13 amateur astronomy pictures
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The northern lights were extremely beautiful! I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once. :) Thanks for posting.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once
I've been to Iceland. Wrong time of year for the aurora, unfortunately. It is an amazing place, but if you do go, take oodles of money. It is an exceptionally expensive place.
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The northern lights were extremely beautiful! I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once. :) Thanks for posting.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
I saw them once when I was in Norway, a strange sight indeed. utterly unforgettable!
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Gorgeous!
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Gorgeous!
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And what did you think of the pictures? :-D
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And what did you think of the pictures? :-D
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Well obviously I can't say that in the lounge! Wouldn't be KSS! :rolleyes:
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Amazing pictures. One of these days, I'm going to invest in a really good scope.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once
I've been to Iceland. Wrong time of year for the aurora, unfortunately. It is an amazing place, but if you do go, take oodles of money. It is an exceptionally expensive place.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I'm pretty sure its no longer an expensive place to visit, after the econolypse slammed iceland, causing all of their major banks to fail and be nationalized, their unemployment trebled and the value of their currency dropped to 1/3rd of what it was 18 months ago :( So you might say now was an excellent time to visit iceland. I would in a heartbeat, if I could.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once
I've been to Iceland. Wrong time of year for the aurora, unfortunately. It is an amazing place, but if you do go, take oodles of money. It is an exceptionally expensive place.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Thanks Henry, I'll keep that in mind. Iceland is definitely in my list of "Shouldn't die before visiting" places. :)
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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The northern lights were extremely beautiful! I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once. :) Thanks for posting.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once
I've been to Iceland and would go again at the drop of a hat! As far as the Aurorae are concerned, I've seen them quite a number of times from a relatively southerly latitude (Mason-Dixon line) when I was a kid back on the dairy farm in southern Pennsylvania. There were some perks to getting up on a crisp winter's morning and going to the barn at 4.30 (AM) to milk the cows...
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Beautiful pictures. If only people would pay more attention to what's above and around them, instead of killing each other the world wouldn't be such a screwed up place.
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I can only assume that you're not aware of what been happening at Gabriela Mistral Nebula. One of it's giant planets has been invaded by a horde of giant tortoises from the Elephant Trunk Nebula, they are terrorising the indigenous giant wombats, its not all beer & skittles out there y'know. When I look up and out I weep for all the giant wombats that are being slaughtered by giant tortoises across the whole blooming universe. They'll be here soon, then we'll think the bloody cane toads that are marching across northern Australia are warm & cuddly, and we'll make the ants that are eating all the red crabs on Kratatoa into household pets. I would have thought everyone here would be getting twitted intergalictically and know about such things.
Spike Mulligan is at WW2 Conscription intake centre. Officer asks "Where you born Mulligan". "India, sir", Mulligan briskly replies. "Which part" asks the officer. To which Spike replies "All of me, sir".
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The northern lights were extremely beautiful! I always wanted to go to Iceland to look at it once. :) Thanks for posting.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
You'd better take your own bank, theirs are broken.
Spike Mulligan is at WW2 Conscription intake centre. Officer asks "Where you born Mulligan". "India, sir", Mulligan briskly replies. "Which part" asks the officer. To which Spike replies "All of me, sir".
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Another striking image of the Milky Way, this time stretching above the volcanic peaks of La Palma in the Canary Islands. Famed for its dark skies, the observatories on the island enjoy a rare and unspoiled view of the heavens. With national Dark Sky Parks now being established here in the UK, this is the kind of view that British astronomers may eventually hope to experience themselves.I'd suggest you brits not hold your breath on this. To get truely dark skies like at major observatory sites you need extremely strict light pollution laws (or no people in general) for several hundred miles around. Even then as densely populated as the UK is I suspect fully rolling back a century of light pollution might prove impossible.The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
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Another striking image of the Milky Way, this time stretching above the volcanic peaks of La Palma in the Canary Islands. Famed for its dark skies, the observatories on the island enjoy a rare and unspoiled view of the heavens. With national Dark Sky Parks now being established here in the UK, this is the kind of view that British astronomers may eventually hope to experience themselves.I'd suggest you brits not hold your breath on this. To get truely dark skies like at major observatory sites you need extremely strict light pollution laws (or no people in general) for several hundred miles around. Even then as densely populated as the UK is I suspect fully rolling back a century of light pollution might prove impossible.The European Way of War: Blow your own continent up. The American Way of War: Go over and help them.
The top of Scotland is dark at night.
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I can only assume that you're not aware of what been happening at Gabriela Mistral Nebula. One of it's giant planets has been invaded by a horde of giant tortoises from the Elephant Trunk Nebula, they are terrorising the indigenous giant wombats, its not all beer & skittles out there y'know. When I look up and out I weep for all the giant wombats that are being slaughtered by giant tortoises across the whole blooming universe. They'll be here soon, then we'll think the bloody cane toads that are marching across northern Australia are warm & cuddly, and we'll make the ants that are eating all the red crabs on Kratatoa into household pets. I would have thought everyone here would be getting twitted intergalictically and know about such things.
Spike Mulligan is at WW2 Conscription intake centre. Officer asks "Where you born Mulligan". "India, sir", Mulligan briskly replies. "Which part" asks the officer. To which Spike replies "All of me, sir".
Man, I didn't know. Thanks for the update!
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Thanks Dalek Dave for posting it....beautiful...who needs a hubble... :laugh: Just an observation - the ninth photo with the outline resembles a woman.... Thanks again, Take care, Tom. :-D
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I noticed the resemblance to a woman's figure in #9,too!