Posted on 05/08/2021 2:47:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: In this evocative night scene a dusty central Milky Way rises over the ancient Andean archaeological site of Yacoraite in northwestern Argentina. The denizens of planet Earth reaching skyward are the large Argentine saguaro cactus currently native to the arid region. The unusual yellow-hued reflection nebula above is created by dust scattering starlight around red giant star Antares. Alpha star of the constellation Scorpius, Antares is over 500 light-years distant. Next to it bright blue Rho Ophiuchi is embedded in more typical dusty bluish reflection nebulae though. The deep night skyscape was created from a series of background exposures of the rising stars made while tracking the sky, and a foreground exposure of the landscape made with the camera and lens fixed on the tripod. In combination they produce the single stunning image and reveal a range of brightness and color that your eye can't quite perceive on its own.
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Looks like a giant jellyfish.
And it’s heading straight for us!!!
bttt
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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Yes, I don't believe there's anything Arnold cannot do, once he puts his mind to it.
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“Arnold is also artistically talented: he is working on a novel, he plays the piano, and he is an accomplished abstract painter, dubbed “Porky Picasso”, whose piece titled “Nude at a Filling Station” wins first prize out of two thousand entries in a student art contest. [7][8]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Ziffel#Situations
The Chinese rocket body is getting close to reentry. One of the orbits in the reentry period goes over central Florida, where I am right now. If I am afraid it will hit me should I move to a different chair?
Too much digital wizardry is starting to make astronomical photographs look like cartoons. Tell NASA I prefer a plain color time exposure. No filters, composites, or digital enhancements.
The one cactus on the ridge looks like it’s giving us the finger.
Filthy hippy cactus.
No. That will NOT help you. Stand in the chair. Right when it hits, jump up to avoid impact tremor.
No, I don't believe that's necessary. Just stay away from red 1980 Chevy Malibus, and avoid sleeping with fat women.
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