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Old 25-11-2010, 10:51 AM
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Wink Oh! How rude...

Well, it just had to happen. E.T. has had enough:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/yo..._screw_you.php
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Old 25-11-2010, 11:10 AM
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AHAHhahahhahahaha!
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Old 25-11-2010, 11:42 AM
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Oh no !!

But that's God's guiding hand !!

It can't disappear ..!!…

… where will our future forebears ever get their direction from ?



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Old 25-11-2010, 11:48 AM
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I hear a sid coming ...
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Old 25-11-2010, 11:55 AM
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Oh far out - I can never look at my favourite nebula in the same way again. I did laugh at first though until I realised which nebula it was ...
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Old 25-11-2010, 12:11 PM
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Rather amusing!
Now see if you can find it ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Et...e_Nebula_1.jpg

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Old 25-11-2010, 12:29 PM
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Rather amusing!
Now see if you can find it ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Et...e_Nebula_1.jpg

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That image is HUGE!!!

29,566 × 14,321 pixels, file size: 91.25 MB !!!!
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Old 25-11-2010, 12:39 PM
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That image is HUGE!!!

29,566 × 14,321 pixels, file size: 91.25 MB !!!!
The hi-res version sure is!
It can of course be located in the lo-res version.

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Old 25-11-2010, 02:50 PM
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Well, it just had to happen. E.T. has had enough:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/yo..._screw_you.php
Bah, that's old hat, I sent this to Peter Ward two years ago when he thought my Eta Carina image I had posted was a bit low res and pixilated ...meant tongue in cheek of course

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I hear a sid coming ...
He he....
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Old 25-11-2010, 03:03 PM
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Cool Mike.

Here's my best attempt ever at it, compared to a Hubble image
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...chmentid=35529
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Old 25-11-2010, 03:17 PM
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There is a more polite "Thumbs up" somewhere in the sky. I grabbed this low-res image from somewhere.
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Old 25-11-2010, 03:20 PM
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Cool Mike.

Here's my best attempt ever at it, compared to a Hubble image
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...chmentid=35529
Hey the square framing is almost identical
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There is a more polite "Thumbs up" somewhere in the sky. I grabbed this low-res image from somewhere.
No that's the side view of the Up Yours
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Old 25-11-2010, 03:22 PM
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No that's the side view of the Up Yours
Hubble did a 50,000 light year detour?
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Old 25-11-2010, 03:46 PM
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Well, it just had to happen. E.T. has had enough:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/yo..._screw_you.php
Alex this has been around a while now , but an oldie anda goodie
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Old 25-11-2010, 04:17 PM
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Fantastic example of a celestial offensive gesture, too bad it can't seen visually it would be pretty funny to do a sketch of it
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Old 25-11-2010, 06:02 PM
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Fantastic example of a celestial offensive gesture, too bad it can't seen visually it would be pretty funny to do a sketch of it
ahhahahah
I wouldn't just sketch it, I would drag the family out of bed to see it
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Old 26-11-2010, 12:57 AM
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Well, it just had to happen. E.T. has had enough:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/11/yo..._screw_you.php
That was E.T's thoughts when they took the colors out of the M&M's
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Rather than imagine sketching this offensive cloud of gas and dusk, I decided to actually do it while out on a recent observing safari with a couple of my homeboys.
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Old 28-11-2010, 07:06 PM
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Given the larikanism present in your scetch notes ...just checking, are those seeing, transparency and limiting mag figures for real ?? If so, wow where exactly is that location..? That shoud have been imaged man!

Nice hand made image

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