Saturn as you've never experienced ---From APOD

[alfredo]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

May 31 2010

[Hoopla Phil]

1. WOW. That deserves a Kick with a side of recommend.

[underseasurveyor]

2. That is very cool

Thanks for sharing it. Certainly a different perspective and so crisp.

[alfredo]

8. I resized it and cropped it for my desktop background.

[lovemydog]

3. Wow

Cool!

[tammywammy]

4. Very cool site!

[alfredo]

7. M 13?

[calimary]

5. Mind-blowing!

Thanks for posting this!

[G_j]

6. awesome, K&R

[WillyT]

9. Wow... Check This One Out !!!

Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100526.html

:wow:

:kick:

[alfredo]

10. Loved watching the climbers go up the volcano.

[marions ghost]

12. If people could only feel the beauty of it all

they would stop abusing this fragile planet.

[WillyT]

13. This One Says A Lot...

Milky Way Over Ancient Ghost Panel



Long before Stonehenge was built, well before the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, ancient artists painted life-sized figures on canyon walls in Utah, USA -- but why? Nobody is sure. The entire panel of figures, which dates back about 7,000 years, is called the Great Gallery and was found on the walls of Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park. The humans who painted them likely hunted Mammoths. The unusual fuzziness of largest figure led to this mural section's informal designation as the Holy Ghost Panel, although the intended attribution and societal importance of the figure are really unknown. The above image was taken during a clear night in March. The oldest objects in the above image are not the pictographs, however, but the stars of our Milky Way Galaxy far in the background, some of which are billions of years old.

Link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100519.html

:wow:

:hi:

[alfredo]

15. There's so much light pollution we can't really see the magnificence of our skies.

To tell the truth, it is easier to see the constellations with some light pollution. But nothing beats a truly dark sky.

[WillyT]

18. Yes... As Teenagers, We Used To Go Camping High Up In The Sierra's...

We wouldn't even use a tent. We'd just lay in our sleeping bags and watch all that the skies would reveal.

:hi:

[alfredo]

19. The milky way would shine from horizon to horizon. The color of the stars

was quite evident. Antares is so red. Andromeda is visible to the naked eye as a smudge.

[marions ghost]

17. thank you

I looked around and found this page showing the whole panel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Canyon_%28Utah%29

But that pic with the figures and the night sky is the best.

We are all left talking to our personal shamans in the face of the Gulf disaster. Technology in the hands of stupid humans is failing us now...

[asdjrocky]

11. Way cool site.

[Dappleganger]

14. WOW!

I feel so small of a sudden.

[Dr Morbius]

16. I like this site. I think I'll bookmark it. Thanks.