# Awe Inspiring Photos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 22, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069 "2008-10-22T16:02:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/1 "2008-10-22T16:02:29Z")

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[21 Sun Photos](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html)

Don’t know that they’re particularly mundane or pointless, but I had no choice but to share them.

Anyone else have any favorites?

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**Author:** ![jack8beans2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jack8beans2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack8beans2)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/2 "2008-10-22T16:08:56Z")

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I actuallty think these pics are awesome.Thanks for posting them.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/3 "2008-10-22T16:24:41Z")

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Amazing and beautiful. And so very very unearthly.

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**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/4 "2008-10-22T17:11:16Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Amazing and beautiful. And so very very unearthly.

Well that’s cause, you know, the sun isn’t on earth. (Your usename states that fact quite bluntly; perhaps you should read it? 😛 )

Great pics; thanks for sharing!!

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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/5 "2008-10-22T18:05:12Z")

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Very nice. Although … I can’t help feeling like I shouldn’t stare directly at these pictures.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/6 "2008-10-22T19:24:57Z")

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Hie thee to [the Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) or browse their [archive](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html).

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**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/7 "2008-10-22T20:48:03Z")

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The Big Picture is one of my favouritest sites. They pick such wonderfully amazing and evocative images (one of my recent faves was their coverage of the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics).

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/8 "2008-10-22T22:11:55Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Hie thee to [the Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) or browse their [archive](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html).

I love that site.

Check out October 5, 2008 “Earth at Night.”

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awe-inspiring-photos/469069/9 "2008-10-22T23:11:06Z")

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Wow! Those pics are really beautiful!