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Old 22-07-2008, 09:38 PM
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love today's APOD

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html,

if you havent seen it

yes it did make me smile
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:00 PM
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Me too.
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:10 PM
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Yeah. feels good to see that!
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:32 PM
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Yes, I enjoyed it, shared it around, went to his site, checked out the out-takes - but a bit off the topic I would have thought??
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:51 PM
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What a great video.

It is definitely not your usual APOD though.
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Old 22-07-2008, 10:56 PM
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If you watch it again from the 1:04 mark (Brisbane, Australia) check out the guy in the pale blue T shirt at the right hand side of the screen ....

Damn but that looks just like h0ughy !!!!!

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Old 23-07-2008, 04:59 AM
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Yeh it was interesting APOD for sure.. Very well produced and in general a great video. Not sure why it deserved an APOD though.

NASA have shares in Vimeo or something? Trying to take over youtube?
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Old 23-07-2008, 05:27 AM
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An APOD very much about EARTH !
If we could all spend more time Dancing, Singing and exploring the things that bring us together, the world would certainly be a better place !
I know one thing for sure I would love to have taken the holiday he did !
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Old 23-07-2008, 08:40 AM
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Nice video to watch! That guy needs some more dance lessons! LOL
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Old 23-07-2008, 09:57 AM
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Nice vid but not what I like as an APOD.
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Old 23-07-2008, 10:27 AM
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That cheered up my morning - happiness really is contagious!

You also can't help but notice how similar people really are. Imagine trying to pick the location of each shot without looking at the caption. OK the opera house, the Eiffel Tower and some other landmarks do give the game away and the PNG blokes are pretty distinctive but that's about it. And they all dance equally badly!
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Old 23-07-2008, 10:40 AM
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Good movie, good idea. Not sure on it's merits as an APOD, like Iceman. But it's not bad. I've got no complains about his dancing style, a lot better than mine if I were ever actually dragged into such a situation!
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Old 24-07-2008, 12:57 AM
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Cool vid, enjoyed the music and vocals too....as a unexpected bonus it lead me reading up about Rabindranath Tagore
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Old 24-07-2008, 01:40 AM
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Alex's Inner Monologue says:

"I've taken better astro photos than that... Oh wait... thats not an astronomy picture of the day... its a dude dancing all over the world... seems a little off topic but what the hell the dance seems infectious..."

**Dances**
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Old 24-07-2008, 08:35 AM
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Seems off topic to me, but it's a nice video. He gets around!

Al.
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Old 24-07-2008, 06:06 PM
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Ahh yes, dancing Matt has been appearing everywhere!
He was interviewed on 'Sunrise' program (ch7) the other morning. He used to live in Australia(Brisbane) for a while and started this whole thing while heading thru WA, thats why there's no one else dancing with him on the dunes at Lancelin. I sent him a message that if he ever returns to WA, we can fix that , dunno if he got it tho.

BTW, his travel expenses are paid by Cadburys
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Old 24-07-2008, 10:42 PM
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It made me smile! BIG TIME!

Cheers Petra
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Old 25-07-2008, 05:06 AM
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I showed it to Kate last night, she enjoyed it too. We went to his website and looked at some of the other vids and read his FAQ and About Matt etc.

Quite interesting.

Some of the vids do show how staged some of the clips are, but I guess that's expected.
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Old 25-07-2008, 05:18 AM
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Good on him !
If I could get a Large Multi National company to pay my travel expenses to go and dance all over the world I would do it too
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