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04-02-2007, 11:48 AM | #1 | |
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April 2, 2007: Composite image of eclipse
It's Neatorama collaboration Monday! And it's another wide one. This from Clodfobble, who says "This was sent to me by a colleague who is way into his amateur telescope hobby. The picture's a year old but I hadn't seen it before and his explanation of the focal lengths was really interesting to me." The explanation from Clod's colleague: Quote:
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04-02-2007, 11:52 AM | #2 |
Franklin Pierce
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That's beautiful. Nice picture.
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04-02-2007, 12:08 PM | #3 | |
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Spectacular!
I found this link describing it in a little more detail. Quote:
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04-02-2007, 12:22 PM | #4 |
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Why does our Moon appear the same size as our Sun? This can only be Intelligent Design.
Incidentally, I've been looking for an image to put on the front of my bass drum head (and I know I said that about the ATHF thing) ...
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04-02-2007, 12:28 PM | #5 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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Plus, there's only one Sun and one Moon. Therefore, there is only one God.
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04-02-2007, 12:33 PM | #6 |
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But that's a total of two. Two round things; boobies, two gonads, two Gods. Well, one God and one Satan. So we should all chop off one nut and one jug. But which one? Put you hands on the TV screen! Then put your hands in your wallet, and then I'll tell you.
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****************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio |
04-02-2007, 12:49 PM | #7 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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No, one Sun, one Moon, and one Earth! One God in three aspects! The Trinity!
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04-02-2007, 12:53 PM | #8 |
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Wait, are you saying that Jesus had three testicles, or three wives?
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04-02-2007, 01:18 PM | #9 |
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sweeeeeeeeet
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04-02-2007, 01:20 PM | #10 |
Professor
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my new desktop!
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04-02-2007, 01:38 PM | #11 |
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Needs color. Where's Ted Turner?
1 Sun + 1 moon + 1 Earth = 1 Sun + 1 moon + 1 Earth
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04-02-2007, 01:38 PM | #12 |
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very cool
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04-02-2007, 03:22 PM | #13 |
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I guess since the shadow of the moon is relatively small, there's enough earth to refect light to show Moon detail.
When all the glaciers and polar caps are gone, less light will be reflected and the full Moon won't be as bright?
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04-02-2007, 03:37 PM | #14 | |
go ahead, abbrev. it
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04-02-2007, 04:09 PM | #15 |
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Nah, paint it black. It's still cold here in Minnesota.
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