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lastlib

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9. I keep thinking about the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey....

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 12:03 AM

Jul 2022

when astronaut David Bowman exclaims, "My GOD!! It's full of STARS!!"

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the Carina Nebula looks like a Christmas Card. [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 OP

It certainly does. Looks like a mountain range. dameatball Jul 2022 #1

Why are the backgrounds blue? Deuxcents Jul 2022 #2

Blue skies are due to light diffusion through our predominantly nitrogen atmosphere. Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #3

That's glowing dust making the picture blue there... hunter Jul 2022 #4

I stand corrected. Thanks... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #5

Thanks hunter n Wounded Bear.. Deuxcents Jul 2022 #6

Totally agree. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 #7

This is the Christmas Card I was thinking of... SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 #8

I keep thinking about the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.... lastlib Jul 2022 #9

I wonder how vast we thought the universe was in 1968... SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 #10

Interesting SCantiGOP Jul 2022 #11

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