Friday, April 5, 2013

APOD 4.2

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This is a picture of the horizon obviously from France as you can see from the Eiffel Tower. It is very colorful  because on the opposite side of the sun it is raining. It is a regular rainbow but due to the location of the sun in the sky this is the effect. One cool thing about this is that due to vantage point every single person sees a different rainbow in the sky. The thunderstorms that caused the rainbow lasted for most of the day but unfortunately the rainbow only did for a small amount of time. It is a very visually appealing occurrence.

APOD 4.1

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 Pictured above is the Horsehead nebula located in the constellation Orion. This is a molecular cloud that is obscuring the view and the color is absolutely amazing. It is a reflection nebula which is call IC 4592. It is made up of dust what is usually much darker but from the stars behind it there is currently a blue tint. Most of the light that is reflected here is from the star that is the eye of the horse. there is another reflection nebula up towards the right but it is not the same as the one featured in the picture.