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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Southern Craters and Galaxies
NASA ^
| December 26, 2015
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 12/26/2015 9:00:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: The Henbury craters in the Northern Territory, Australia, planet Earth, are the scars of an impact over 4,000 years old. When an ancient meteorite fragmented into dozens of pieces, the largest made the 180 meter diameter crater whose weathered walls and floor are lit in the foreground of this southern hemisphere nightscape. The vertical panoramic view follows our magnificent Milky Way galaxy stretching above horizon, its rich central starfields cut by obscuring dust clouds. A glance along the galactic plane also reveals Alpha and Beta Centauri and the stars of the Southern Cross. Captured in the region's spectacular, dark skies, the Small Magellanic Cloud, satellite of the Milky Way, is the bright galaxy to the left. Not the lights of a nearby town, the visible glow on the horizon below it is the Large Magellanic Cloud rising.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: alphacentauri; apod; astronomy; australia; betacentauri; catastrophism; henburycraters; largemagellaniccloud; milkyway; science; smallmagellaniccloud; southerncross
[Credit and Copyright: Babak Tafreshi (TWAN)]
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posted on
12/26/2015 9:00:27 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/26/2015 9:03:17 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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12/26/2015 9:03:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/26/2015 10:57:55 PM PST
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2; SunkenCiv; All
Four thousand years ago, hummm? Wasn’t that large crater in the Iraq marshes about 4,000 ya? Weren’t there also craters in Argentina around that age? What about the Ipuwer papyrus and the First Intermediate Period in Egypt, and other serious problems in the Middle East around that time?
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12/27/2015 1:01:08 AM PST
by
gleeaikin
To: SunkenCiv
When an ancient meteorite fragmented into dozens of pieces, the largest made the 180-meter-diameter crater whose weathered walls [...]To state it briefly, a meteorite is a meteor that has impacted.
Regards,
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12/27/2015 2:41:06 AM PST
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: gleeaikin
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12/27/2015 3:00:59 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: alexander_busek
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posted on
12/27/2015 3:14:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thank you for the post and ping.
It’s always nice to see our Milky Way in photographs that show the entire
spectrum of colors it produces that we can’t see with our naked eyes on
a clear, starry night.
I do enjoy the APODs, my friend. Thanks again.
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12/27/2015 6:43:17 PM PST
by
TheOldLady
(I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
To: TheOldLady
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12/28/2015 3:27:42 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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