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Offline sam

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Space Photos This Week: Leaky "Heart," Sun Devil, More
« on: November 11, 2010, 21:59 »
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Water flows from the heart-shaped northern lobe of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, as seen in a recently released picture taken by the ESA/NASA Landsat 5 satellite. Once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water, the Aral Sea has been shrinking over the past 50 years as water has been diverted for irrigation.



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101110-space-shuttle-galaxy-aral-sea-plasma-pictures-119/?now=2010-11-10-00:01
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Re: Space Photos This Week: Leaky "Heart," Sun Devil, More
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2010, 22:15 »
Isn't that edge-on galaxy the most fantastic picture?  It really shows that the vast majority of its stars lie in the plane of the galaxy. 
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Re: Space Photos This Week: Leaky "Heart," Sun Devil, More
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2010, 01:40 »
still though, there is a larger halo that is just not visible, love all the background galaxies too.
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Re: Space Photos This Week: Leaky "Heart," Sun Devil, More
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2010, 08:34 »
It's a truly awesome pic. 
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