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Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:28 pm
by Suzuki Johnny

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:59 pm
by BlacktopTravelr
Amazing photos and people still think we are the only species alive in this huge universe. :bonk:

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:10 pm
by VRH
cool!!! [emoji106]

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:14 pm
by Designer
We are all just One Tiny Drop in the Vast Ocean of creation. ;)

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:33 pm
by YoDude
Very nice indeed! [emoji106]

Yo-

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:56 pm
by NE_FL
Thanks for that! [emoji41]

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:32 am
by Suzuki Johnny
A not so gentle giant Jupiter is as gorgeous as it is anomalous. The planet actually has more in common with our sun than it does any other planet in our solar system, having developed from the celestial "leftovers" remaining after the formation of the sun. In fact, Jupiter has the same ingredients as a star (hydrogen and helium), however, the planet did not become massive enough to ignite. C'est la vie.

Jupiter also doesn't have a true "surface." A probe wouldn't be able to land on the the planet,

however, a spacecraft would also be unable to fly through the gas giant.

The intense pressure and extreme temperatures would literally vaporize anything that attempted to do so.


:blink: :blink: :eek: :eek: :funnylast:

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:58 am
by Spyder
Suzuki Johnny wrote:A not so gentle giant Jupiter is as gorgeous as it is anomalous. The planet actually has more in common with our sun than it does any other planet in our solar system, having developed from the celestial "leftovers" remaining after the formation of the sun. In fact, Jupiter has the same ingredients as a star (hydrogen and helium), however, the planet did not become massive enough to ignite. C'est la vie.

Jupiter also doesn't have a true "surface." A probe wouldn't be able to land on the the planet,

however, a spacecraft would also be unable to fly through the gas giant.

The intense pressure and extreme temperatures would literally vaporize anything that attempted to do so.


:blink: :blink: :eek: :eek: :funnylast:
So, if an alien on his way to invade Earth, flipped a cigarette butt out the porthole as it passed Jupiter, would we wind up with a second sun? :confused: :blink:

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:32 pm
by YoDude
That's a thought....A second sun. The implications would be phenomenal. A double star system, wow. [emoji106]

Yo-

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 3:30 pm
by Suzuki Johnny
Spyder wrote:
Suzuki Johnny wrote:A not so gentle giant Jupiter is as gorgeous as it is anomalous. The planet actually has more in common with our sun than it does any other planet in our solar system, having developed from the celestial "leftovers" remaining after the formation of the sun. In fact, Jupiter has the same ingredients as a star (hydrogen and helium), however, the planet did not become massive enough to ignite. C'est la vie.

Jupiter also doesn't have a true "surface." A probe wouldn't be able to land on the the planet,

however, a spacecraft would also be unable to fly through the gas giant.

The intense pressure and extreme temperatures would literally vaporize anything that attempted to do so.


:blink: :blink: :eek: :eek: :funnylast:
So, if an alien on his way to invade Earth, flipped a cigarette butt out the porthole as it passed Jupiter, would we wind up with a second sun? :confused: :blink:


Nope... Jupiter isn't growing so it's size dictated it not becoming a star or a sun.......... [emoji2]

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 5:39 pm
by Spyder
So, in reply to my tongue-in-cheek remark, you are indicating that the hydrogen wouldn't ignite? I realize it's not massive enough for the pressure to naturally turn it into a dwarf star...my attempt at humor failed. (heavy sigh / head down in sorrow /shame) I guess I should have used the "I'm pulling your leg" icon...hmm, where is it? :oops:

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:05 am
by Cuban
YoDude wrote:That's a thought....A second sun. The implications would be phenomenal. A double star system, wow. [emoji106]
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Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:04 am
by BlacktopTravelr
Spyder wrote:So, in reply to my tongue-in-cheek remark, you are indicating that the hydrogen wouldn't ignite? I realize it's not massive enough for the pressure to naturally turn it into a dwarf star...my attempt at humor failed. (heavy sigh / head down in sorrow /shame) I guess I should have used the "I'm pulling your leg" icon...hmm, where is it? :oops:
Use this one next time. Image

Re: Get your Sagan on with these 30 awe-inspiring photos of the final frontier

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:00 pm
by Spyder
BlacktopTravelr wrote:
Spyder wrote:So, in reply to my tongue-in-cheek remark, you are indicating that the hydrogen wouldn't ignite? I realize it's not massive enough for the pressure to naturally turn it into a dwarf star...my attempt at humor failed. (heavy sigh / head down in sorrow /shame) I guess I should have used the "I'm pulling your leg" icon...hmm, where is it? :oops:
Use this one next time. Image
O'tay, 'panky! [emoji106]