Mind officially blown

Undertoad · 05-22-2009, 09:03 AM

All those years looking up at a hazy area of the sky, just a little brighter than the rest of the sky. They said it was the Milky Way. And I know what galaxies look like, but somehow I didn't put 2 and 2 together... didn't realize that a set of 20-second exposures, taken overnight from the darkest sky in Texas, and pasted together, might show you...

glatt · 05-22-2009, 09:25 AM

Oh, that's a good one.

My brother sent me a similar link the other day. http://www.theskyinmotion.com/

You'll probably like a lot of those too.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-22-2009, 10:26 AM

The stars must be burning out like light bulbs, 'cause there were sure a lot more of them when I was a kid.

skysidhe · 05-22-2009, 10:32 AM

amazing shot of the milky way

anyway it was probably the milky way sucking the light out of those stars bruce

I have lots of unscientific ideas!

Sundae · 05-22-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

I have lots of unscientific ideas!

I have lost of unsavoury ideas, wanna trade?

DanaC · 05-22-2009, 05:16 PM

Wow. Thanks for posting this UT, am going to email the link to Ma. She loves stuff like this.

classicman · 05-22-2009, 09:14 PM

very cool

richlevy · 05-25-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I have lost of unsavoury ideas, wanna trade?

You mean, did it look like a giant vagina?

And you all thought that the supreme being who gave birth to the universe was male?

Aliantha · 05-25-2009, 03:57 PM

We get a pretty good view of the milky way from down here.

Gravdigr · 06-01-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

You mean, did it look like a giant vagina?

And you all thought that the supreme being who gave birth to the universe was male?

Does this mean that chick I used to date is God?
(I am in so much trouble.)

TheMercenary · 06-01-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Oh, that's a good one.

My brother sent me a similar link the other day. http://www.theskyinmotion.com/

You'll probably like a lot of those too.

I like that one. I can't see UT's post.

sweetwater · 06-07-2009, 07:34 AM

Awesome! Those links could have their own thread. IotN, perhaps.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2009, 03:47 AM

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"The arc of the Milky Way seen from a truly dark location is part of our planet's natural heritage," said Connie Walker, and astronomer from the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

Yet "more than one fifth of the world population, two thirds of the U.S. population and one half of the European Union population have already lost naked eye visibility of the Milky Way."

link

Tulip · 06-11-2009, 12:34 AM

Wow, that was beautiful. Thanks, UT. I have a friend who loves pix and such of galaxies and such. He'll love this link.

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 09:50 PM

05-22-2009, 09:03 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mind officially blown All those years looking up at a hazy area of the sky, just a little brighter than the rest of the sky. They said it was the Milky Way. And I know what galaxies look like, but somehow I didn't put 2 and 2 together... didn't realize that a set of 20-second exposures, taken overnight from the darkest sky in Texas, and pasted together, might show you...

05-22-2009, 10:26 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The stars must be burning out like light bulbs, 'cause there were sure a lot more of them when I was a kid. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-22-2009, 09:14 PM	#7
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	very cool __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-25-2009, 03:57 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We get a pretty good view of the milky way from down here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-07-2009, 07:34 AM	#12
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Awesome! Those links could have their own thread. IotN, perhaps. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

05-22-2009, 09:25 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Oh, that's a good one. My brother sent me a similar link the other day. http://www.theskyinmotion.com/ You'll probably like a lot of those too.

05-22-2009, 10:32 AM	#4
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	amazing shot of the milky way anyway it was probably the milky way sucking the light out of those stars bruce I have lots of unscientific ideas!

06-11-2009, 12:34 AM	#14
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Wow, that was beautiful. Thanks, UT. I have a friend who loves pix and such of galaxies and such. He'll love this link.

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