
History of non-science stuff, taken up by leyliners and tarot card readers. Wholly out of place on a science webpage.
John
-
geckzilla
- Ocular Digitator
- Posts: 9180
- Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:42 pm
- Location: Modesto, CA
Post
by geckzilla » Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:15 am
JohnD wrote:History of non-science stuff, taken up by leyliners and tarot card readers. Wholly out of place on a science webpage.
This is very much a part of the history of astronomy, unless you want to believe that astronomy as a science just suddenly appeared one day without any previous effort. It's also interesting to many people.
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.
