4.7 APOD

Circles in the Sky

At first, I thought that this was a rainbow, but without the colors... But, in fact, it's an ice halo in the sky. It reminds me of the time in elementary school where there was some water event going on. Then, when they were splashing water at us, I looked up and saw a great colorful ring which I think it's a rainbow. That was really awesome.

4.6 APOD

An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse??? No way... that looks like the guy is being sucked into a black hole. Even the picture is all blurry and distorted. I really want to see that now, light bursting out thru the edge of the pitch dark moon. I can't imagine how bright it'll be when more light passes through.

APOD 4.5

Shaping NGC 6188

None of the constellation pictures are pretty this week. This is the best of the batch! Apparently Trish thinks that it looks like a butterfly, but I think it resembles a phantom of some sort. Either way I think it looks really weird. The middle glowing portion makes it seem like it's full of like and ready to just burst out completely.

4.4 APOD

The Fox Fur Nebula from CFHT

Amazing! That really looks like a fox and all that fur around it! Although certain parts of the "head" looks as though it could be many heads combined, it still resembles a fox greatly. And the pink emission just brings it to life.

4.3 APOD

Sky Delights Over Sweden

This is like a surreal painting of some sort. It does not look real at all. I wonder how the Milky Way Galaxy's central plane can glow is this purplish color in the night. Then to add on to the mysteriousness, there's the green and red auroras near the horizon... just creeping up on you. Apparently there's also red emission nebulas and the Andromeda galaxy but I can't see those at all. All I see are little stars in the sky.

4.2 APOD

Layers in Aureum Chaos

This really does look like waves in the ocean. Or like layers of paper peeling off of some hard surface. In fact, these are actually layered rock outcrops in the Aureum Chaos on Mars. These outcrops were formed from volcanic ash, sand, or deposits on lake bottom. The rock patterns look so gentle and delicate that the wind can actually blow them off the surface.

4.1 APOD

Endeavour to Orbit

The column of smoke is from the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch towards the International Space Station. This looks so unrealistic, like something coming down from the heavens. It just seems to connect Earth and the beyond. From this far distance, you can see it go above the clouds but you can't really imagine how high it is unless you're standing next to it. Apparently, there are Rocket launches once a week on Earth so these scenes can be pretty common.