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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 PM Original message |
Beautiful photograph of the planet Mercury by the spacecraft Messenger |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bless its heart |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's not a color photo, but it SHOULD look like charcoal |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's staring at us. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. ... |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:38 PM Original message |
Wow, thanks for posting |
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garlicmilkshake (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Beautiful photo...ugly-assed planet. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I don't know... Looks like a ripe canteloupe to me. |
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thatone (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. mmmm.....cantaloupe. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. probably what earth would look like if you stripped away all the foliage. n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Actually, I used to have a theory about why we live on the "3rd rock |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Beautiful. k&r n/t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is that McCain's ass in orbit? |
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McCCain4retirment (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. hahahah!!!! |
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IndianaJohn (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Uhh...isn't that the moon? |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. It's not the moon... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think I can see some Golden Arches .... |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. If oranges were that pretty, I'd be a vitamin C junkie. |
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Mike Nelson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hot picture |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. It looks like a star sapphire |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I can't believe that shithole is a planet |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. "That one," eh? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Watch it there, Burt. A lot of us are still smarting at Pluto's demotion. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Only because it's you, I'll refrain from saying, "Get over it!" |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Way cool! |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's got lazer eyes! |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Has anyone hypothesized about the surface marks |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. They look like a couple of BB shots to a windshield |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I can see that similarity. n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I believe they're called ejecta |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Thanks. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Yeah, like Tycho crater on our moon |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. "what are the surface phenomena" |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Perhaps those two were impacts of greater magnitude than the others? n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Could it be two castaways holding up mirrors |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. kick |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Don't be fooled. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. Look real hard at the lower left of the photo and you can see the Sweet Baby Jesus |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Let's put it on e-bay! |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. Reminds me of roadways that connected ancient cities. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. What city is that? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Somebody tell me why I should care? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Well, there you go. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. umm, knowledge is good? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. Look at it.... |
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