Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Dangerous Sunrise on Gliese 876d

NASA ^ | April 29, 2012 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: On planet Gliese 876d, sunrises might be dangerous. Although nobody really knows what conditions are like on this close-in planet orbiting variable red dwarf star Gliese 876, the above artistic illustration gives one impression. With an orbit well inside Mercury and a mass several times that of Earth, Gliese 876d might rotate so slowly that dramatic differences exist between night and day. Gliese 876d is imagined above showing significant volcanism, possibly caused by gravitational tides flexing and internally heating the planet, and possibly more volatile during the day. The rising red dwarf star shows expected stellar magnetic activity which includes dramatic and violent prominences. In the sky above, a hypothetical moon has its thin atmosphere blown away by the red dwarf's stellar wind. Gliese 876d excites the imagination partly because it is one of the few extrasolar planets known to be in or near to the habitable zone of its parent star.

[samtheman]

I just looked at your photobucket. Very cool.

[TheOldLady]

That planet is in or near the habitable zone of its star? Maybe they just don’t go above ground during the day...

[Army Air Corps]

I also have Photoshop CS3 and would love some pointers.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[cripplecreek]

I learn a lot from tutorials.

30+ Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Space and Planets

photoshop Mosaic

Planets are actually pretty easy, the toughest thing I've found to do is to create a halfway realistic starfield. Once I have one I never let it go. Here's a real basic starfield I made if you want to keep it and use it to build on.

starfield

[Army Air Corps]

Thanks! I do the same thing when I create an effect layer - I store it an reuse or tweak it.

[BIGLOOK]

[Rebelbase]

That’s a proctoscope photo of my digestive tract after consuming Habaneros.

[greenhornet68]

Did Doctor Rawls perform the procedure?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI1go72c5H8

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, thanks BIGLOOK.