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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Starry Night of Iceland
NASA ^
| January 03, 2016
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 01/02/2016 9:46:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: On some nights, the sky is the best show in town. On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotography. The featured winning image was taken in 2011 over Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lake in Iceland. The photographer combined six exposures to capture not only two green auroral rings, but their reflections off the serene lake. Visible in the distant background sky is the band of our Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy. A powerful coronal mass ejection from the Sun caused auroras to be seen as far south as Wisconsin, USA. Solar activity over the past week has resulted in auroras just over the past few days.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; aurora; science
[Credit: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees); Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt]
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posted on
01/02/2016 9:46:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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posted on
01/02/2016 9:46:40 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: KC_Lion; TADSLOS; Lazamataz
Guys, that looks awful familiar ;)
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posted on
01/02/2016 10:13:36 PM PST
by
Norm Lenhart
(Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come)
To: Norm Lenhart
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posted on
01/02/2016 10:39:08 PM PST
by
ETL
(Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
To: Norm Lenhart
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posted on
01/02/2016 10:47:42 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/03/2016 12:56:46 AM PST
by
Noob1999
( Dd)
To: SunkenCiv
Aaaah! Another pesky terrestrial view that turns out to be a stunner.
And clicking over to the APOD site, you can hover over the photo and
see the constellations outlined.
Great APOD, Mr. Civilizations. Thank you again for the post and ping.
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posted on
01/03/2016 6:14:52 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
(I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
To: SunkenCiv
Wife and daughter just got back from Iceland. They were expecting a light show like this but it was overcast the whole time they were there ... Except the day they left.
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posted on
01/03/2016 7:08:56 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: SunkenCiv
Thank you, SunkenCiv, I love that when you put the cursor on the picture, the names of the constellations visable are shown
To: Norm Lenhart
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posted on
01/03/2016 12:05:46 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: TheOldLady; ETL; Telepathic Intruder; Noob1999; IronJack; Boowhoknew
Yeah, that changing picture thing didn't look like it would work if reposted here, glad everyone checked it out. I actually like the regular Big One version, and I really don't need any photos around to remind me of how great winter is. Winter sucks. :') But that is really nice lookin'.
The *Other* Big One
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posted on
01/03/2016 12:12:00 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/03/2016 12:42:14 PM PST
by
ETL
(Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
Sorry for the over-sized image.
Here's a better one.
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posted on
01/03/2016 1:42:56 PM PST
by
ETL
(Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
To: SunkenCiv
Wow!
Thank you for making a copy of the hovered-over graphic
with the constellations labeled and showing. It’s great!
And so are you.
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posted on
01/03/2016 6:00:19 PM PST
by
TheOldLady
(I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
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