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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Milky Way over Egyptian Desert
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod ^
| 10 May, 2023
| Image Credit & Copyright: Amr Abdulwahab
Posted on 05/10/2023 2:29:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: For ten years the stargazer dreamed of taking a picture like this. The dreamer knew that the White Desert National Park in Egypt's Western Desert is a picturesque place hosting numerous chalk formations sculpted into surreal structures by a sandy wind. The dreamer knew that the sky above could be impressively dark on a clear moonless night, showing highlights such as the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy in impressive color and detail. So the dreamer invited an even more experienced astrophotographer to spend three weeks together in the desert and plan the composite images that needed to be taken and processed to create the dream image. Over three days in mid-March, the base images were taken, all with the same camera and from the same location. The impressive result is featured here, with the dreamer -- proudly wearing a traditional Bedouin galabyia -- pictured in the foreground.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: amrabdulwahab; apod; astronomy; egypt; nasa; science
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posted on
05/10/2023 2:29:28 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
05/10/2023 2:30:08 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
That is an amazing photo!
If you look closely at the chalk formations that overhang the ground, you can actually see shadows from the Milky Way itself!
SuperCool!
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posted on
05/10/2023 2:36:48 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
05/10/2023 2:38:17 PM PDT
by
rarestia
(“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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posted on
05/10/2023 2:46:49 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: MtnClimber
It would scare the hell out of me to have the ability to see that with the naked eye.
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posted on
05/10/2023 3:04:58 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: MtnClimber
Amazing...I would like to see the separate photos they combined
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posted on
05/10/2023 4:53:43 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
To: doorgunner69
Yes...looks like a world ending event
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posted on
05/10/2023 4:55:37 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
To: MtnClimber
FAKE
Its just a tad over the top!
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posted on
05/10/2023 4:59:57 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: MtnClimber
That’s a lot of time and effort for a single final image.
Well worth it.
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posted on
05/10/2023 5:39:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
To: MtnClimber
“That’s not the “Milky Way”, Griz...thats the sewer plant!”
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posted on
05/10/2023 5:48:49 PM PDT
by
Adder
(ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
05/10/2023 7:06:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: MtnClimber
I hope that dude is on a land speeder. He’s in the middle of nowhere.
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posted on
05/11/2023 6:34:06 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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