Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Goat Aurora Over Greenland

NASA ^ | October 03, 2012 | (see photo credit)

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Explanation: Sometimes it's hard to believe what you see in the sky. During the Shelios Expedition to Greenland in late August, even veteran sky enthusiasts saw auroras so colorful, so fast changing, and so unusual in form that they could remember nothing like it. As the ever changing auroras evolved, huge shapes spread across the sky morphed from one familiar form into another, including what looked to be the head of a goat (shown above), the head of an elephant, a strange green-tailed comet, and fingers on a celestial hand. Even without the aurora, the sky would be notable for the arching band of our Milky Way Galaxy and the interesting field of stars, nebulas, and galaxies. In contrast, in the foreground is a farm house in Tasiusaq, Kujalleq. Greenland. The Shelios project exists not only to observe auroras but to motivate students to consider a career in science.

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[Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN)]

[vollmond]

That’s no goat. That’s a dragon.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Vaquero]

Goat History

CONDOM HISTORY

Interesting piece of history!

In 1272, the Arabic Islamic Muslims invented the condom, using a goat’s lower intestine...
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In 1873, the British refined the idea by taking the intestine out of the goat first.

Hey . . . Don’t thank me, I do this as a public service for the advancement of education.

[Red Badger]

Looks more like a dragon to me.............

[Red Badger]

That was fast........You’re ba-a-a-a-a-d.......

[IronJack]

Can you imagine a primitive culture observing phenomena like this? The myths it would inspire? The sense of awe and vulnerability?

[ETL]

What is the goat doing inside the home of that lonely and isolated farmer?

[ETL]

Can you imagine a primitive culture observing phenomena like this? The myths it would inspire? The sense of awe and vulnerability?

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[Ezekiel]

A goathead in the stars. Now there's a trip down FR Memory Lane. Posted right before the debate, too.

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[momtothree]

Soooo pretty, Sunky! Thank you!!

[exit82]

I am sitting in a dentist’s waiting room that is full trying not to laugh out loud hysterically at your goat intestine joke.

[Chaguito]

The resemblance is remarkable. How much is that goatee in the window?

[JoeProBono]

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