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    NASA Website

    Are any of you interested in astronomy?
    If you are and haven't done so already, check out NASA's website. They post a few pics each day as well as videos and other interesting data.
    This was posted as few days ago, but had already been posted a couple of years or so back.
    I don't know anything much but what they are able to reveal via new technology is amazing. Check out this shot of the landscape of Mars.
    I think I can post this without breaking any forum or government laws.

    Does it look at all like a natural occurrence to you?
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    Pit mining?

    I’m a frequent visitor to the NASA website. Space.com is another good one.
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    I like APOD

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Jobe View Post
    Does it look at all like a natural occurrence to you?
    Yes, of course, its from Mars, right? We haven't been to Mars. Either have the Russians.

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    Mars is entirely populated by robots.

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    Looks like a California land/mud slide to me. Must be the rainy season there.

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    APOD - Astronomy Picture Of the Day:

    https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

    Some beautiful images and quite the archive.

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    Dragging this out again because tonight while searching for info on what I thought to be a second cycle of the moon, one of 17 days as moon rise and moon set moves north and south in a 17 day cycle, meaning it rises in the northeast and sets in the southwest alternating to rising in the southeast and setting in the northwest over a period of 17 days.
    I could not find the substantiation of that but did, however come across what I think is far more interesting.
    But my understanding is weak and I thought I'd throw this out there in hopes someone does understand well enough (or is interested enough ) to explain it in simpler terms.
    My hope is that this is of special interest to someone here.

    https://design-of-time.com

    But, can those interested in astronomy give me a clear yes or no on the 17 day cycle. I know very little but I'm deeply interested. Try living with that.

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    Joe,
    Have you seen this ?
    http://www.canberratimes.com.au/tech...515-zrdpj.html

    There is also this which tells where the moon will rise and set.
    https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/usa/philadelphia

    Northeast with Northwest
    Southeast with Southwest


    Michael
    Last edited by Michael Mezalick; 07-14-2017 at 7:00 AM.

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    The rules of randomness indicate that anything can occur even if it looks planned or systematized.

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    Looking at astronomical pictures is humbling to me beyond words. I was minding my own business sitting in a doctors office when I picked up a random magazine to look at. In it I saw for the first time the original "deep space field" taken by the Hubble telescope of a so called empty area of space. In the time it took to read what it was I was looking at my personal philosophy, future outlook and religious beliefs changed.
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    I am no astronomer, but I wish I lived in a city that will see the total solar eclipse's on August 21. Would be cool for the lights to go out for a couple minutes!

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