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Arc of the Milkyway over Mt Damavand
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5-3-2008 6:01 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/46ceed6d-a00b-40ac-8934-19b7b674aa74/BB290E82-35E3-4C33-8745-E327BAAA0C88/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/DamavandMilkyWayPanS_tafreshi_orig.jpg" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/DamavandMilkyWayPanS_tafreshi_orig.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/DamavandMilkyWayPanS_tafreshi_orig.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/9D29B075-3035-4501-A971-C9229E7BAAAC" alt="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/DamavandMilkyWayPanS_tafreshi_orig.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191554" href="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191554" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolscifi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191554"><DIV> <B> Explanation: </B> Snow-capped stratovolcano <A target="_blank" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/ images.php3?img_id=16826">Mt. Damavand</A> climbs to 5,670 meters (18,598 feet) near the left edge in this panoramic view of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/index.asp">the world at night</A>. Pan to the right and your gaze will sweep across the arch of our Milky Way Galaxy above the <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070203.html">Alborz Mountain</A> Range bordering the Caspian Sea. Near the center of the panorama, recorded in the predawn hours of April 4th, bright stars <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070920.html">Deneb</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/whitesta.html">Altair</A> lie close to the curve of the Milky Way, above the glow of the Haraz valley. Farther right, brilliant Jupiter dominates the sky near the stars, nebulae, and dark dust clouds toward the <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080104.html">bulging galactic</A> center. Finally, the horizon glow at the right edge, below bright yellowish giant star <A target="_blank" href="http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/antares.html">Antares</A>, is from the city of Damavand, named for the legendary <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Damavand">mountain peak</A>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BB290E82-35E3-4C33-8745-E327BAAA0C88/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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