APOD 1.5

APOD 1.3

The image aboves shows with high-definition clarity as cosmic dust clouds make their way near the boundary of Corona Australis, commonly known as southern crown. What is very interesting about this picture is the reflection and presentation of the light due to the interference from the cosmic clouds with the nebula also seen in the picture. The different nebulas are labeled in this picture. I chose this picture because i constantly see pictures on the interenet depicting nebulas and the interesting colors they create, but I have previously never fully known the cause or how to identify them. Choosing this picture allowed me to learn a little bit more and understand why these pictures appear the way they do.

Observation

9 September 2013

Today, while leaving home for school, my mom pointed out to me the very clear morning sky. I looked up above and was mesmirezed by the clarity which I could see the stars. Before taking this course, I hardly even thought about looking up and observing what I saw. Today was just an example of what I saw, because I realized that simply looking up can really pay off, I was able to see how bright the sky was, I did not realize before this was the case in the early morning.

APOD 1.2

This picture was featured on as the APOD for the first day of September. The picture depicts a forest fire in Bitterwoot Valley in Montana. The information given in the description deals a lot with explaing causes and features of fire. For example, fire is the rapid acquisution of oxygen (key indicator of life) thus fire on any planet would be an indicator of life. Fires are also considred part of nature on Earth and can even be observed from orbit. This is what I found the most fascinating because from the APOD website I was linked to a very interesting article in which I learned that with the advanced of NASA's technology we can now see fires from space.

APOD 1.1

      This beautiful picture featured as APOD on the twenty-ninth of August was titled "Strawberry Sun". I chose this because, for one I find it incredible that such a thing in nature can be so beautiful and the title fits in perfectly. According to the description, the unusual colors that appear in the picture given to the moon and sky are due to smoke plumes in the surrounding wildlife. I also learned that these plumes can be seen from space, which is something very cool and previously unknown to me. Overall, I'm glad I chose this picture because in any other situation I would've thought it was just pretty but now I also know the reason as to why the sky appears like this.