Jupiter Over the Mediterranean (Photo)


	Jupiter Over the Mediterranean (Photo)

Mohir

9-7-2009 11:09 AM

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9-8-2009 7:42 AM

chestnut501

Now that's the vacation I want to go on. I owe you a pop on this one Mohir. My pops are on hold off and on ( I never know when ) because a few people have complained that I pop too many clips. I'm trying to get the situation worked out.

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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/36ee41a7-3481-4e56-9b97-c7a19e81f8b0/EB5B7061-1B84-4692-8B1A-E09B2E251E78/" 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/astropix.html" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html" 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/astropix.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/BC776CEA-26CF-4E2C-A044-91AE2DC28F98" alt="See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
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Pictured above, a picturesque starscape capped a serene seascape as seen from Turkey this past August.  
In the above digitally stitched panorama, the
<A href="http://www.gelidonyafeneri.com/english/gelidonia.asp?link=../geliresim/lighthouse.htm" linkindex="5">Gelidonya Lighthouse</A> shines in the
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Gelidonya" linkindex="6">foreground</A>
before a calm
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" linkindex="7" tooltip="linkalert-tip">Mediterranean Sea</A>.
On the left,
<A href="http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/sci_briefs/passenger_seat.htm" linkindex="8">Jupiter</A> is the brightest point in the image and since on the
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_(astronomy)" linkindex="9">same side of the Sun</A> as the Earth, was near its yearly brightest.  
Glowing just shy of
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" linkindex="10">magnitude</A> -3,
Jupiter was brighter than any star in the sky,
and brighter even than
<A href="http://www.snopes.com/science/astronomy/brightmars.asp" linkindex="11">Mars</A> was during its famously bright
<A href="http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cms/imagedb/albums/userpics/opposition.jpg" linkindex="12" tooltip="linkalert-tip">opposition</A> of
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030828.html" linkindex="13">2003 August</A>.
On the right, the band of the
<A href="http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html" linkindex="14">Milky Way Galaxy</A>
fades into distant atmospheric haze above the
<A ap070312.html="" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080127.html>horizon</a>.
<a href=" linkindex="15">Jupiter</A>
is nearing the closest part of its
<A href="http://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/gravity_ellipse.shtml" linkindex="16">elliptical orbit</A> to the Sun and so will appear even
brighter during its <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter#Observation" linkindex="17">next opposition</A> in 2010 September.
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