Comments on: Odds & Ends: The Milky Way http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/?src=elegantfigures-rss On data visualization and information design on the Earth Observatory. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Smith http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-61000 Steve Smith Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:28:50 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-61000 The greenish glow is the nighttime airglow that envelopes the earth at an altitude of about 90 km. The glow seen here is a mixture of two bright layers of gas, one composed of hydroxyl (OH) and the other atomic oxygen (O). As they each recombine the gases give off this faint nightglow. On rare occasions the nightglow can be seen from the ground at a dark, moonless site.

]]> By: Elizabeth Scheliga http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Elizabeth Scheliga Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:18:26 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-388 Repeating:

I quite agree with those who wrote “what a wonderful world !”

]]> By: Peter Curia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Peter Curia Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:33:39 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-378 AWESOME!

]]> By: John Sillren http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-375 John Sillren Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:02:11 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-375 What a wonderful world

]]> By: Robert Simmon http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Robert Simmon Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:18:01 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-373 Dulce:
Don’t worry, I have dozens.

]]> By: Vicente Franz Cecim http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Vicente Franz Cecim Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:43:58 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-372 Mandala cósmica. vFc

]]> By: Priscilla Ivester http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Priscilla Ivester Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:14:43 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-371 Beautiful! I wish every person could have the opportunity to see our fragile planet and it’s starry neighbors from this perspective.

]]> By: Mary K. Grimm Dyche http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Mary K. Grimm Dyche Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:30:22 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-370 sweet! <3

]]> By: Dulce http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Dulce Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:03:13 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-369 Thank you for sharing this dreamlike vision. I hope you keep on poking through the astronauts’ photos and come accross other gems.

]]> By: K V S Krishna http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2010/09/21/odds-ends-the-milky-way/comment-page-1/#comment-368 K V S Krishna Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:46:14 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=152#comment-368 Amazing photo.Just imagine how big a circle the earth’s curvature can be,and those colours fringing the atmosphere with a greenish border,with a lot of muddy yellow within seems to be the dominent hue of the atmosphere,blending into the earthy land with some lakes and beyond its horizon stands the great milky way in all its glory.All this is very inspiring and thought provoking.

K V S Krishna

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