These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Another Thing I've Never Seen
Unfortunately, due to the light-soaked skies of New Jersey, today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is something I've never seen around here: the zodiacal light or "false dawn". "Mouseover" the image to get a guide. (Here's another thing I never see around here: the gegenschein!)
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