OT: Astronomy Picture of the Day

[Cipher7071]

I saved this last one. I collect similar images (as opposed to artist's conceptions like the previous one). I have other images of the planet, like those from the Hubbel telescope, but none of this scope and resolution.

[Renegade 13]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060926.html

[Cipher7071]

I saved this one too. Back (thirty-some years ago) when I built my 6" reflector, I never would have guessed that I'd have such easy access to such high-resolution images. I've seen pictures of the Cydonia area from a similar angle before, but not this big. There's no Mount Rushmore there.

I hope nobody's been contemplating this one late at night over ham sandwiches, sauerkraut, or chili dogs.

[AngleWyrm]

Mmm, sauerkraut and chili dogs!

Yep, some big blonde thing went kafump onto the surface a long time ago, and then got buried.

[Kamog]

Back when I was in elementary school, the science teacher posted up on the wall a newspaper article on the "Face of Mars" with that original fuzzy picture. Back then, that was the only picture in existance of that geological feature, and although the article said that the structure was most likely natural in origin, we kids wondered about the possibility of Martians. That was a long time ago.