An amazing astronomy photo

[sexy-girl]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0201/volcanoaurora2_shs.jpg

Explanation: Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. In Iceland in 1991, the volcano Hekla erupted at the same time that auroras were visible overhead. Hekla, one of the most famous volcanoes in the world, has erupted at least 20 times over the past millennium, sometimes causing great destruction. The last eruption occurred only two years ago but caused only minor damage. The green auroral band occurred fortuitously about 100 kilometers above the erupting lava. Is Earth the Solar System's only planet with both auroras and volcanos?

i've completely copied the web page this is from one of my fav websites that i like to visit ... i have a mild but enthused interest in astronomy although i've never done any proper star gazing except with the naked eye (which i love doing sitting out in the garden at night and laying on the bench looking up at the sky) i do enjoy reading about it too and seeing pictures as beautiful as this i enjoy the science behind it too and love this website because it usually provides the pictures and the science together and you get a new pic everyday


heres the link for the site

Astronomy Picture of the Day

 

[Shockdoctor]

Nice picture, I think I have to update my wallpaper now.

I've always been interested in astronomy too, but it's too bright in my area to see much. Have to drive a ways to get to somewhere dark enough to see a whole heck of a lot.

 

[sexy-girl]

glad you liked it too ... its often too bright around here to see all the stars too ... im going to go camping this year with my girlfriend though and i should beable to see more then


does anyone else have a mild interest in star gazing or astronomy or just think this pic looks pretty cool ?

 

[p_p_man]

Thanks for the link sexy_girl...

now added to my Favourites List...

 

[Shockdoctor]

I used to be able to go out into my backyard and see quite well, but now the fields behind my house have been converted into a new subdivision so it is way too bright.

Camping presents a great opportunity to look at the stars and such, but if I went with my girlfriend I'm not sure how much star gazing would actually be done.

 

[MunchinMark]

Beautiful.

And, I only found this out today, the Earth is the only planet in the solar system with both Aurorae and volcanoes.

 

[JennyOmanHill]

That picture is amazingly beautiful! I felt chilled when I first looked at it; it's a very special mixture of colors and passion. Thanks, sexy-girl, for sharing it with us!

 

[mig]

Re: Thanks for the link sexy_girl...

now added to my Favourites List...

Yes me too.

Here's one from elsewhere.

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

does anyone else have a mild interest in star gazing or astronomy or just think this pic looks pretty cool ?

I have always wanted to get a pretty good telescope and do some star gazing.

When LC and I were growing up we would often lay out at night and look at the moon through binoculors as this was all we had. We did this at his house as his house was outside of town and it wasn't as bright there.

Of course, sometimes we would also go spying with the binocs, usually on one of the local neighborhood girls named Josie (she didn't mind it - she was one kinky girl).

Lost Cause still lays out at night in our yard doing some star gazing, but I am usually asleep at that time. I do have a Leupold spotting scope that is 12-40x, but you really need something more powerful for stargazing, and the scope is for game/bird spotting, not star gazing.

Someday I would like to get a really good scope and put it into one of those little shelters, and then hook up a camera so I can take some good pics.

I really like the Hubble pics and the fact that you can see most of them online.

 

[Andreina]

My mom is quite an astronomy fan and so I grew up with it - sorta. In 1999 (blimey, can't remember the year but I think it was 1999) we were in the centre of the total ecclipse in Europe which was fantastic.
When I went to Scandanivia a couple of years ago we did a lot of star-hunting and on another occasion (in Iceland) we enjoyed the Northern Lights which was about the most amazing experience I have had so far.

 

[mig]

That site is amazing.

A much better Horsehead.

 

[my_colours]

sweetie,

thanks for the link, but I have a pet peeve
In your "signature" at the end, the first two "your" should be "you're" meaning "you are", not "belonging to you.

Sorry, but simple mistakes like that just annoy the piss out of me

 

[sexy-girl]

sweetie,

thanks for the link, but I have a pet peeve
In your "signature" at the end, the first two "your" should be "you're" meaning "you are", not "belonging to you.

Sorry, but simple mistakes like that just annoy the piss out of me

since you asked so nice ... i will change it in a sec


glad you all liked the site by the way

 

[scrymettet]

thank you