Astronomy Picture of the Day 9-21-02

NASA ^ | 9/21/02 | STS-35

[sleavelessinseattle]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2002 September 21

Moonset, Planet Earth
Credit: STS-35 Crew, NASA

Explanation: During the Astro-1 astronomy mission of December, 1990, Space Shuttle astronauts photographed this stunning view of the setting full moon poised above the Earth's limb. In the foreground, towering clouds of condensing water vapor mark the extent of the troposphere, the lowest layer of the planet's life-sustaining atmosphere. Strongly scattering blue sunlight, the upper atmospheric layer, the stratosphere, fades dramatically to the black background of space. Moon and clouds are strong visual elements of many well known portraits of planet Earth, including Ansel Adams' famous "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico", photographed in 1941.

Tomorrow's picture: Two Hours Before Neptune

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[sleavelessinseattle]

High Frontier Moonset, OH YEAH! Shuttle's eye View of the Good EARTH!

[sleavelessinseattle]

APOD PING!

I apologize if you are not on my ping list...I sort of jumped in to get APOD out without updating with P7...FRmail me and I'll make DOUBLE sure you're on my list in the future!!!
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[2Trievers]

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance ... &;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Alright !! You mean we're unsupervised again??......

[MeekOneGOP]

Would you care for a my dear?....

[BossyRoofer]

Stuning, How awsome it must be to see such views from our shuttle. Good job APOD!

[sleavelessinseattle]

Hey Hey...Surely you would not be so gauche as to begrudge your substitute host a tipple which you so extravagantly dispense to 2T! A snifter of Old Meteorite Trap Scrapings would ameliorate the rheumy complaints of this Galactic Traveler's inadequately ossified and attenuated skeletal endostructure!8-I

It ain't the years, its the cumulative height of the gravity wells you've shed to get where you wanted to BE!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Ah, but of course...........or, if you prefer......

Would you happen to have any Grey Poupon??....

[2Trievers]

Look what I found! Way cool screensavers ... &;-)

The Voyagers' Message in a Bottle Courtesy of NASA

[2Trievers]

Thanks cookie! But I prefer something for "the hair of the dog" ... PLEASE! &;-)

[2Trievers]

OMG ... if you ONLY knew! &;-)

[2Trievers]

She's so hungover .... she forgot the graphic! &;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks cookie! But I prefer something for "the hair of the dog" ... PLEASE! &;-)

Oh, but of course........

[MeekOneGOP]

She's so hungover .... she forgot the graphic! &;-)

Whoa !! LOL ! That's perfect for the Grey Poupon.....

[petuniasevan]

Might not have these two on your list, sleavester.

[Freedom2specul8]

This is a gorgeous pic..

yes please add me to your list sleaveless! :)

[sleavelessinseattle]

You are both indelibly appended to the ping rolls! I think I ordered those at my Chinese place last week! Used the congestion clearing CHINESE mustard, though!8-O. None of that insipid mild brown colloidal solution for Moi! And I'll have TsingTao Beer in a frosted glass, THANKS MnM!LOL!