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Lonecat
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Post subject: TERRIFIC PICTURE OF THE RECENT ECLIPSE Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:02 pm |
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Here is a an impressive photograph of the Sun (and the Moon) during the recent total eclipse (August the first)
Eclipse
_________________ "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident. Schopenhauer
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nigelelan53
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:22 pm |
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Thanks for the photograph Lonecat.
On the edge of the Corona, you can see several Solar Flares ejecting from Sol.
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Newbs
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:00 pm |
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Wow ... fabulous ...Thanks Lonecat .. you always get us such great stuff !...
Anyone else think it is more than a little coincidental ( is there such a thing... ) that the moon is exactly the same shape and size in the sky to the Sun.. that the ratio of size with distance equals optical size in the horizon as almost the same?
I can see why people believe(d) the Sun - God , Moon -Goddess are partners , and are ying/yang of each other.!
_________________ Live your life in such a way that when your feet touch the floor in the morning Satan shudders & says 'Oh **!@%.....she's awake!!! '
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Lonecat
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:05 pm |
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I suppose, that, if we are to look at things in a strictly scientific manner, it is not so strange that the Moon should be "just the right size" to block out the Sun during a total eclipse: (conic sections and shadow projection and all that). Nevertheless I belive that we have to think of other factors, too. It is not only the Moon's being at the right distance from Earth in allignment with our dear Earth and the glorious rays of Ra-Helios, (our Sun) which is importantnt but also we, too, who have to be in the right spot at the right time. Millions of people were not able to view this majestic spectacle, myself included. However, Newbs, I love your own comment or observation about the magnificence of such an event. I agree with you about the beauty and the wonder of it all. Is it not, perhaps, we humans who put the magic and the poetry into it by perceiving things in a human way. Your response quite moved me. I feel the same way. 
_________________ "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Aldous Huxley (1894-1963). All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident. Schopenhauer
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Newbs
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:16 pm |
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Im glad you feel that way Lonecat ..  . its pretty awesome all the same that they are each roughly the same size in the sky to each other ..... and that even though they are millions of miles apart , SHE is smaller but no less important in the sky to HE !
The Universe is certainly a moving ( no pun intended ! ) experience for anyone that cares to spend a moment looking !
look forward to your posts ... as usual !
_________________ Live your life in such a way that when your feet touch the floor in the morning Satan shudders & says 'Oh **!@%.....she's awake!!! '
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Zingdad
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:05 am |
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Wow- fantastic pic! Thanks Lonecat. New desktop image here we come! :-)
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entity
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:20 pm |
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Yep that is a great pic..Most definitely desktop material.
Thanks for sharing! 
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