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Friday Night Photos Eyes On The Sky Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 5:00pmHappy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
Last Saturday I drove up to Mount Palomar and toured Palomar Observatory. The observatory sits at about 5600ft elevation and has 4 telescopes, 18-inch, 48-inch, 60-inch and 200-inch. All but the 18-inch are still in use today. It's amazing how large a 200-inch telescope is. It makes my 6-inch Celestron telescope look like a child's toy.
The weather was beautiful, the drive in the mountains was enjoyable and the tour was informative. All in all a very good day.
Here's a few links that can explain things better than I can.
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/history.html
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/about/telescopes.html
The Evening Blues - 6-30-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 3:00pmHow many firemen does it take to lead a seal back to water?
Submitted by janis b on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 6:14amJune 30 Open Thread - Asteroid Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 5:00amThe Evening Blues - 6-29-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 3:00pmFirst Hints of Gotterdammerung, February 1, 2020
Submitted by fire with fire on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 11:36amGotterdammerung -- It's Not Just For Germans Any More
From another message board at the start of the end of the world:
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Definition of Götterdämmerung
: a collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence and disorder
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Open Thread - Thurs 29 June 2023: Pizza? At Pompeii?
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 5:00amPizza? At Pompeii?
Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered a wall painting which seems to show a pizza, or something like a pizza; a pizza precursor, pre-pizza, or maybe a pizza-oid type of entity. The pizza, foccaccia or bread in the image doesn't have tomato sauce on it, of course. Tomatoes are a new world fruit/vegetable and weren't brought Europe until the 15 or 1600s at the earliest and the first evidence of their being used in cooking in Italy wasn't until the late 1600s. But still... It's bread, with a topping of maybe fruit and/or vegetables, and/or pesto, and spices and it sure looks like pizza!
Pizza at Pompeii, from the BBC article linked below
Stress reliever
Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 11:32pmA few minutes long, can become the ear worm in your head. Forever.
I play it on occasion.
I know at least one couple who fell in love that night I played it for them.
What song do you have with a story?