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Post by timothylane on Sept 2, 2019 7:05:07 GMT -8
I've done a lot of photos from phototropolis on astronomical subjects, and today's doesn't quite fit in any of the threads so far. So here's one of Mars with a bit of a rover shown.
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Post by timothylane on Sept 3, 2019 8:38:40 GMT -8
Here's another interesting astronomical photo:
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Post by timothylane on Sept 8, 2019 7:27:48 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Sept 16, 2019 6:37:28 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Sept 18, 2019 13:21:13 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Sept 21, 2019 6:42:41 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Sept 22, 2019 6:33:03 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Sept 27, 2019 6:41:56 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Oct 2, 2019 7:42:17 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Oct 5, 2019 6:16:58 GMT -8
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Post by timothylane on Oct 19, 2019 7:21:06 GMT -8
Here's an interesting one with an apt name.
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Post by timothylane on Oct 27, 2019 6:19:02 GMT -8
Here's another interesting vista, from our own solar system.
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Post by timothylane on Oct 30, 2019 8:52:39 GMT -8
Here's a nebula that looks more like an interesting cloud pattern.
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Post by timothylane on Nov 27, 2019 7:31:32 GMT -8
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Post by Brad Nelson on Nov 27, 2019 9:08:51 GMT -8
I love “plasma rain on the sun.” These photos are a heretical reminder that so much of what drives “science” (or used to) was the sheer beauty and wonder of nature. Now I think many are just trying to bolster their atheism as they try to deconstruct the universe into meaningless, empty, jiggling particles.
If you see a rainbow and are in awe of it, well then you are just an anti-scientific clown who doesn’t understand that what is really going on is refraction.
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Post by kungfuzu on Nov 27, 2019 9:46:03 GMT -8
The individual constituent parts of the universe are, in themselves, awe inspiring. Their existence alone should give anyone with a brain a good reason to believe in a higher being.
But the organization of those parts, the unity of creation is so wonderously mind-boggling that only a fool would doubt and deny the existence of God.
From quarks to Michelangelo's Pieta is more than amazing.
While we cannot begin to know or understand it all, I believe the closest way to express it in human terms is that creation is the manifestation of Thought.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Nov 27, 2019 12:31:31 GMT -8
Sounds like a great name for a documentary I’d love to see on The History Channel. Wrong: narrow minds know it all.  Probably. In the beginning was the Word. I’ve never really understood what that means. Still don’t. Was all of Creation evoked by a divine incantation? I don’t know. But since thought precedes words (at least in most conservative places…I can’t speak for those other guys), you may be close to the truth, Mr. Kung. I think. |
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Post by timothylane on Nov 29, 2019 7:24:51 GMT -8
Here's an aptly titled photograph.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Nov 29, 2019 9:03:52 GMT -8
Wiki informs us that the Whirlpool galaxy (also known as Messier51a — not named after Mark Messier who, by the way, won 6 Stanley Cups) is (as you can see from this humungous photo) interacting with a Seyfert 2 galaxy. Whether that other galaxy has a name or not, I know not. “NGC 5195” is not a name suitable for something so grand and mysterious. Let someone here dub it with something suitable. Because it seems to be sucking material from the otherwise productive Whirlpool Galaxy, you could call it the Democrat Party Galaxy. But, again, I leave it to you out there to officially anoint it with a name. But it can’t just be left with a number. And who really can say they can have jurisdiction over something halfway across the universe? Your power to name such things is, as far as I can see, as great as anyone else’s…unless, of course, you live in NGC 5195. We learn elsewhere that “Seyfert galaxies are one of the two largest groups of active galaxies, along with quasars. They have quasar-like nuclei (very luminous, distant and bright sources of electromagnetic radiation) with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, their host galaxies are clearly detectable.” Its that all clear? It goes on: Although “The Seyfert Galaxies”might be a good name for a rock band I’m not sure that “The Accretion Discs” would be a good choice. But on second thought, “The Supermassive Black Holes” has sort of a ring to it. Likely heavy metal but could be rhythm-and-blues. I’ve read theories as to why many galaxies have spiral arms and I’m none the wiser for having read that. They just do. 
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Post by timothylane on Nov 29, 2019 9:35:14 GMT -8
I'd heard of Seyfert galaxies and the connection to black holes, but not the link to quasars. Perhaps we can call the other galaxy the Leech Galaxy. (I assume it's the white spot on the right that one of the spiral arms extends to.) I compare Demagogues to leeches anyway. Come to think of it, that can also represent medical practice, since leeches occasionally were used to drain some blood in accordance with the theory of humors.
I will let you imagine how effective draining several ounces of blood, by whatever means, was in treating actual illnesses. As the saying goes, that's why they refer to the practice of medicine.
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