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alfredo

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Mon Nov-02-09 12:11 AM
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Beautiful image of the Aries rocket.

This is a wonderful site. Check the archives too.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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NYC_SKP

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Mon Nov-02-09 12:19 AM
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1. Square A and B are the same color. Yes, they are.

They are.

(from the same site)

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Wabbajack_

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Mon Nov-02-09 01:47 AM
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2. Freaky

I see, both the light and dark squares get darker in the shadow of the cone.

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NYC_SKP

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Mon Nov-02-09 01:54 AM
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3. Yeah, check it out...

Cover the connecting bar with your finger to hide it...

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alfredo

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:07 AM
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4. You have APOD fever. Soon you will have a bunch of Astro desktop images,

filling up your hard drive. I have nearly 100 different images, many from APOD.

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Subdivisions

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:47 AM
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8. The brain is a funny thing... n/t

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brendan120678

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:39 AM
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5. There's no letter "i" in Ares.

Just saying.

And that same-color block thing is pretty cool.

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ProdigalJunkMail

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:44 AM
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7. best place for optical illusions on the intertubes...

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

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ProdigalJunkMail

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:42 AM
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6. so hooked on APOD...one of my first stops daily!

and the rec for the archive upthread...oh yes!

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Statistical

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Mon Nov-02-09 11:48 AM
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9. Nice thanks for sharing. ARES is nice rocket.

Would be a shame to scrap it.

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alfredo

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Mon Nov-02-09 03:31 PM
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10. Ares, Ares, Ares. I think I have it. Yeah, we need the pure science such

projects produce.

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