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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by hurtinminorkey
Nice Les Paul PIR...I've got a 74' Les Paul studio edition. |
Nice!
Mine's a '95, nothing special, but it has a real nice sound! Especially through my Fender Stage 160 amp!
BTW, Hurt in Minor Key..that's Nine Inch Nails, right? I believe the song is in E Minor? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Scales
They have documented them over 5 lbs!!! Those are the same toads the hippies used to lick to get high.
I asked my friend if he had ever licked any cane toads to get high, and he said
"no, but I've smoked them"
He said they would kill them and skin them, and dry the glands that produce the poison, and then crush up the frog skin and put it in a pipe and smoke it. I said "that is gross" - he said "oh, it was fucking awfull, just horrendous, but there is no other high quite like it" |
You know, it amazes me what people do to get high. I can understand plants, pills, alcohol, etc. But at what point in your life do you say, "I need a new high..what can i do? I know! I'll go out in the woods, find a poisonous frog, and lick his back??"
Who the hell thinks this stuff up??
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
BTW, Hurt in Minor Key..that's Nine Inch Nails, right? I believe the song is in E Minor? |
Yep... I think so... Don't forget Johnny's acoustic version... |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Yep... I think so... Don't forget Johnny's acoustic version... |
I was looking for a book, and look what I found hehee |
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| kali |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
A HEXAGON ON SATURN: The Cassini spacecraft has photographed a bizarre geometrical figure encircling Saturn's north pole: a hexagon. NASA scientists say they've never seen anything like it on any other planet.
Images are posted on http://spaceweather.com.
The formation of the giant hexagon is a mystery you can ponder tonight under the stars. After sunset on March 28th, Saturn rises in the east beautifully close to the Moon. This makes Saturn easy to find and enjoy. Even a small telescope will reveal the planet's broad rings and largest moons. Take a look! |
Holy Shit! Riley Martin was right!!!
We have found the Beovians!!!! :ea: :as:  |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
Holy Shit! Riley Martin was right!!!
We have found the Beovians!!!! :ea: :as: |
hahaaa..actually, there's a NASA or JPL website that has a photo of a bright light near Saturn..and the caption claimed that they don't know what it is!
How funny is that! I'll try to find it.
**EDIT** Found it hehehee
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimed...eiImageID=80086 |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
I was looking for a book, and look what I found hehee |
HaaHaa! An uncanny likeness... Don't you think? :D |
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You know why there aren't many black astronauts?
They have a problem with saying 'yes Nasa, no Nasa' |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
HaaHaa! An uncanny likeness... Don't you think? :D |
Made me laugh!
Hey MS, how is your weather annually, seasons in terms of coldness, hotness, moisture, etc?
Just curious. |
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| kali |
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!! that's HUGE!!!!!!
bigger than earth!!! :ae: :ec: |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Made me laugh!
Hey MS, how is your weather annually, seasons in terms of coldness, hotness, moisture, etc?
Just curious. |
I found this website that gives you actual data that would take forever for me to sum up... Greenville Weather History.
I can still see differences in the seasons, which is nice. It's cold in January and February and hot in July and August. The rest of the year is fairly mild. A couple of times during winter, we might get some frozen rain/sleet. In the summer, rain comes from afternoon thunderstorms. Springs are mild, nice and green... Falls are also mild and the color incredible.
Let me know if you have any specific questions... Those might be easier to answer than to try and sum up everything. You looking to relocate? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Let me know if you have any specific questions... Those might be easier to answer than to try and sum up everything. You looking to relocate? |
Thanks!
No, not relocating, just curious. My uncle owns a home in North Carolina, and it's kinda cold in winter there. So, I'm just comparing SC, Georgia, and north Florida for seasonal differences.
Yes, I'm weird. |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Thanks!
No, not relocating, just curious. My uncle owns a home in North Carolina, and it's kinda cold in winter there. So, I'm just comparing SC, Georgia, and north Florida for seasonal differences.
Yes, I'm weird. |
If you don't mind me asking, where in NC. Western NC is absolutely beautiful. Yeah, they do get a little colder up there with winter lows hitting the teens a lot more frequently than here. Western NC gets snow quite often in the winter, too. I think it has to do with the alignment of the Blue Ridge Mtns. and slightly higher elevation (than here). There are several ski resorts up there that can run for a solid two to three months. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
If you don't mind me asking, where in NC. Western NC is absolutely beautiful. . |
Waynesville. It's in the Thermo Belt, so it doesn't get extremely cold, but anything under 70* to me, is cold! hehee
It's really nice there, I've read about it, never been there. I'm only curious because sometimes I think "if I had to move out of state, where would I go?"
I would never go back north, New York. I'd stay south, but no further north than NC.
But I still love it here in Florida! |
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For anyone in the northeast, who requested information on scopes, binocs, etc...This show is the biggest in the US. I used to go every year when I lived in NY. Every accessory, every knowledgeable person, scope-making sessions, speakers, etc..And huge dicounts! It's really worth the visit!
http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.htm |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Waynesville. It's in the Thermo Belt, so it doesn't get extremely cold, but anything under 70* to me, is cold! hehee
It's really nice there, I've read about it, never been there. I'm only curious because sometimes I think "if I had to move out of state, where would I go?"
I would never go back north, New York. I'd stay south, but no further north than NC.
But I still love it here in Florida! |
Cool! Waynesville is a quaint little town, fairly rural with your typical "off the beaten path" fare. It's only 1.5 hours from here. I've driven through it on my way to the Smokeys. The route from Greenville takes you up and over Caesar's Head, which is really cool. Past that is Brevard, another quaint little town. There is still a lot of rural undeveloped land up in that area which is great to see and it would probably still be good for star gazing. Lot of hiking and backpacking in that area as well. Let me know if you ever decide to visit him. You'll have to stop in Greenville so I can treat a fellow Darksider to a beer... |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Cool! Waynesville is a quaint little town, fairly rural with your typical "off the beaten path" fare. It's only 1.5 hours from here. I've driven through it on my way to the Smokeys. The route from Greenville takes you up and over Caesar's Head, which is really cool. Past that is Brevard, another quaint little town. There is still a lot of rural undeveloped land up in that area which is great to see and it would probably still be good for star gazing. Lot of hiking and backpacking in that area as well. Let me know if you ever decide to visit him. You'll have to stop in Greenville so I can treat a fellow Darksider to a beer... |
No doubt, man! Wow, sounds like you're real familiar with that area.
I wouldn't mind being in that area to live, because I love mountains, streams, fly fishing for trout..but I can NOT stand cold. That would be the one thing that would have to ruin it, right? hehehee
I've done a lot of research on WNC, for a long time. Definitely would like to visit there sometime. I'll let you know if I come up that way! |
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3D FLYBY: Get ready to cross your eyes. On March 28th, when asteroid 2006 VV2 flew past spiral galaxy M81, two photographers on opposite sides of the USA photographed the encounter. A cross-eyed view of their photos makes the asteroid pop out in startling 3D
(Hint: Stare at the middle of this image and cross your eyes until the two galaxies overlap. Focus on the asteroid. The longer you stare, the more pronounced the 3D sensation becomes.)
"I produced this stereogram by combining the images of William Keel in Tuscaloosa, AL, and Robert Long in Vado, NM," explains Colorado astronomer Chris Peterson. "Because the asteroid was so close (4.6 million km), and the baseline between the images so long (1780 km), the parallax between the asteroid and the background stars is significant, and the stereo effect is quite real." [more]
Another must-see image is Robert Long's motion picture of the asteroid-galaxy flyby. Click here to play the 1.6 MB movie |
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MOONS OF JUPITER: Friday morning, March 23rd, was "amazing," says astrophotographer Mike Salway of Australia. "The sky was clear, seeing was superb," and this is what he saw when he pointed his 12-inch telescope at Jupiter:
The orb at lower right is Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede, almost as large as Mars. Just above it hovers Europa, home to the solar system's largest underground oceans.
"I love watching Ganymede and Europa move across Jupiter -- they give a 3D perspective and really do appear to float above the planet," says Salway. "There's detail on Ganymede in practically every frame as well, even when it is in front of Jupiter."
Ready to see for yourself? Wake up at dawn and point your telescope south. Jupiter is the brightest "star" in the morning sky--you can't miss it.
Here it is in motion
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| kali |
I love the Picture of the Day - I've got that bookmarked. I never failt o be overwhelmed by the utter beauty of the universe.
I was looking at the Photoshop thread and found this large picture (which is why I'm just posting the link). for those of us who are big Riley Martin fans that's an impressive picture.
morning folks :hw: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Thanks Kali. I have a bunch of pics I'll put up here and there.
Don't forget, the next parts of Planet Earth are tonight, 4.1.07, Discovery Channel, 8pm EDT. |
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| rigmover2307 |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Thanks Kali. I have a bunch of pics I'll put up here and there.
Don't forget, the next parts of Planet Earth are tonight, 4.1.07, Discovery Channel, 8pm EDT. |
wasnt too bad, now i understand where brent is coming from on the polar bears.
imagine hanging out at 75 below to video penguins for a year! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
wasnt too bad, now i understand where brent is coming from on the polar bears.
imagine hanging out at 75 below to video penguins for a year! |
Those guys are insane! But they got some great footage, you have to give the team mucho credit for that! |
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KEEP LOOKING UP: "You never know what you'll see in the sky," says Brian Karczewski of Riverside, California. "I was at the Riverside air show Saturday when we heard on the scanner of an unidentified aircraft in the area. We looked up and caught this!"
"He appears to have drawn a face, the air-boss said over the scanner. It's not astronomy, but it sure is cool." |
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EGG MOON: According to folklore, tonight's full Moon is the Egg Moon. Go outside and take a look. You might get some good ideas for decorating Easter eggs. Craters, rays, mountain ranges--finally, you can put all those cracked shells to good use!
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WEEKEND AURORAS: A solar wind stream hit Earth on April 1st, sparking a mild but pretty geomagnetic storm. Daryl Pederson took this picture from Indian, Alaska
"I saw the pilot veer over to fly between the auroral arcs on his decent into Anchorage," says Pederson. "April Fools! It's just an illusion. The auroras were at least 50 miles above the airplane." Indeed, only the space shuttle can fly through auroras: full story.
More auroras are possible tonight. Earth is still inside the solar wind stream, and a good gust could spark another display |
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| MeSelf |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Those guys are insane! But they got some great footage, you have to give the team mucho credit for that! |
Don't forget the 100 mph winds... That was truly amazing! I don't think I have ever seen videography as incredible as they show in this series. And, to wait a location out for months just to get 10-15 minutes of footage... I'm surprised more of these guys don't go crazy... |
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Bubba forum under attack by the martians.
trust me, this will make you laugh!! :jj: |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
Bubba forum under attack by the martians.
trust me, this will make you laugh!! :jj: |
That was pretty cool! hehee
Love the McNaught pic! I have a ton of them! |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
That was pretty cool! hehee
Love the McNaught pic! I have a ton of them! |
this is Blobrana's Space forum with lots of great info and cool pics and all sorts of things I haven't even found yet. I'm posting this here because i hope the assholes don't find it. i'd hate to think nutjobs would go there and get weird.
so keep this on the DownLow, ya know? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
this is Blobrana's Space forum with lots of great info and cool pics and all sorts of things I haven't even found yet. I'm posting this here because i hope the assholes don't find it. i'd hate to think nutjobs would go there and get weird.
so keep this on the DownLow, ya know? |
Ooo that looks pretty cool! Thanks!!
Can I share it with Astronomy Yahoogroups? |
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MAGNETIC STORM: For the past several days, a solar wind stream has been buffeting Earth's magnetic field, causing it to shake. The shaking was so severe in Scandinavia last night, compass needles shifted "more than two degrees," reports Jan Lameer, who took this picture from Porjus in the Lapland of Sweden
"There must have been a lot of electricity flowing through the upper atmosphere!" he says.
More auroras are possible tonight. Earth is still inside the solar wind stream, and a good gust could spark another display. |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Ooo that looks pretty cool! Thanks!!
Can I share it with Astronomy Yahoogroups? |
sure, I just don't want any of the weirdo HERE to bug Blob. |
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What is Astronomy Day? Quoting from the Sky and Telescope website at
http://skytonight.com:
"Doug Berger, former president of the Astronomical Association of Northern
California, founded this annual event in 1973 as a high-profile way of
drawing public attention to the science and the hobby through exhibits and
activities at urban centers... Hundreds of astronomy clubs, observatories,
museums, colleges, and planetariums worldwide now host special
family-oriented Astronomy Day events and festivities."
International Astronomy Day is Saturday April 21 - and Astronomy
Week from April 16th to 22nd. Groups and individuals around the globe will
be using this opportunity to help spread the word about astronomy - and
about their particular interests in astronomy. The official Astronomy Day
webpage is hosted by the Astronomical League, at
http://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html |
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| rigmover2307 |
Dibs on the big one!! |
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| PriceIsRight |
At the base of the Tvashtar volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft photographed this strange but real place on Feb. 28th
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| PriceIsRight |
There are some really great prominences at the limb, a dark filament, and a very active solar surface." Even when the sun is "blank," there is a lot to see.
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| MeSelf |
The article appeared to focus on how to explore the caves... I think the bigger question is how did the caves form? Cave formation requires water. And, based on the scale of the caves in the six pictures, those would require a lot of water over a significant period of time... Thoughts from the resident Darkside Geologist... ;) |
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| Ok this is not what you guys are talking about right now but it is a hobby of mine.... I am a big time history nerd..... I do medieval re-creation.... www.sca.org we have armoured fighting .... whoo hoo running around and hitting your friends full on with a stick ... ok I am going back to my nerd corner now |
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| Anthony Ant |
| I do a podcast show as a hobby. Any other Bubba fans do any podshows, or listen to podcasts? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
The article appeared to focus on how to explore the caves... I think the bigger question is how did the caves form? Cave formation requires water. And, based on the scale of the caves in the six pictures, those would require a lot of water over a significant period of time... Thoughts from the resident Darkside Geologist... ;) |
It's actually a good point. I'm wondering if they tell us everything that they know. They've been known to K5 a lot of things. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Hrolfr
Ok this is not what you guys are talking about right now but it is a hobby of mine.... I am a big time history nerd..... I do medieval re-creation.... www.sca.org we have armoured fighting .... whoo hoo running around and hitting your friends full on with a stick ... ok I am going back to my nerd corner now |
That's pretty cool! And it's a hobby, so it fits. We have some history buffs here. So, this is like a Ren-fest type of thing you do? |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Anthony Ant
I do a podcast show as a hobby. Any other Bubba fans do any podshows, or listen to podcasts? |
I don't have a Pod setup, but I think a few people on the site do those types of shows. |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
That's pretty cool! And it's a hobby, so it fits. We have some history buffs here. So, this is like a Ren-fest type of thing you do? |
Well sort of.... its the next level beyond ren-fests....... In the SCA you participate in the history not just watch shows, go to venders and eat turkey legs. You find a time period and a culture from which you think you may have been a part of or really that interests you, then you research and dress like that group of people. We re-create the mid ages as they should have been in other words no plague no slaves and the non- fun things.... we do arts and sciences from the age (read "brew" mead). Have armoured fighting, here we put on the Armour of the culture and time that we have individually picked i.e. I am a Viking from around 980ish ad, and we well fight... there are some rules and we don't use steel swords because we WE HIT EACH OTHER!! We use rattan (a cousin of bamboo) and it is equivalent to being hit with a baseball bat (great bruises). If you see people fighting with steel either they are choreographed or they are going 3/4 speed with pulled blows.
We are not the freaks that have pool noodles and throw paper balls at each other and yell out spell names!!!! If someone did that to me in a tournament I would crank them so hard they wouldn’t see straight for a month.
Sorry I could talk about this for hours…. It is a lot of fun and did I mention we camp in period tents…………………. |
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I have a friend who used to make clothing from the period - she was quite good at it. and, in fact, got married dressed up in costume and everyone who came was expected (more or less) to also dress up. Yes, I was there. In a long green dress.
you can stop laughing now :jj: |
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| PIR...I don't know my constellations and don't have a clear view of the sky for the trees. However, do you know what the star (or planet or satellite) that is appearing in the southeastern sky about 60 degrees off the horizon. It's huge in comparison to other objects in the sky and flickers fairly brightly... |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Hrolfr
Sorry I could talk about this for hours…. It is a lot of fun and did I mention we camp in period tents…………………. |
That's pretty cool man! Talk all you want! hehee |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by kali
I have a friend who used to make clothing from the period - she was quite good at it. and, in fact, got married dressed up in costume and everyone who came was expected (more or less) to also dress up. Yes, I was there. In a long green dress.
you can stop laughing now :jj: |
Ok, you asked for it..
Let's see the pics!
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
PIR...I don't know my constellations and don't have a clear view of the sky for the trees. However, do you know what the star (or planet or satellite) that is appearing in the southeastern sky about 60 degrees off the horizon. It's huge in comparison to other objects in the sky and flickers fairly brightly... |
Well, if it's bluish/white, it's Sirius, the brightest star in the sky (Yes, like the radio) and if it's yellowish in color, it's Saturn.
Best way to tell- Saturn will be all alone in the sky, no bright stars in it's area, and Sirius will have 3 stars in a row, to it's "right" a few degrees.
You'll see Sirius to the 'left' of this
Now, if you're talking about early morning as opposed to night, then it would be Jupiter. Jupiter rules the morning sky.
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COMET FLYBY: Just now, Comet 96P/Machholz is completing a 4-day flyby of the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded the encounter in its entirety. Watch the movie and notice how the comet brightens with sustained exposure to fierce solar heat.
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AURORA FORECAST: A solar wind stream is heading for Earth. Sky watchers from Scandinavia to Alaska should be alert for auroras when it arrives on April 9th.
A similar solar wind stream hit Earth on April 1st, causing the display shown above. "At one point the whole sky was covered in fantastic swirling arcs," says photographer Steve Faulkner of Lake Myvatn, Iceland |
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| rigmover2307 |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
The article appeared to focus on how to explore the caves... I think the bigger question is how did the caves form? Cave formation requires water. And, based on the scale of the caves in the six pictures, those would require a lot of water over a significant period of time... Thoughts from the resident Darkside Geologist... ;) |
isn't it pretty much a given that there used to be water in mars? i just assume for the time being that its either frozen under the surface, or the buildup of co2 in the atmosphere vaporized it from the temp rise, then was stripped away by solar winds when the core solidified and lost its magnetosphere. hell, mars probably had liquid water for a couple billion years at least. it had to be doing somthing. perehaps theres whole networks of underground caverns. |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
isn't it pretty much a given that there used to be water in mars? i just assume for the time being that its either frozen under the surface, or the buildup of co2 in the atmosphere vaporized it from the temp rise, then was stripped away by solar winds when the core solidified and lost its magnetosphere. hell, mars probably had liquid water for a couple billion years at least. it had to be doing somthing. perehaps theres whole networks of underground caverns. |
The dried waterways an canals definitely show a past watery planet. Lotsa water. It's tough to say where it all went. There is a small amount there now, but not nearly as much as the past, to make those canals! |
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Random images
Aurora!
Distant galaxy "Sleeping Beauty"
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C'mon, you know i had to post this!!
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
COMET FLYBY: Just now, Comet 96P/Machholz is completing a 4-day flyby of the sun. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded the encounter in its entirety. Watch the movie and notice how the comet brightens with sustained exposure to fierce solar heat.
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AURORA FORECAST: A solar wind stream is heading for Earth. Sky watchers from Scandinavia to Alaska should be alert for auroras when it arrives on April 9th.
A similar solar wind stream hit Earth on April 1st, causing the display shown above. "At one point the whole sky was covered in fantastic swirling arcs," says photographer Steve Faulkner of Lake Myvatn, Iceland |
Have you ever seen this firdt hand?
I spent three summers in Alaska fisshing and I've seenthese aroras, un real, a must see if u get a chance |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Mytee Mouse
Have you ever seen this firdt hand?
I spent three summers in Alaska fisshing and I've seenthese aroras, un real, a must see if u get a chance |
In 2000, major solar flares cause aurora to be seen as far south as Texas. I saw some of those, but I've never seen the massive Alaskan lights. :(
Before i die, I'd like to see that! |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
In 2000, major solar flares cause aurora to be seen as far south as Texas. I saw some of those, but I've never seen the massive Alaskan lights. :(
Before i die, I'd like to see that! |
Yea dude! At first I thought the light white ones were just whispy clouds in the clear night sky then they started to move in eratic waves !
Then the greens started to show! I also got to see an orangish and redish ones also!
If you are into absolute beautiful sceanery and unbelivable fishing, I would sugest, before you die, to get up to southeast AK!!!!!! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by Mytee Mouse
Yea dude! At first I thought the light white ones were just whispy clouds in the clear night sky then they started to move in eratic waves !
Then the greens started to show! I also got to see an orangish and redish ones also!
If you are into absolute beautiful sceanery and unbelivable fishing, I would sugest, before you die, to get up to southeast AK!!!!!! |
No doubt. I love fishing. My brother's been dying to get a trip going for years. I might have to do that
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Well, if it's bluish/white, it's Sirius, the brightest star in the sky (Yes, like the radio) and if it's yellowish in color, it's Saturn.
Best way to tell- Saturn will be all alone in the sky, no bright stars in it's area, and Sirius will have 3 stars in a row, to it's "right" a few degrees.
You'll see Sirius to the 'left' of this
Now, if you're talking about early morning as opposed to night, then it would be Jupiter. Jupiter rules the morning sky.
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Based on your photo, it has to be Sirius... Thanks! The pic in post 577 of the solar wind is gorgeous... Almost to the point it doesn't look real! |
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| PriceIsRight |
Quote: Originally posted by MeSelf
Based on your photo, it has to be Sirius... Thanks! The pic in post 577 of the solar wind is gorgeous... Almost to the point it doesn't look real! |
Yes, SOHO has it's own website, you can watch it daily, and check out Coronal Mass Ejections (CME's) that give us aurorae. http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. Magnitude -1.4, and it's in Canis major, the Greater Dog. hence, Sirius Radio has the dog symbol, and the star in his eye. That's where it comes from
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Lighting up the night sky, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a wealthy
American space tourist and two cosmonauts bound for the international
space station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today
and thundered safely into orbit.
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| rigmover2307 |
Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
Lighting up the night sky, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a wealthy
American space tourist and two cosmonauts bound for the international
space station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today
and thundered safely into orbit.
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fuckin rich assholes, wish i colud afford a vacation like that! were gettin a commercial spaceport here in new mexico but they only offer bout ten miniutes in space for a mere 200 large. wont have the facility built for five more years and already sold out the first two hundred flights. |
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Quote: Originally posted by rigmover2307
fuckin rich assholes, wish i colud afford a vacation like that! were gettin a commercial spaceport here in new mexico but they only offer bout ten miniutes in space for a mere 200 large. wont have the facility built for five more years and already sold out the first two hundred flights. |
Damn..maybe the astronaut farmer has the right idea? |
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VENUS AND THE PLEIADES: The Goddess of Love is about to pay a visit to the Seven Sisters--or as an astronomer would say, Venus is moving into conjunction with the Pleiades. The planet and the star cluster will be side-by-side after dark on Wednesday, April 11th
Günther Strauch of Borken, Germany, snapped this picture of Venus approaching the Pleaides on April 4th. Venus was so bright it beamed right through the clouds, forming a lovely halo: image. "Very nice," he says. And the view will only improve in the nights ahead
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MYSTERY IN THE CLOUDS: Seen through an ordinary backyard telescope, Venus seems bland. It's a featureless, cloud-covered orb about as interesting as a billiard ball. But if that same telescope is fitted with an ultraviolet filter, a mystery reveals itself. Venus' clouds are cross-crossed with fast-moving dark bands, shown here in a series of March 30th photos from Ed Lomeli of Sacramento, California:
The bands are the mystery. Some unknown substance within them strongly absorbs UV light, accounting for almost half of the solar energy trapped by Venus. Whatever is in there, it plays a big role in maintaining Venus' hellish climate; the average temperature on the surface is about 460° Celsius. Astronomers have been studying the bands since Mariner 10 first spotted them in the 1970s, but decades later no one knows the identity of the "UV absorbers." Candidates range from gaseous chlorine and sulfur compounds to alien life using UV radiation as a source of energy. Maybe Venus Express, a European spacecraft orbiting Venus now, will solve the puzzle.
To photograph the bands, Lomelli used a 9-inch Celestron telescope, an Imaging Source ccd camera (model DMK 21BF04), and a 1.25-inch Schuler photometric UV pass filter. "I also have the Baader UV pass filter, but the Schuler is a better performer," he advises. |
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Hey price nice picks of the stars and stuff!
The only thing cool I've ever seen in the night sky I acuallt seen a meteor comeing in for a landing about 5 summers ago in WA state. At first I thought it was a firework cuase of that time of year and it was bright blue with orage short tail but then it went behind a hill. It was tavelling from east to west! pretty cool stuff man! |
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Quote: Originally posted by Mytee Mouse
Hey price nice picks of the stars and stuff!
The only thing cool I've ever seen in the night sky I acuallt seen a meteor comeing in for a landing about 5 summers ago in WA state. At first I thought it was a firework cuase of that time of year and it was bright blue with orage short tail but then it went behind a hill. It was tavelling from east to west! pretty cool stuff man! |
There are meteor showers every year, and one is coming up, peaking on April 22. I watch meteor showers all year long. Definitely something worth staying up a while for. i stay out all night heheee.
I'll be posting details about it soon! |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
In 2000, major solar flares cause aurora to be seen as far south as Texas. |
Last year for a few nights we had them from almost every direction, and they were so big they nearly met in the middle of the sky. A few news papers reported it, but I don't think they gave a reason for them.
It was really quite spooky |
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Quote: Originally posted by Scales
Last year for a few nights we had them from almost every direction, and they were so big they nearly met in the middle of the sky. A few news papers reported it, but I don't think they gave a reason for them.
It was really quite spooky |
We did have a few big solar flares last year, and that makes for some major auroras. Other times, Earth's magnetic field dips south, and that weakens our "shield" causing auroras. |
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| L. Ron Hubbard was a visionary.................................................................................. |
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Quote: Originally posted by Zeeke
L. Ron Hubbard was a visionary.................................................................................. |
Really? How so? I'm not really privy to his teachings. |
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| i was checking out some Opera wigets (little programs) and found this which calls up images from this page |
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Quote: Originally posted by kali
i was checking out some Opera wigets (little programs) and found this which calls up images from this page |
That's pretty cool. I just hate to start downloading different programs, my computer starts to hate me
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| My Hobbie and i am suprized nobody has said it yet, PUSSY! I think pussy can be a hobby, why not? you can break it down to fucking, porn, or whatever but it amounts to pussy! I do have a masters in music theory & comp. and play guitar, and collect movies (but mostly P2P sharing) same with music but there really hasn't been any good music out there lately in my opinion. |
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Quote: Originally posted by PriceIsRight
That's pretty cool. I just hate to start downloading different programs, my computer starts to hate me
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I know EXACTLY what you mean!
I try to be very very careful about doing anything on my Windows side (I can also boot to linux - I can afford to be more relaxed there).
Opera - the browser - is one of the programs i can feel comfortable about and not only have never caused me problems, it has prevent my system from getting kooties. With the new version of Opera i have been exploring the Widget feature. It can be quite fun.
I have never gotten a virus (knock wood) because i have been obsessive about using Opera and ZoneAlarm and NEVER using IE or Outlook express - the two main highways that virus's/trojans travel.
I also have Spybot to check for any stray ads/shit coming through. so far so good. whew! |
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Quote: Originally posted by cmdry72
My Hobbie and i am suprized nobody has said it yet, PUSSY! I think pussy can be a hobby, why not? you can break it down to fucking, porn, or whatever but it amounts to pussy! I do have a masters in music theory & comp. and play guitar, and collect movies (but mostly P2P sharing) same with music but there really hasn't been any good music out there lately in my opinion. |
Pussy is not a hobby, it's a necessity. Hobbies are something you WANT to do, not HAVE to. :D
Post some of your instruments! |
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Quote: Originally posted by kali
I know EXACTLY what you mean!
I try to be very very careful about doing anything on my Windows side (I can also boot to linux - I can afford to be more relaxed there).
Opera - the browser - is one of the programs i can feel comfortable about and not only have never caused me problems, it has prevent my system from getting kooties. With the new version of Opera i have been exploring the Widget feature. It can be quite fun.
I have never gotten a virus (knock wood) because i have been obsessive about using Opera and ZoneAlarm and NEVER using IE or Outlook express - the two main highways that virus's/trojans travel.
I also have Spybot to check for any stray ads/shit coming through. so far so good. whew! |
Sounds pretty cool, but so far, I'm happy with my simple system here. later on, I'll build a stronger, nicer one. THEN watch out!
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VENUS AND THE PLEIADES: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. Brilliant Venus and the delicate Pleiades are almost side-by-side. Mohammad Taher Pilevar of Hamedan, Iran, took this picture on April 9th:
"On a cold windy night, the gathering of Venus and the Pleiades was a beautiful scene," he says.
The view will improve in the nights ahead as the planet and the star cluster draw even closer together. They'll be at their best on Wednesday, April 11th, when only 2.5o degrees of arc lie between them, and you can eclipse the pair with the tip of your thumb held at arm's length. Don't miss it! |
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STRATOSPHERIC PHOTOGRAPHY: Consider it a test flight. Swedish University students Jörgen Hedin and Michael Erneland wondered what it would be like to send an ordinary digital camera into the stratosphere and take a picture of the scenery. So on March 28th they launched a weather balloon with a Samsung DigiMax Pro 815 onboard, and here is the result:
This photo was taken about two and a half hours into the flight at an altitude of 25 km," says Hedin. "The balloon was straight above the city of Rovaniemi in Finland and the camera was pointing east. In the high resolution image one can see the Swedish/Norwegian mountains in the distance."
At an altitude of 25 km, the balloon was above 95% of Earth's atmosphere. The air was only a few percent as dense as air at sea level, and the temperature was about 55 degrees C below zero. These are conditions typical of the planet Mars! How appropriate that the black of space is visible just over the horizon.
The test flight was a big success and more flights are planned. Stay tuned for photos of meteors, auroras, stars and planets--the possibilities are stratospheric |
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Mornin Damnit!
We*ks we*k
Quote: The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mike, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mike cord as he went.
Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again. After several circles and jerks, Little Johnny leaned toward her mother and whispered, "If he gets loose, will he hurt us?" |
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VENUS AND THE PLEIADES: Tonight, for the third night in a row, you can see Venus beautifully close to the Pleiades. Simply look west after sunset. The planet-star cluster combo is not only pleasing to the naked eye but also a fun target for cameras:
"This is a 4-minute guided exposure," says physics professor Jimmy Westlake of Stagecoach, Colorado. "An 18-bladed diaphragm in the lens created the spikes in the overexposed image of Venus, but the results are pretty spectacular." |
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| Noctilucent clouds, which are really ice crystals, not clouds at all. |
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LAST SHOT: Firefighters had just gotten a bushfire under control near Melbourne, Australia, on April 10th when homeowner Rob Carew beheld a planet beaming through the smoke--and he took this picture:
"The fire looked amazing with Jupiter rising behind," says Carew. "And then Lady Luck threw in a meteor! Sadly, my camera lens fell to the ground and was ruined after this shot--a last lovely picture."
The scene could repeat itself on April 22nd and 23rd when the Lyrid meteor shower peaks. Early morning sky watchers will see as many as 18 meteors per hour flashing around the planet Jupiter. Hopefully, the fire will be out by then. Stay tuned for details. |
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