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APOD Robot
- Otto Posterman
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by APOD Robot » Sun Jun 04, 2023 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
frequently used to show that humanity's present concepts are
susceptible to
being supplanted by greater truths.
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Stephen Brush
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by Stephen Brush » Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:31 am
Through the Heliosphere
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Camilo
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by Camilo » Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:20 am
I think “Plus Ultra is a good name for Flammarion’s book picture. It is latin and frequently used from Renaissance. It could be translated as going beyond; this is is humanity’s main driver, always going beyond Earth’s end or knowing ourselves further, and is perfectly represented in the picture.
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Rauf
- Science Officer
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by Rauf » Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:26 am
Camilo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:20 am
I think “
Plus Ultra is a good name for Flammarion’s book picture. It is latin and frequently used from Renaissance. It could be translated as going beyond; this is is humanity’s main driver, always going beyond Earth’s end or knowing ourselves further, and is perfectly represented in the picture.
That could be easily mistaken with some phone model in these days.
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Sobieski
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by Sobieski » Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:23 am
The Breakthrough.
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Groomer
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by Groomer » Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:26 am
To infinity and beyond!
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JohnD
- Tea Time, Guv! Cheerio!
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- Location: Lancaster, England
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by JohnD » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:24 am
"There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in,
but the holes are small, that's why rain is thin."
Milligan, S. "Rain"
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randyrls
- Asternaut
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by randyrls » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:41 am
"Beyond the Veil"
"Behind the Stage" With a bow to Shakespeare "We are all but poor players upon a stage"
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marcsmerlin
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by marcsmerlin » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:45 am
Astronomy Woodcut of the Day (AWOD)
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Thingumbob
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by Thingumbob » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:57 am
The unplumbed universe within the mindseye transforms visions of the universe without.
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timclair
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by timclair » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:21 am
"Truman"
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Odiscipulo33
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by Odiscipulo33 » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:23 am
"Integração Cósmica" .
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De58te
- Commander
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by De58te » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:35 am
Interesting - top left. There is a depiction of Ezekiel's Wheel. Similar to
https://dia.pitts.emory.edu/woodcuts/15 ... 017291.pdf
"The wheel in the sky keeps on turning."
There is also , bottom left a priest crawling on Earth with his head sticking into the heavens above.
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Ugh
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by Ugh » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:58 am
'There might be Dragons' (watch the frame)
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songwriterz
- Ensign
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by songwriterz » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:20 pm
"'Shrooms"
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MRW
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by MRW » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:21 pm
Ezekiel's Vision
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Rise22
- Asternaut
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by Rise22 » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:41 pm
Through the Rainbow
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johnnydeep
- Commodore
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by johnnydeep » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:04 pm
"Open Your Eyes And See!", or "Science!"
And I've half a mind to change my avatar pic to something like this (although the coloring used portrays "this" world as being more colorful than "the one beyond", which is probably the opposite of the truth!):
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"To B̬̻̋̚o̞̮̚̚l̘̲̀᷾d̫͓᷅ͩḷ̯᷁ͮȳ͙᷊͠ Go......Beyond The F͇̤i̙̖e̤̟l̡͓d͈̹s̙͚ We Know."{ʲₒʰₙNYᵈₑᵉₚ}
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Cousin Ricky
- Science Officer
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by Cousin Ricky » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:41 pm
“Twenty-First Century Regression,” unfortunately.
I once met someone who actually believed that scientists had actually accidentally punched through the actual literal firmament, and water started pouring through. He had caught my attention because he was pointing at Jupiter and telling his partner that it was the north star.
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bai-nam
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by bai-nam » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:50 pm
The Discoverer, because Daniel Boorstein used the image for the cover of his book "The Discoverers".
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Fred the Cat
- Theoretic Apothekitty
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- AKA: Ron
- Location: Eagle, Idaho
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by Fred the Cat » Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:10 pm
The only way I can
think to visualize a
next dimension is to look at a tilted mirror and see it's reflection in 3 dimensions.
Visual 4th dimension.JPG
Might need to use my red/blue glasses.
(
Not reflected)
Non-reflected.JPG
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Freddy's Felicity "Only ascertain as a cat box survivor"
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Ann
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by Ann » Sun Jun 04, 2023 5:52 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:04 pm
"Open Your Eyes And See!", or "Science!"
And I've half a mind to change my avatar pic to something like this (although the coloring used portrays "this" world as being more colorful than "the one beyond", which is probably the opposite of the truth!):
Love those colors, Johnny!
My own suggestion for a title for this picture is either "The Clockwork Universe" or "What the Universe would look like if it was the Truman Show".
I know, the Truman Show name is too long. I like it, all the same.
Ann
Color Commentator
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pukadog1@att.net
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by pukadog1@att.net » Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:34 pm
Beyond the Firmament.
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orin stepanek
- Plutopian
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by orin stepanek » Sun Jun 04, 2023 7:48 pm
Might be fun; but a lot of work is involved!
Orin
Smile today; tomorrow's another day!
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jeanfoxall@live.com
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by jeanfoxall@live.com » Sun Jun 04, 2023 10:27 pm
Help, someone, I'm stuck!