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    Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    God, look at that sun. It's DEAD QUIET. There is not a sunspot to be seen.


    That's freaky.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @bilups: Actually, the sun is VERY loud, which is why the Corona is as hot as the core, but the area in between is not. At least according to the show on the Sun I was watching last night said. I just love hearing the words "Coronal Mass Ejection".
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    Image of Miguel Lescano Miguel Lescano
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    FAKE. The EXIF data contains no mention of any camera, and the sun looks too regular.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @Miguel Lescano: Agreed. It's obvious this is a wood carving and/or a scan of his skin.
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    So you're telling me that the sun is actually Pacman?!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @P3nnst8r: Wakka Wakka Wakka
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    Image of Cliff_Dangers Cliff_Dangers
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    It looks out of proportion. Does it not appear as though the shuttle is right next to the sun? The sun just looks too big.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @Cliff_Dangers: Well, it sounds like someone needs some info on the sun. Perhaps in song form!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    Well, that explains that shuttle shaped shadow I saw move across my fields the other day. Glad to know I wasn't imagining it.
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    Image of redman042 redman042
    05/15/09

    @Woooot!-Offing_GitEmSteveDave: I seriously doubt the shuttle can cast a shadow on the ground while it's in orbit. It's WAY too far up there and refraction in the atmosphere would disperse the light and wipe out the shadow.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @redman042: Are you yanking my crank? It was pretty shuttle shaped. Besides, it was in front of the sun, so it must have cast a shadow.
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    Image of hhkim515 hhkim515
    05/15/09

    @Woooot!-Offing_GitEmSteveDave: I doubt something that small can cast a shadow on earth from space but then again I was so bad at physics in college.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @hhkim515: Well, the shuttle and Hubble aren't that small. I don't expect SpaceBat's shadow to reach that far, but the Shuttle is big, unlike SpaceBat, who is only larger than the Shuttle in courage!


    @Phineas J. Whoopie: thank you.

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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    This guy just acheived his lifes dream. May we all be so lucky.
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    Image of PanhandleJoe PanhandleJoe
    05/15/09

    @Curves:


    I just wanna learn how to use my old Brownie camera.

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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/15/09

    @PanhandleJoe: I actually know how to use one. My mom had one when I was a kid and I thought it was like the coolest thing EVER, especially since I was not allowed to touch it. Since Forbidden Fruit tastes the sweetest (and since I know how to use one) you can see that I did what I was not supposed to, the price of which was getting more than my share of spankings, which then lead to the development of stealth technology which I still use today. (I no longer get caught.)
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/15/09

    @Curves: Actually, according to his website, his life dream is to be a Rockette, and dance in the fabled Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Show. However, next to that, his passion is astronomical photography, and he's certainly accomplished what he set out to do on that front!
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    Are we certain that this is a photo of the Sun? I'm just saying that it could be a Nerf ball.
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    05/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: shit, we've been had.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: So wait. I've been praying to a Nerf ball god?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    05/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I was gonna say that too.


    Moon = cheese; small time stuff.

    Breaking news, the Sun is actually a yellow Nerf ball.

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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/15/09

    @DistortedViewListener_GitEmSte...: Thats why I don't split my prayers between the Sun and Joe Pesci. I just send all my prayers to Joe, because there is no such thing as a reliably faked Joe Pesci.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @zenpoet: Someone hasn't watched SNL.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/15/09

    @Woooot!-Offing_GitEmSteveDave: Or someone does listen to George Carlin. Maybe a little of both?
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    Image of HaleGoddard HaleGoddard
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    In the first pic...what's that thing next to the shuttle?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @HaleGoddard: Well, if we use a cryptic cypher, and possibly a PS3 set to break codes, and run the title of the post, "Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Image of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun", through it, I bet we could figure it out. Just give me a minute to crank up the old CodeBreakinWindTalker_GitEmSte...-otron 3000, and I'll see what it spits out.


    ::Beep beep bop boop beep::

    Stunning Image of Atlantis & Hubble in the Face of the Sun Purple Monkey Dishwasher Robert Langdon


    Ok, so it's either the Hubble, a Purple Monkey with a brush, or a fictional book character.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/15/09

    @HaleGoddard: The Decepticons!
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    Image of Adam Broun Adam Broun
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    Hate to quibble, but the 5DII goes down to 50 ISO. Amazing pic, tho'
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @Adam Broun: You might want to tell Canon that then, b/c they say it's range is 100-6400. I'm guessing the 50 might be in-camera processing thing, which is how you can go as high as 25600, and not actually what it "CAN" do w/o this extra help..
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    Image of gorilla-power gorilla-power
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    Wow ! That is the most amazing thing I've seen this week !
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/15/09

    @gorilla-power: I agree - I'm glad I missed my girlfriend's birthday to stay home and surf the internet.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    05/15/09

    @gorilla-power:
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