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Mari · 01-02-2014, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lara

update: they're all rescued.

Cool. That is great. I will go look at CNNs site.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/02/world/...ca-ship-stuck/

The crew is expected to get out by mid-January.

M

Brokenfriend · 01-08-2014, 05:32 PM

Look at this. I clicked on the picture,and let it download. Then I clicked on a area in the upper right corner,and saw thousands of stars in that area. Isn't that fantastic!!!

2014 January 07: M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

BF

waves · 01-08-2014, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

Look at this. I clicked on the picture,and let it download. Then I clicked on a area in the upper right corner,and saw thousands of stars in that area. Isn't that fantastic!!!

2014 January 07: M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius

BF

Archive link: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140107.html

You can click this image to load the full size view (what Steve did):

"Explanation: M7 is one of the most prominent open clusters of stars on the sky. The cluster, dominated by bright blue stars, can be seen with the naked eye in a dark sky in the tail of the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). M7 contains about 100 stars in total, is about 200 million years old, spans 25 light-years across, and lies about 1000 light-years away. The above deep image, taken last June from Hungary through a small telescope, combines over 60 two-minute exposures. The M7 star cluster has been known since ancient times, being noted by Ptolemy in the year 130 AD. Also visible are a dark dust cloud and literally millions of unrelated stars towards the Galactic center."

Brokenfriend · 01-09-2014, 04:38 AM

Thank you Waves. I should have said isn't that amazing?((Not Fantastic)) BF

Brokenfriend · 01-15-2014, 04:38 AM

This is a interesting nebula.

2014 January 15: Spitzer's Orion

BF

Mari · 01-15-2014, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

This is a interesting nebula.

2014 January 15: Spitzer's Orion

BF

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140115.html

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Spitzer's Orion
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, T. Megeath (Univ. Toledo, Ohio)
Explanation: Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orio
n Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away.

This stunning false-color view spans about 40 light-years across the region, constructed using infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope.

Compared to its visual wavelength appearance, the brightest portion of the nebula is likewise centered on Orion's young, massive, hot stars, known as the Trapezium Cluster

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Hi, Steve,

How about words like "stunning," "awesome," and almost "incomprehensible."

Anyway, I hope that you have a good day today.

Mari

Brokenfriend · 01-16-2014, 12:00 AM

Thank you Mari. Those are good words for this picture. BF

Brokenfriend · 01-22-2014, 02:58 AM

Check this out. They called it the Storm of the Century in Michigan. I can't immagine a snow storm causing this type of a pile up. The current media would have enough to talk about in the field for at least a month,or more.

2014 January 22 The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

My dad told me that he experienced a really bad snow storm in the 1930's when he was a teenager in our state. BF

Mari · 01-22-2014, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

Check this out. They called it the Storm of the Century in Michigan. I can't immagine a snow storm causing this type of a pile up. The current media would have enough to talk about in the field for at least a month,or more.

2014 January 22 The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

My dad told me that he experienced a really bad snow storm in the 1930's when he was a teenager in our state. BF

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140122.html

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The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
Image Credit: Bill Brinkman; Courtesy: Paula Rocco

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Explanation:
Yes, but can your blizzard do this? In Upper Michigan's Storm of the Century in 1938, some snow drifts reached the level of utility poles. Nearly a meter of new and unexpected snow fell over two days in a storm that started 76 years ago tomorrow.

As snow fell and gale-force winds piled snow to surreal heights; many roads became not only impassable but unplowable; people became stranded; cars, school buses and a train became mired; and even a dangerous fire raged.

Fortunately only two people were killed, although some students were forced to spend several consecutive days at school. The above image was taken by a local resident soon after the storm.

Snow like this makes everything else stop.
We are left with stillness and hopeful appreciation of the thaw that is to follow.

M

Brokenfriend · 01-22-2014, 04:12 AM

Thank you Mari for posting this. I imagine that there where allot of lessons learned,and new appreciations for the things that are normal. BF

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