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The Astronomy Picture of the Day APOD Mon Mar 24 00:17:32 2014 No.6434172 [Reply] [Original]

Orion and Aurora over Iceland

If you see a sky like this -- photograph it. A month ago in Iceland, an adventurous photographer (pictured) chanced across a sky full of aurora and did just that. In the foreground lies the stratovolcano Öræfajökull. In the background, among other sky delights, lies the constellation of Orion, visible to the aurora's left. Auroras are sparked by energetic particles from the Sun impacting the magnetic environment around the Earth. Resultant energetic particles such as electrons and protons rain down near the Earth's poles and impact the air. The impacted air molecules obtain excited electrons, and when electrons in oxygen molecules fall back to their ground state, they emit green light. Auroras are known to have many shapes and colors.

Tomorrow's picture: dusty hunter
apod.nasa.gov/apod/

>>	APOD Mon Mar 24 00:18:01 2014 No.6434173 A random APOD generator, just for you /sci/ (and everyone else in the world, but especially for you). http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html Click through and see what APOD has to offer. If you find something amazing, share it ITT!

>>	APOD Mon Mar 24 00:19:01 2014 No.6434174 You can also check out APOD's brand new Image Search Engine at apod.it Just type in what you want to see and let NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day lead the way.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:21:31 2014 No.6434177 >>6434174 >>6434173 >>6434172 >coming on WAY too strong. NASA, pls. This is 4chan.

>>	APOD Mon Mar 24 00:22:01 2014 No.6434181 >>6434177 I do not work for or represent NASA and I am not paid by or a part of APOD at all. I am merely a humble anon who loves the Astronomy Picture of the Day and wants to share it with /sci/

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:25:31 2014 No.6434186 >>6434181 I would only recommend that you drop the namefag unless you plan to answer a lot of posters. Keep up the rest tho.

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APOD Mon Mar 24 00:27:41 2014 No.6434192

>>6434186
You must not come around here very often. I do these threads every night. Most do not get any replies (which is expected given the nature of APOD, it doesn't often raise discussion points), some get bumped, and occasionally I get a question that I always gladly answer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:28:10 2014 No.6434196 So how come Orion is shaking his club at Saturn? What did Saturn ever do to him?!

>>	APOD Mon Mar 24 00:29:10 2014 No.6434199 >>6434197 K. See you tomorrow.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:29:40 2014 No.6434197 >>6434192 >Most do not get any replies (which is expected given the nature of APOD, it doesn't often raise discussion points) No, it's your tard-strong autism that's off putting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:39:40 2014 No.6434210 >>6434197 well your an ass. literally just posting an APOD like every night and somehow thats autistic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 12:40:43 2014 No.6435113 File: 12 KB, 250x250, ConstanzaSmall.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6434197 >/sci/ >complains about autism >complains at all and doesn't contribute with valuable content

>>	Cogito ergo sum Mon Mar 24 15:06:53 2014 No.6435461 Fuck these chan-fags, apod! I think that image is absolutely STUNNING, and I appreciate that you gave a shit enough to post it. Thank you!

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:37:18 2014 No.6436436 >>6434172 I used to see you on /b/! I missed the threads APOD, Keep it up!

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:43:18 2014 No.6436444 >>6434172 thx based APOD

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Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:44:19 2014 No.6436447
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>>6435461
I wish I could say that image is stunning, but I've just seen pictures of Auroras far too often (mostly thanks to NASA's APOD website.)
What I want to see is something new.
Something that makes me ask questions and search for answers.

I still love you too APOD.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:48:18 2014 No.6436452 File: 625 KB, 3136x2296, 1381287726117.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6436447 Actually I lied. I just like pretty pictures that aren't Auroras

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:49:48 2014 No.6436454 File: 470 KB, 1680x1050, 1385418238280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6436452

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:57:18 2014 No.6436467 File: 2.33 MB, 3032x2064, 1276653122962.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6436454

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:02:18 2014 No.6436544 File: 41 KB, 999x959, iojupiter_cassini_999.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bumping with an old favorite. Appreciate the threads OP. >mfw JWST and EELT will bring unprecedentedly detailed APODS and astronomy in general in the near future

>>	APOD Tue Mar 25 01:39:50 2014 No.6436588 >>6436436 /b/ turned on me so I left for /sci/, but I'm glad to see there are still some fans out there. >>6436447 I love you too anon. You're the reason I do these threads.