Comments on: The staring eye of a crescent moon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:05:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bad Astronomer- tapestry Tshirt from Zazzle.com « Secularity http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-481064 Bad Astronomer- tapestry Tshirt from Zazzle.com « Secularity Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:04:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-481064 [...] Astronomy: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...] [...] Astronomy: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

]]> By: Rings and Enceladus | Intelligent Life http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-481029 Rings and Enceladus | Intelligent Life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:20:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-481029 [...] a wonderful and informative discussion of this image of Saturn and its moon, visit Bad Astronomy, and as Phil Plait so eloquently reminds us towards the end of his post, …in science, [...] [...] a wonderful and informative discussion of this image of Saturn and its moon, visit Bad Astronomy, and as Phil Plait so eloquently reminds us towards the end of his post, …in science, [...]

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480712 Bob Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:57:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480712 Typo on the first shirt... fixed here: http://www.zazzle.com/bad_astronomer_tapestry_tshirt-235507221793234736 Typo on the first shirt… fixed here:
http://www.zazzle.com/bad_astronomer_tapestry_tshirt-235507221793234736

]]> By: ginckgo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480711 ginckgo Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:40:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480711 More proof that all the planets and moons are expanding, amiright! More proof that all the planets and moons are expanding, amiright!

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480687 Bob Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:45:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480687 OK, the T-shirt can be found here: http://www.zazzle.com/bad_astronomer_tapestry_tshirt-235600144316086262 I also posted to G+, so please share it and spread the love! https://plus.google.com/u/0/115192029872723685071/posts/9Xop2VcBeLP OK, the T-shirt can be found here:

http://www.zazzle.com/bad_astronomer_tapestry_tshirt-235600144316086262

I also posted to G+, so please share it and spread the love!

https://plus.google.com/u/0/115192029872723685071/posts/9Xop2VcBeLP

]]> By: Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480631 Phil Plait Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480631 Bob (11): Wow, I'm honored. Sure, go ahead and open that up. As long as you credit me. :) And if you make money, so be it! Bob (11): Wow, I’m honored. Sure, go ahead and open that up. As long as you credit me. :) And if you make money, so be it!

]]> By: Bob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480533 Bob Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:42:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480533 I also loved the quote, and thought the T-shirt idea was cool. I took the liberty of setting it up on Zazzle. Phil, email me and I'll send you a link for approval, or just tell me and I'll just post it here. Zazzle forces you to take a commission, which I'm happy to donate if you like. Of course, if you think it's a bad idea, let me know and I'll take it down. I also loved the quote, and thought the T-shirt idea was cool. I took the liberty of setting it up on Zazzle. Phil, email me and I’ll send you a link for approval, or just tell me and I’ll just post it here. Zazzle forces you to take a commission, which I’m happy to donate if you like.

Of course, if you think it’s a bad idea, let me know and I’ll take it down.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480479 Messier Tidy Upper Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:11:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480479 @ ^ bkallee : Yep - BA T-shirts : <b>*WANT.*</b> 8) That quote on a T-Shirt : <b>*WANT.* </b> 8) Ever thought about getting into some merchandising BA? :-D PS. When's your next book coming out? Please tell me there <i>will</i> be one - please! PPS. I'd love a collection of the best BA blog items you've published here printed in book form y'know if you're short on ideas... <i>(Hint, hint!)</i> @ ^ bkallee : Yep – BA T-shirts : *WANT.* 8)

That quote on a T-Shirt : *WANT.* 8)

Ever thought about getting into some merchandising BA? :-D

PS. When’s your next book coming out? Please tell me there will be one – please!

PPS. I’d love a collection of the best BA blog items you’ve published here printed in book form y’know if you’re short on ideas… (Hint, hint!)

]]> By: bkallee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480282 bkallee Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:18:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480282 Your last paragraph is one of those quotable quotes. You should have that on your BA T-shirts. "But of course, in science, there’s no such thing as just a pretty picture. Science is a tapestry, a vast complex fabric interwoven with countless threads. Each of those threads is amazing, each important, and each leads to another. And that’s where the true beauty of science lies." Your last paragraph is one of those quotable quotes. You should have that on your BA T-shirts.

“But of course, in science, there’s no such thing as just a pretty picture. Science is a tapestry, a vast complex fabric interwoven with countless threads. Each of those threads is amazing, each important, and each leads to another. And that’s where the true beauty of science lies.”

]]> By: some_moron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480272 some_moron Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480272 Is there a high-res available? This would look awesome on my desktop. Is there a high-res available? This would look awesome on my desktop.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480099 Messier Tidy Upper Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480099 Awesome image, wonderfully written-up. Seconding (#4.) persnickydietz. :-) @5. Grand Lunar - February 10th, 2012 at 5:08 pm : <blockquote><i>Given your title of this post, it’d be even better if this was Iapetus. </i></blockquote> Or even the "death star moon" Mimas? ;-) BTW. Diyar Planitia is named for a land in <i>'The Arabian Nights'</i> and has a wiki-page - linked to my name here - if folks are interested. Its among the most youthful and least cratered regions of Enceladus. :-) Awesome image, wonderfully written-up. Seconding (#4.) persnickydietz. :-)

@5. Grand Lunar – February 10th, 2012 at 5:08 pm :

Given your title of this post, it’d be even better if this was Iapetus.

Or even the “death star moon” Mimas? ;-)

BTW. Diyar Planitia is named for a land in ‘The Arabian Nights’ and has a wiki-page – linked to my name here – if folks are interested. Its among the most youthful and least cratered regions of Enceladus. :-)

]]> By: Dragonchild http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480094 Dragonchild Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480094 Ah, Enceladus. . . the moon that never stops farting. Not as bad as Io though. . . Enceladus may rip wet ones, but Io are eggy. Ah, Enceladus. . . the moon that never stops farting.

Not as bad as Io though. . . Enceladus may rip wet ones, but Io are eggy.

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480084 Grand Lunar Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480084 Given your title of this post, it'd be even better if this was Iapetus. :) Still, this is way cool! And nice to see we can make out the geysers as well. Given your title of this post, it’d be even better if this was Iapetus. :)

Still, this is way cool!
And nice to see we can make out the geysers as well.

]]> By: persnickydietz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-480037 persnickydietz Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:13:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-480037 "But of course, in science, there’s no such thing as just a pretty picture. Science is a tapestry, a vast complex fabric interwoven with countless threads. Each of those threads is amazing, each important, and each leads to another. And that’s where the true beauty of science lies." What a beautiful, magnificent paragraph. I love this. Jebus couldn't've said it better himself. “But of course, in science, there’s no such thing as just a pretty picture. Science is a tapestry, a vast complex fabric interwoven with countless threads. Each of those threads is amazing, each important, and each leads to another. And that’s where the true beauty of science lies.”

What a beautiful, magnificent paragraph. I love this. Jebus couldn’t've said it better himself.

]]> By: saphroneth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-479976 saphroneth Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:24:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-479976 Diapirism used to be the most parlous explanation for the emplacement of granite batholiths, but now the picture is a bit more complex. It's still the driving force behind salt domes, which show up a lot in oil geology. So it happens here on Earth, too. Diapirism used to be the most parlous explanation for the emplacement of granite batholiths, but now the picture is a bit more complex. It’s still the driving force behind salt domes, which show up a lot in oil geology. So it happens here on Earth, too.

]]> By: Jaycee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-479971 Jaycee Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:53:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-479971 Diaparism - not to be confused with Diaperism, which has something to do with baby poop. Diaparism – not to be confused with Diaperism, which has something to do with baby poop.

]]> By: George Kopeliadis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/10/the-staring-eye-of-a-crescent-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-479968 George Kopeliadis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:52:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=44323#comment-479968 Who stole Saturn? Who stole Saturn?

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