Attention on the Skies=Soul-Searching?
Speaking of comets, those of us who remember comet Hale-Boppwill recall that that tail is extremely long-lived.
The people in South America who observed January 2007's Comet McNcnaught will recall that the tail remains visible for an evening or two, spawns a flurry of hype, and then, due to the Earth's own motion relative to the sun, it's just ... gone.
This psychological mirror-turned-in-on-itself can only be described metaphorically even by actual eye- ear- nose- and skin-witnesses. Just a thought.
posted by mattergy @ 11:16 AM
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Beautiful shot! If you want to see an incredible photo of the Comet Hale-Bopp with the northern lights, (aurora borealis,) check out this guy's site: www.caryanderson.com/Auro.html
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Thanks for the link...I wish I had some money for Anderson's book on Auroras, because it looks like an interesting compilation of materials on the subject...I will have to wait for about a month or so...I know capturing an aurora and comet TOGETHER is itself worth the price of the book.
BTW, if you click on the credit-notation on the previous day's entry, you'll be connected directly to the McNaught photographer's site.
Although I merely republished and reformatted a photo from the APOD Archive (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
I'm always a fan of people's original photography. I hesistate to republish anything that has not been through a significant vetting process, though...I know APOD photos are well-cited, AND relatively license-free in their digital form, so I tend to use them for source-material often...
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