Crimsonmistymemory Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 http://murraylib620.org/file.php/1/santa_sleeping_on_moon_hg_clr.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 This is what I've got going on tonight here in Goatnut http://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2012/11/Halo-moon-with-Jupiter-Jan5_2012S-1024x735.jpg I've seen that a couple of times - sure is pretty..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 http://murraylib620.org/file.php/1/santa_sleeping_on_moon_hg_clr.gif Dude must be shagged out after delivering all those gifts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Christmas Eve, 1968: Millions around the world were watching and listening as the Apollo 8 astronauts - Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders - became the first humans to orbit another world. During the first ever manned mission to the moon, the three astronauts sent this wondrous picture of the Earth rising over the moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/297755main_gpn-2001-000009_full_0.jpg?itok=qSgNdG2oDude Stanley Kubrick did that...it's all a hoax. I thought you knew better!Was that monolith photo-shopped out??? Of course not........Clavius Base is on the far side of the moon. Dr. Heywood Floyd made a deal with NASA to ensure that no Apollo mission would take photos of Clavius Base......;) ;) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Babycat Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 http://www.pachamama.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Image-courtesy-of-NASA.jpghttp://hdwpics.com/images/18D3251DD757/New-Moon.jpgAbsolutely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 M O O N that spells happy humpday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toymaker Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I'll never understand that optical illusion thing - how the moon, when it's close to the horizon, looks as gigantic as frig, but when it's high in the sky it looks small. I've had the thing explained to me, and I've done the "cover it with your thumb" thing, but I still don't get how it looks so much frigging humongouser on the horizon. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 It is the distortion of the Earths atmosphere. When the moon (or Sun) is on the horizon your are looking horizontal through the atmospere. When the Moon (or Sun) is over head you are looking vertical through the atmosphere So knowing the thickness of the Earths atmosphere is like the thickness of a skin on an apple there is very little distortion when you look vertically through it. However when you look horizontally the thickness is greatly increased and the moisture content of the air and dust act like a magnifying glass and enlarges the object in view. Another cool thing is the dust in the atmosphere is what gives the crimson/orange color of sunrises and sunsets and why the Moon will appear orange at the horizon, AKA Cider Moon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It is the distortion of the Earths atmosphere. When the moon (or Sun) is on the horizon your are looking horizontal through the atmospere. When the Moon (or Sun) is over head you are looking vertical through the atmosphere So knowing the thickness of the Earths atmosphere is like the thickness of a skin on an apple there is very little distortion when you look vertically through it. However when you look horizontally the thickness is greatly increased and the moisture content of the air and dust act like a magnifying glass and enlarges the object in view. Another cool thing is the dust in the atmosphere is what gives the crimson/orange color of sunrises and sunsets and why the Moon will appear orange at the horizon, AKA Cider Moon Thanks for the explanation - I had just been told it's a matter of perspective, some sort of tricksy brain thing. You explanation makes much more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamrahai Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 M-O-O-N spells Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 M O O N That spells I like brewskies on humpday, well and on any day that ends with Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 M O O N that spells Monday rolls around awefully fast when you work the whole weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 M O O N that spells when Saturday is just a few hours away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 M O O N spells thank God I have this weekend off!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 M O O N That spellsmone day closer to Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 M O O N that spells work sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crimsonmistymemory Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 M O O N That spells two for Tuesday ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 M O O N That spells it's a rainy Hump Day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 M O O N that spells Mondays STINK!! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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