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Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (Starry Earth, TWAN)
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Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Image Credit & Copyright: Cari Letelier
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@APoD I know this engraving because it was on the cover of The Discoverers, a book which had a huge impression on me when I was young. @APoD To me this image shows a humble shepherd who has climbed to the peak of a mountain and pierced the firmament that bounds the dome of the sky over our earthly realm. (Note that the Sun and Moon are part of this realm.) Now he is getting his mind blown by the wonders of the celestial realms beyond ordinary knowledge. He's probably going to go found a cult.  @APoD hey @mattgrayyes @garybrannan I know that name There was a Citation Needed episode about Camille Flammarion (which my girlfriend is coincidentally rewatching as we speak) thank you for making my timeline a little more delightful this morning, several years ago and completely by accident Milky Way over a Turquoise Wonderland Image Credit & Copyright: Petr HorΓ‘lek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani
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@APoD Great photo! Thanks for the explanation for us amateurs! #SanFrancisco #sfba #BayArea #flowers #gardening #MastodonGardening Jupiter and Venus Converge over Germany Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy (Trier Observatory) Moon over Makemake Illustration Credit: Alex H. Parker (Southwest Research Institute) Saturn at Night NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Mindaugas Macijauskas LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquila Image Credit & Copyright: Frank Sackenheim, Josef Poepsel, Stefan Binnewies (Capella Observatory Team) Seven Years of Halley Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew Fryhover NGC 1499: The California Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy Andromeda in Southern Skies Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Griffin (Otago Museum) Pillars of Creation Image Credit: Science - NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam Processing - Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) A Galaxy Beyond Stars, Gas, Dust Image Credit & Copyright: Howard Trottier; Text: Emily Rice Stars, Dust, Pillars, and Jets in the Pelican Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Adriano Almeida A Double Lunar Analemma over Turkey Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy |
@APoD I can see why before we found out what these things were, people believed in 'sky jellyfish' and the usual UFO shenanigans as an explanation.
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Thank you for an opportunity to learn something new!
@APoD Placidusax, is that you?