[karl 12]

dr alien on Feb 17 2009, 07:39 PM, said:

..any ideas what them stripes of light are? or is it just the camera?

I think the stripes are bands of sunlight as he says

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'..every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam".

Theres some other great Carl Sagan quotes here:
http://refspace.com/...es/Carl_Sagan/s

As for the cosmos being 'incomprehensively,mindbogglingly vast' , this pic does a good job of showing just how insignificant our star is even in our own galaxy (nevermind the 539 billion other galaxies)

Cheers.

This post has been edited by karl 12: 18 February 2009 - 09:26 PM

[DA GOOCH]

Fine post, Thanks!

[thefinalfrontier]

Kinda brings it all into perspective dont it, Its Huge,

[karl 12]

thefinalfrontier on Feb 18 2009, 09:47 PM, said:

Kinda brings it all into perspective dont it, Its Huge,

TFF you're not wrong -I think your old sig about 'taking children to visit planetariums' was spot on

[thefinalfrontier]

i plan to put it back up soon, Just going thru some music right now, I have that photo also, Clusters are just as impressive IMO

[Darkwind]

Thank karl, it's one of those things that make you speechless.

[Scanner.....]

Fantastic video Karl. Thanks for posting it. I'm rarely happier then when looking up and letting my mind wander!

This post has been edited by Sky Scanner: 20 February 2009 - 02:33 PM

[DONTEATUS]

karl 12 on Feb 18 2009, 03:53 PM, said:

TFF you're not wrong -I think your old sig about 'taking children to visit planetariums' was spot on

These are the pics of our Future Dreams to become a reality Every time I see the Deep field pics I zip off into the possibilities that are to be.Great post karl12 everyone Loves to See these kinds of shots.

[The Silver Thong]

karl 12 on Feb 18 2009, 02:25 PM, said:

I think the stripes are bands of sunlight as he says

Theres some other great Carl Sagan quotes here:
http://refspace.com/...es/Carl_Sagan/s

As for the cosmos being 'incomprehensively,mindbogglingly vast' , this pic does a good job of showing just how insignificant our star is even in our own galaxy (nevermind the 539 billion other galaxies)

Cheers.

I think I can see Roseanne Barr in that pic

That is mind blowing to know that there are billions of galaxies out there, just wow.

[karl 12]

DONTEATUS on Feb 20 2009, 03:22 PM, said:

These are the pics of our Future Dreams to become a reality Every time I see the Deep field pics I zip off into the possibilities that are to be.Great post karl12 everyone Loves to See these kinds of shots.

Donteatus,theres some more great images here -kept me busy for hours

NASA archive:
http://apod.nasa.gov...archivepix.html

Theres also some amazing pics coming out of Arizona where theres no light pollution-when you think we can only see two galaxies from Earth (depending on which hemisphere you're stood in) its all a bit staggering.

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Flagstaff now enjoys the status of being the first International Dark Sky City, and maintains a lighting code that limits lights from polluting this majestic nighttime view. The current dark skies over Flagstaff not only enable local astronomers to decode the universe but allow local sky enthusiasts to see and enjoy a tapestry contemplated previously by every human generation. The above image, pointing just east of north, was taken two weeks ago at 3 am from Fort Valley, only 10 kilometers from central Flagstaff.

Some great pics heres showing non light polluted,digitaly enhanced,double long exposure shots of the Milky way in the night sky:




Galaxies going about their business
Deep field image:

Cheers.

This post has been edited by karl 12: 21 February 2009 - 09:36 PM

[karl 12]

Sky Scanner on Feb 20 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

Fantastic video Karl. Thanks for posting it. I'm rarely happier then when looking up and letting my mind wander!

Thanks for the replies -the pics from NASA are amazing and certainly make you think
Theres a great short vid here featuring some time lapse astronomy images -you're right about it being awe-inspiring stuff to look at.
http://vimeo.com/1894786
Cheers

[DONTEATUS]

The trick is to Get all of our planets youth to start down this road of discovery. Great Stuff everyone.

[Lt_Ripley]

he says in one similar video the band of light that the earth looks like it's in sunlight is a reflection of sunlight off the spacecraft.

This post has been edited by Lt_Ripley: 22 February 2009 - 03:15 AM

[realmcutter]

I've always looked up to carl sagan since i was like 3. we should petition to the government so we can have a carl sagan monument just for him being epic, and then another one for all of his contributions to science and humanity.

[DONTEATUS]

That Should Be Done without a Doubt! I`ll Vote and pitch in !