Posted on 12/20/2014 6:50:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion - NGC 1977, NGC 1975, and NGC 1973 - usually overlooked in favor of the substantial glow from the nearby stellar nursery better known as the Orion Nebula. Found along Orion's sword just north of the bright Orion Nebula complex, these reflection nebulae are also associated with Orion's giant molecular cloud about 1,500 light-years away, but are dominated by the characteristic blue color of interstellar dust reflecting light from hot young stars. In this sharp color image a portion of the Orion Nebula appears along the bottom border with the cluster of reflection nebulae at picture center. NGC 1977 stretches across the field just below center, separated from NGC 1973 (above right) and NGC 1975 (above left) by dark regions laced with faint red emission from hydrogen atoms. Taken together, the dark regions suggest to many the shape of a running man.
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[Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Walker]
That’s really nice!
Hmm, call me crazy, I think it looks more like a 60-year old man bathing his 9-year old daughter.
OK - you’re crazy. ;-)
No, no... see, he’s standing over her with arms outstretched, she’s in the tub below with her collection of rubber duckies.
I’m seeing not an old man and his daughter (eww)...but a mama gorilla and her baby.
Maybe you’re not crazy...but maybe a little twisted. ?
And another “ ;-) “
Oh, I thought you might’ve seen this thread this morning...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3239205/posts
thanks for the post. That is really beautiful.
They’re ignoring the 70’s because that ‘running man’ looks like he’s wearing bell-bottom pants and platform shoes.
I see a 1972 Cuda hemi driven by a baboon with head lice eating a Slim Jim and 2 unicorns in the backseat wearing I voted for Obama tee shirts.... I really gotta stop taking meth...
Mastermind of Pakistan school attack ID’d as militant known by ‘Slim’
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/19/mastermind-pakistan-school-attack-idd-as-militant-known-by-slim/?intcmp=trending
fwiw, I didn’t see it ‘til just now, but I got it right away, and laughed pretty hard. ;’)
I was wondering where you went. :-P
Buzz Aldrin: I saw UFO...but it was not an alien
http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/10/buzz-aldrin-i-saw-ufo-but-it-was-not-an-alien-4794069/
Buzz Aldrin talks Mars, aliens, Sandra Bullock on Reddit
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-buzz-aldrin-reddit-elon-musk-20140708-story.html
Didn’t Gordo Cooper remain convinced until the end that he saw UFOs ?
Yeah, he was sure about it, but then, he drank heavily for years. :’) He stated that there were UFOs present during every US spaceflight, which isn’t verified by other astronauts, including Edgar Mitchell, who professes never to have seen one himself, but is convinced there’s a gubmint coverup.
http://www.ufoevidence.org/feature/gordoncooper.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mitchell
Here’s an interesting guy, cofounded JPL, died in the 50s, had some fringe interests, was scrubbed from NASA’s cute little historical plaques:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-04/23/jpl-jack-parsons
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-04/23/jpl-jack-parsons
Looks like Paul Verhoeven, oops, I mean Paul Michael Glaser to me.
Are you out of your damned mind?
Post #8 will explain the “joke.”
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