The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

— Peter De Vries

Moon

ARISTOTELES

By dtrapani at Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:07am
ARISTOTELES

December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

By JohnMiksits at Sun, 12/07/2008 - 10:43pm
December 1, 2008, Moon, Jupiter and Venus

I don't remember the settings. I setup the digital camera on a tripod, shutoff the flash, and turned on the selftimer. This one the ISO was probably set at 100.

Moon @ 8AM_2

By myamiphil at Mon, 08/25/2008 - 9:12pm
Moon @ 8AM_2

Moon a few days after the last Full Moon. 7 images staked with Registax 4.01

Third attempt at using the software. You don't want to see number 2!

Moon 8 AM

By myamiphil at Mon, 08/25/2008 - 9:06pm
Moon 8 AM

Moon 8AM in the morning, shortly after the last full moon. 7 shots stacked with Registax 4.01 first attempt.

Star Gazer

By Anonymous at Wed, 08/20/2008 - 11:16am

I don't even remember when I first became so interested in the sky. When I was single and working in NYC, I was so busy with a career that I loved and a busy social life,that I don't think I paid much attention - (Aside from a date or two at the NY Planitarium or viewing an eclipse or two, that is).

I think it happened one night as, newly separated with 2 children under the age of 5, I was feeling extremely stressed. Having just put the kids to bed I stepped out onto my porch to take a much needed deep breath. The first thing I noticed when I walked outside was that the moon was full!

Full Moon

By dtrapani at Tue, 08/19/2008 - 5:03pm
Full Moon

Man on the Moon, Future and Past

By kuky at Fri, 07/18/2008 - 2:26pm

With two currently functioning orbiters, and five more missions planned in the next year, Earth's Moon may soon have seven active probes operated by five nations, with even more coming soon. NASA's plans to return humans to the Moon by 2020 are moving steadily ahead, with some concrete prototypes and initial designs beginning to emerge. Called the Constellation Program, NASA's vision involves new and upgraded launch vehicles, exploration vehicles, autonomous rovers, new spacesuits, crew and cargo vehicles, and much more.

Solstice Moon Illusion

By kuky at Mon, 06/16/2008 - 10:07pm

The full Moon of June 18th is a "solstice moon", coming only two days before the beginning of northern summer.

See more here

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16jun_moonillusion.htm

Strange things happen to the moon??

By myamiphil at Tue, 04/22/2008 - 4:14pm

Dust storms and static discharges oh my! This article came from NASA.... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/17apr_magnetotail.htm?list880574  

Beer Commercial on the Moon

By Kevin at Wed, 03/19/2008 - 9:48pm

Rolling Rock is running ads telling people to go outside on March 21 to watch their logo projected on the Moon with lasers. See: www.moonvertising.com
 
Note this is a hoax. The lasers needed to bounce off the bare surface of the Moon would need to be too powerful for safe use. (The Moon's albedo is only 12%).