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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Miass River Sunrise
NASA ^ | March 02, 2013 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 03/01/2013 9:21:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Each day on planet Earth can have a serene beginning at sunrise as the sky gently grows bright over a golden eastern horizon. This sunrise panorama seems to show such a moment on the winter morning of February 15. In the mist, a calm, mirror-like stretch of the Miass River flows through the foreground along a frosty landscape near Chelyabinsk, Russia. But the long cloud wafting through the blue sky above is the evolving persistent train of the Chelyabinsk Meteor. The vapor trail was left by the space rock that exploded over the city only 18 minutes earlier, causing extensive damage and injuring over 1,000 people. A well-documented event, the numerous webcam and dashcam video captures from the region soon contributed to a reconstruction of the meteor's trajectory and an initial orbit determination. Preliminary findings indicate the parent meteoroid belonged to the Apollo class of Earth crossing asteroids.

March 02, 2013

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; apolloasteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; chebarkul; chelyabinsk; russia; science
[Credit & Copyright: Marat Ahmetvaleev

1 posted on 03/01/2013 9:21:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 03/01/2013 9:24:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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3 posted on 03/01/2013 9:27:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from The Word.

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlight from Heaven.
Like the first dew fall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning;
God’s recreation of the new day.

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from The Word.


4 posted on 03/01/2013 9:41:29 PM PST by bimboeruption (Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I told my wife, “I want to show you a picture of Miass”, and she slapped me.


5 posted on 03/01/2013 10:15:40 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: SunkenCiv

BTTT


6 posted on 03/02/2013 12:17:44 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: UCANSEE2

Yo b lucky


7 posted on 03/02/2013 12:24:54 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: SunkenCiv

Very pretty.
Thank you, Sunken Civ!


8 posted on 03/02/2013 11:47:08 AM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

All that destruction, roaring noise, broken glass, and injured people were horrible, but the chaos ceased and left behind this lovely, serene picture. There was a calm after the storm.


9 posted on 03/02/2013 12:07:44 PM PST by TheOldLady
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