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Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:38 am

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:48 am

The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:51 am

Io floating above Jupiter, as snapped by Cassini:

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:52 am

klr wrote:The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...

One of my favourite wallpapers ...
We do thumbnails now, KLR, so people can just click the image to see it full size. :whisper:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Feck » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:53 am

I've allways liked this one http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0661.html
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:55 am

The Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation.
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Post by AshtonBlack » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:04 pm

These are stunning.

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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klr wrote:The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...

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We do thumbnails now, KLR, so people can just click the image to see it full size. :whisper:
What's the thumbnail code? :dono:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:07 pm

This is either an alien outpost on the Moon, or the ISS. :hehe:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:08 pm

klr wrote:
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klr wrote:The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...

One of my favourite wallpapers ...
We do thumbnails now, KLR, so people can just click the image to see it full size. :whisper:
What's the thumbnail code? :dono:
It's automatic on larger images.
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
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klr wrote:The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...
...
One of my favourite wallpapers ...
We do thumbnails now, KLR, so people can just click the image to see it full size. :whisper:
What's the thumbnail code? :dono:
It's automatic on larger images.
Ah. I still prefer to save bandwidth, so ...

The Dark Tower in Scorpius - same instructions as before:

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Original is 2200px × 1456 pixels, and 2.3 MB in size.
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:The Pleiades Star Cluster. The full-size image is 2400px × 1807px. Click to view full size and/or right-click and "save target (link) as" ...

One of my favourite wallpapers ...
We do thumbnails now, KLR, so people can just click the image to see it full size. :whisper:
What's the thumbnail code? :dono:
It's automatic on larger images.
It never seems to work for me? :dono:

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:22 pm

:hmph:

Supply Ship Approaches the International Space Station :

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:28 pm

And another one:

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