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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Little Like Mars
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 5 Mar, 2021
| Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa
Posted on 03/05/2021 3:49:32 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: The surface of this planet looks a little like Mars. It's really planet Earth though. In a digitally stitched little planet projection, the 360 degree mosaic was captured near San Pedro in the Chilean Atacama desert. Telescopes in domes on the horizon are taking advantage of the arid region's famously dark, clear nights. Taken in early December, a magnificent Milky Way arcs above the horizon for almost 180 degrees around the little planet with Orion prominent in the southern sky. A familiar constellation upside down for northern hemisphere skygazers, Orion shares that southern December night almost opposite the Large and Small Magellanic clouds. But the Red Planet itself is the brightest yellowish celestial beacon in this little planet sky.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
03/05/2021 3:49:49 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
03/05/2021 3:50:19 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Yes called.
They want their album cover back.
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posted on
03/05/2021 3:53:53 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It does look like a Yes album cover!
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posted on
03/05/2021 3:56:02 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/05/2021 3:57:59 PM PST
by
gr8eman
(Elder Non-Binary Sibling is Watching You!)
To: MtnClimber
Made me think of Le Petit Prince.
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posted on
03/05/2021 4:17:35 PM PST
by
31R1O
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
03/05/2021 4:22:51 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
To: MtnClimber
Roger Dean is a master. Here's one he did for Ant Philips.
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posted on
03/05/2021 4:26:27 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
To: rfp1234
Oops, never mind. That was by Peter Cross.
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posted on
03/05/2021 4:32:45 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
To: rfp1234
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posted on
03/05/2021 5:12:48 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
another fake picture... smh
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posted on
03/05/2021 5:24:38 PM PST
by
sit-rep
( )
To: MtnClimber
Too much time on your hands?
What a waste of resources.
More Buffoonery...
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posted on
03/05/2021 6:08:24 PM PST
by
Pez149
(Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
To: rfp1234
Oh wow, I loved that album in the 1970s, I must have listened to it 100s of times, back in the olden days when actual musicians use to make music. What’s funny back then is I never knew what those bands looked like as they never had their pictures on the album covers.
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posted on
03/05/2021 6:33:59 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: BenLurkin
Love “Yes”! — and the album covers were truly works of art!
This pic of the day is quite nice too!
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posted on
03/05/2021 6:50:36 PM PST
by
twyn1
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:38:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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