Posted on 06/06/2011 6:20:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
[Credit & Copyright: Robert Arn (Colorado St. U.) ] Explanation: If you travel several kilometers off a main highway through Wyoming, you may see an unusual sight. In particular, near Buford, Wyoming, USA, you could run across the geometric Ames Monument, visible on the right, built to commemorate the financiers of a historic transcontinental railroad across North America. The above spectacular wide field mosaic, however, has also captured other geometric designs, many of them far in the distance. On the far left, for example, is a lunar halo surrounding by a lunar corona surrounding the setting Moon. On the right, however, is the arch of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy surrounding the pyramidal structure. Illuminating the horizon to the right of the monument are the city lights of Cheyenne. The menagerie of images used to create this 360-degree composite were all taken during a single night last month. Still, the digital stitching of images taken over such a long period of time has led to a few unnatural land and sky justapositions. Can you identify any?
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The other photos of the Ames Monument I found on the web (searched because this was new to me) are pretty interesting.
IBTP?
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I couldn’t pin down the north star but I could find the right area do to the shortening star trails.
strange looking image
Don’t fret, I’m going to post the regular APoD ping list message.
I’m just not using it to ping the list today. Not today.
D-DAY — June 6, 1944: the greatest generation saved the world from the Nazis
dday dot org | 6-5-11
Posted on 06/05/2011 7:53:38 PM PDT by doug from upland
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730402/posts
Ernie Pyle from Normandy D-Day June 6th 1944
The Indiana School of Journalism | June 1944 | Ernie Pyle
Posted on 06/06/2011 8:34:44 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730614/posts
Google fails to acknowledge D-day, again.
Google | 6/6/11 | google
Posted on 06/06/2011 4:15:55 AM PDT by central_va
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730496/posts
There are a bunch more topics today.
I’m holding up a virtual glass, in a virtual toast to our Lost Legions and to their (and our) country and Flag.
Very strange. Clicked on the higher definition image and nothing was clearer. :)
Yeah, I won’t criticize it too much because he obviously put some real work and time into it, but I really don’t think of this as an astronomy pic. Ah well.
Nice job. Yeah, I took my sweet time doing today’s APoD.
:’)
BEAUTIFUL!
To our lost legions, our country, and our flag.
May God Bless America. May God Bless us all.
Fantastic!
Ooooooh.
I best not be throwing any laser shots at that one.
I like it Joe.
Much better than the other guy’s.
THAT is beautiful.
LLS
NICE!
Google doesn’t even acknowledge Dday? Jerks.
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