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Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:15 am
by Rusty
What a great, great image...

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Go to the website to see a high resolution version and read how it was taken.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

If you want to bookmark this site you'll find cool stuff, new every day. Some fantastic ideas for overlays and/or textures.

Rusty

Re: Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:25 am
by suzib
That is really cool, Rusty. Thanks for the link

Re: Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:34 am
by mtbspike
Mountain lions were a concern? Now that is a dedicated photographer! Or a crazy one to go alone. That photo looked like a sci-fi illustration to me. Very cool that it is real.

Courtney

Re: Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:13 pm
by AngelicKim
Wow, that is an awesome photo. Thanks for the link Rusty. I think my son will enjoy looking at the site as well.

Re: Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:21 pm
by jlwilm
Rusty,

I have been visiting this site on a daily basis ever since someone (I think it was you) posted it on the PSEU site.

There are some outstanding images and some of them are really large and beautiful.

I saw this shot this morning and thought it was one of the "artist" ones and still can't quite believe it is for real.

Re: Wonderful Image

PostPosted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:41 pm
by Rusty
My thoughts exactly, John,

I was ready to shrug and think, "nice creation", and move on to another of my several morning websites. I read the blurb ... guess it is "for real". Not that I trust everything my government tells me, but I do tend to believe what NASA will say about something like this. They have always been very upfront about disclosing multiple images, false colors and the occasional artist conceptions.

It really is a remarkable shot. And, I agree with Courtney's comment about the mountain lions :biggrin:

Rusty