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 jenjen1352 rated 13 months ago - From the page: "If you could catch a rainbow and put it under a microscope you would see that it was not a continuous blend of colours. Along the width of it would be seen, scattered irregularly, dark patches. Atoms and molecules in the Sun's atmosphere pick out specific frequencies of lig...
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- fingerprintc99 rated 3 weeks ago
- Seen it more than a few times, but still fun...
- saltwatermatt rated 10 months ago
- Ten excellent real-life images or compilation of images from phenomena captured from outer space. No computer simulations here. You will be delighted by a visit!
- ngenie rated 11 months ago
- Discovered in 2007, this ruby-like nebula may be the result of two interacting stars. If one star is dying then the material from it may be dragged into a disc around the orbits of both objects. Material can then only escape from the system along the poles of the disc, resulting in two cones leading out of the stars. When viewed from the edge these cones seem like two triangles. Here the system is seen in the infrared.
- ruscara rated 13 months ago
- Space images, weird and wonderful
- bakerspecial rated 13 months ago
- Stunning images from deep space.
- matthewbhere rated 13 months ago
- Some pretty cool space phenomena.
(thanks pigletpoo)
- jenjen1352 rated 13 months ago
- From the page: "If you could catch a rainbow and put it under a microscope you would see that it was not a continuous blend of colours. Along the width of it would be seen, scattered irregularly, dark patches. Atoms and molecules in the Sun's atmosphere pick out specific frequencies of light and absorb them, diminishing their intensity by comparison. This images shows the spectrum of light from the Sun stretched out to make these absorption lines visible. We use the reverse of the idea (emission lines) when we make coloured lights. For instance, we excite sodium atoms to emit a signature orange light in street lamps. In this image you can see two prominent dark bands in the yellow-orange section which are the absorption due to sodium."
- Dipdog21 rated 13 months ago
- Some really neat stuff.
- bozman2 rated 13 months ago
- This is a totally cool site for space stuff...
- chummers rated 13 months ago
- From the page: "I recently saw a Digg article which linked to a space.com page about the 10 Strangest Things in Space. All but 2 of the items were not pictures at all but computer simulations, or artists impressions. So here to correct this injustice to phenomena everywhere I present the REAL 10 Strangest Things in Space - or at least in my opinion. Feel free to suggest any others in the comments."
Creatively chosen and well written, a nice primer for young children interested in the stars and trying to figure out why we even bother to understand the goings on out in space. Insert star trek theme song here.
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