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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Milky Way Over Piton de l'Eau
NASA ^ | June 25, 2012 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 06/25/2012 3:11:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Sometimes, if you wait long enough for a clear and moonless night, the stars will come out with a vengeance. One such occasion occurred earlier this month at the Piton de l'Eau on Reunion Island. In the foreground, surrounded by bushes and trees, lies a water filled volcanic crater serenely reflecting starlight. A careful inspection near the image center will locate Piton des Neiges, the highest peak on the island, situated several kilometers away. In the background, high above the lake, shines the light of hundreds of stars, most of which are within 100 light years, right in our stellar neighborhood. Far is the distance, arching majestically overhead, is the central band of our home Milky Way Galaxy, shining by the light of millions of stars each located typically thousands of light years away. The astrophotographer reports waiting for nearly two years for the sky and clouds to be just right to get the above shot.

June 25, 2012

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science
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1 posted on 06/25/2012 3:11:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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2 posted on 06/25/2012 3:13:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

excellent


3 posted on 06/25/2012 3:17:41 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/obamas-socialist-designs/)
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To: SunkenCiv
"BILLyoungs and BILLyoungs and BILLyoungs..."

I miss Carl.

4 posted on 06/25/2012 3:24:11 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("You may call me a racist but I insist Obama is not God.")
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To: Happy Rain

I remember Carl primarily for his strong nuclear freeze and anti-StarWars putzivity.


5 posted on 06/25/2012 3:27:09 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/obamas-socialist-designs/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks likes a photoshop fantasy.


6 posted on 06/25/2012 3:31:02 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (they have no god but caesar)
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To: samtheman
I bought his book “Cosmos” (the print companion to the PBS series of the same title) back in the eighties and still have it.

I know he was a bleeding heart liberal academic but he was good at making hard science interesting to the layman.

7 posted on 06/25/2012 3:32:35 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("You may call me a racist but I insist Obama is not God.")
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To: Happy Rain

I realized that and I watched his series, Cosmos, when it came out, and enjoyed it very much.

But he was deeply and severely flawed. If he were around today he would be working tirelessly to Hide The Decline.


8 posted on 06/25/2012 3:38:53 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/obamas-socialist-designs/)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Photobucket
9 posted on 06/25/2012 3:41:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Wow... you know what the tidal forces would be like there ?


10 posted on 06/25/2012 3:56:06 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: cripplecreek

That looks like something from Bryce 4D, an incredible app that i toyed with as a landscape designer in a past life. Adobe snatched that up so fast it made your head spin.


11 posted on 06/25/2012 3:59:08 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (they have no god but caesar)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; cripplecreek
Wow... you know what the tidal forces would be like there ?
Obviously. That's why the home planet is all desert.

:)

12 posted on 06/25/2012 4:04:04 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/21/obamas-socialist-designs/)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Two planets discovered that orbit within 1.2 million miles of each other.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-182


13 posted on 06/25/2012 4:06:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SunkenCiv

And I thought I’d seen some skies when backpacking in Caliornia’s High Sierra. Wow!


14 posted on 06/25/2012 4:07:12 AM PDT by gzzimlich
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To: cripplecreek

?

...monument valley BEFORE Worlds Collide?


15 posted on 06/25/2012 4:23:44 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s a beauty!

I was so plagued by 503’s yesterday and it was messing up my FR Universe.


16 posted on 06/25/2012 4:24:26 AM PDT by left that other site
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To: Vaquero

Niburu approaches.


17 posted on 06/25/2012 4:27:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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18 posted on 06/25/2012 4:38:12 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: cripplecreek

Norvell does great work, but I’m a Ryan Bliss (DigitalBlasphemy.com) fan.


19 posted on 06/25/2012 5:22:37 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The stars were out with a vengeance. They had switchblades and chains and vowed to get even with that wormhole.


20 posted on 06/25/2012 5:39:12 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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