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I like this, at this speed gives meaning to Spaceship Earth as you can see things burning up in the atmosphere and how the planet moves.
And some people just can’t seem to understand why there are millions of people who CHOOSE to live in the middle of the country where we get to see things like this every night, and don’t have to risk getting beat over the head & robbed while we are outside with our friends enjoying the view. I have friends who live in New York and LA who claim they have never seen a star. Sad.
I’ve tried these shots but where we live there is just too much light pollution.
Title is a quote from 2010. Nice.
#4 – I think from 2001 not 2010. But, ever since the incident with the pod bay doors, my memory has been shot to hell.
#5 – Yup, from 2001, but it was 1968. Hmmm, the 60’s, maybe that’s why our memories are all “shot to hell.”
But what does it mean?
#7 did they open that new bridge? Can you walk on it?
Hey—astro experts: are all the lights we see in the sky stars or are many/most/some of them galaxies? I know faint smudges are galaxies and you can see them pretty good with low power telescopes==but I mean in that picture heading this thread for instance: “basically” all stars?
Whoops–just looking again at the picture–I see a whole lot of “smudge” in the “back bone” of the Milky Way. Hmmmm. Milky Way. Is the smudges/gray-white areas in the picture mostly other solar systems, or stars?/////Ha, ha. I guess that would be stars wouldn’t it? HEY, I said I wasn’t a scientist.
I’m gonna think what we see is mostly stars with perhaps a few smudges just discernable being other galaxies.
25 years ago I went out into the Sahara Desert (Western Sahara to be more accurate) and had a very similar experience then. The night sky was so utterly clear.
I’ll never forget how clear the Milky Way appeared.
Breathtaking.
Off topic but did anyone observe the Lunar eclipse last night? I couldn’t here in San Diego because of the weather condition (thick clouds). I was hoping to snap a few photos with my 800mm zoom camera 😀 Oh well, next June!
In regards to the post it’s a great scene. I’ve never seen anything like it, not that I can remember. But at Mount Palomar here in San Diego you can get a good view of stars and, at the right times with the telescope, be able to view some of the planets. My interest peak in 6th grade when I were allowed to view Saturn and its rings. That was just too cool for a kid like me 🙂
Younger than that, we enjoyed going out to the park with every other family in the neighborhood to enjoy fireworks and best of all the stars. There’s nothing better, imo, than lying on the grass staring into fireworks and stars. This was back in Tulsa and when fireworks wasn’t consider too “bad.” 🙂
How an anyone look upon the void and think they are lords of the cosmos?
It’s ALLWAYS BEEN THAT WAY !!! (For how many BILLIONS OF YEARS ???) Industrial Humans have just POLLUTED THE ATMOSPHERE such that you have to leave metropolitan areas to see the sky !!!
Still both BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME !!!
#15–deowll==because if you just look out there, it appears that “we” are the center of the universe and that the stars were put there for our pleasure.
On vacation on a sheep ranch in New Zealand–you could read the newspaper by the star light of the Milky Way–brighter than the picture posted shows. I can’t remember if the moon was up or not–that would make a big difference. Remember reading newspapers by moonlight when sailing off the Bahamas.
Get away from cities, and nature can be impressive.
#5 – Dave “#4 – I think from 2001 not 2010. But, ever since the incident with the pod bay doors, my memory has been shot to hell.”
Bravo, sir. Simply magnificent.
#17
You actually did that, took the vacation? Man I have to say I’m jealous. I would love to do that sometime during my lifetime. I’ve been visiting and doing business in China for quite a few years now and I have to say I’m very disappointed.
I’m sure there are some nice places to take photo’s but so many places are polluted it’s not even funny. The water, even out in the mountains and countryside is a green smelly puss color :/ The smog is quite bad as well.
My last trip was to Fujian and while we did get some good photos it wasn’t as many as we had hope to take for a whole day/night trip.
http://www.amoymagic.com/fjadv/roundhouses.htm
And don’t be fool by the beauty of the photo. Next to the beautiful bamboo forest, like in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon scene, lies rows and rows green tea plants. Such beautiful locations ruined because villages get their income from farming green tea. Can’t blame them though. Anyhow…rambling.
I was hoping to show you guys something like this with the Lunar eclipse but couldn’t. I think it would have been stellar.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9lR9NlJ2a6g
The image stabilization is top notch.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1dthOd5ZQw
Milky Way, Small and Large Magellanic Clouds.
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Puzzled by some aspects of these shots. Colour in dusk shots is one concern, a lack of dimensional abberation in the motion optics, stars visible in near daylight with a nearby city springs to mind.
#20–Theone==thanks for the link. First time I’ve ever seen/heard about the Earthen Castles. Worth a look see. Spent 3 weeks in China–a lot to see, lots of Natural Beauty. I’m sure in the Gobi Desert they have clear night skies but I’ve always been more the Mountain/River/Green type of tourist.
New Zealand should be on everyone’s bucket list. A hikers paradise. Green, clean, empty. Not like China at all. Spend your whole trip there–don’t go wasting time throwing in Australia and Fuji–save that for your next trip.
#24, Bobbo
A few villages in the Fujian province are nice but none are free from the tea growing practice. There’s a village between a mountain range the call (I think) Tiger’s mountain I I love it there. I had wish I could retire there haha
The mountain is called that because it’s overall shape resembles that of a tiger, how cool is that!
I’ve not consider New Zealand nor researched anything about it. A hiker’s paradise sounds great since I do quite a bit here in San Diego. Thanks for the tip!
Quote is from 2001 but echoed in 2010, a fave quote of mine. A great series, unlike Rama…
#25–Theone==may I recommend the Milford Track?
ultimatehikes.co.nz
My best Hike was a 10 day trip from North to South in Desolation Valley just West of Lake Tahoe. 2nd night out, bear ate all our food so we survived by fishing, berries, and begging. Makes an “escorted hike” sound good–from post to post, prepared food, cot.
The famous line “My God, it’s full of stars!” were Dave Bowman’s final words as he entered the monolith in the BOOK version of 2001: A SpaceOdyssey, in Chapter 39. That line did not occur in the original movie, although it was retrofitted to the various sequels, e.g., in the movie sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact as being uttered by Dave Bowman as he entered the monolith.
ggore, I thought LA was full of stars. And folks
in NY never seen the sun (a star)?
They know not if it’s dark outside or light?!
that was awesome… made my morning… sitting here in seattle drinking my morning joe looking down 3r from a high rise uptown i can almost see the ball park from here… ppl coming and going moving across the earth like stars across the sky… drive by the same forces maybe… almost… who knows… anyway have a good one out there and be safe….
It’s only called the Milky Way, because that’s what we named it on earth. But what name does the Galaxy call itself? We may never know.