Comments on: Raging clouds, near and very, very far http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Delia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336371 Delia Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:06:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336371 Okay, I should modify my impressions. That was rude. My daughter loved the time-lapse video, and she loved the photograph. So even if I can't appreciate the aesthetic of burnishing and re-working a photograph, and am missing something that others can see, I'm really pleased by my daughter's enthusiastic response to this site. I'm glad that it stimulates her interest in photography . . . and astronomy . . . and lightning . . . and what seems to be a forest fire or possibly an apocalypse . . . and the colors pink and aqua and tangerine. Okay, I should modify my impressions. That was rude.

My daughter loved the time-lapse video, and she loved the photograph. So even if I can’t appreciate the aesthetic of burnishing and re-working a photograph, and am missing something that others can see, I’m really pleased by my daughter’s enthusiastic response to this site. I’m glad that it stimulates her interest in photography . . . and astronomy . . . and lightning . . . and what seems to be a forest fire or possibly an apocalypse . . . and the colors pink and aqua and tangerine.

]]> By: Delia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336370 Delia Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:11:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336370 For me, the point is that the world doesn't look like that. It's not possible and it's not even beautiful. The photo is clever and accomplished and amazing, definitely: like Disney World crossed with a Sierra Club calendar. For me, the point is that the world doesn’t look like that. It’s not possible and it’s not even beautiful. The photo is clever and accomplished and amazing, definitely: like Disney World crossed with a Sierra Club calendar.

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336369 Matt B. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:17:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336369 "<i>It’s easy to get distracted by smaller flashy things that are nearby,..."</i> Flashy thing? I don't remember any flashy thing. ;) “It’s easy to get distracted by smaller flashy things that are nearby,…”

Flashy thing? I don’t remember any flashy thing. ;)

]]> By: niki lo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336368 niki lo Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:48:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336368 Well Done, Randy Halverson!* Fantastic job, man!! Oooops... don't know how to delete this. The f/b dingbat strikes again - sorry... :-/ Well Done, Randy Halverson!* Fantastic job, man!! Oooops… don’t know how to delete this. The f/b dingbat strikes again – sorry… :-/

]]> By: niki lo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336367 niki lo Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:46:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336367 Thank u, thank u, thank u.... this had a tremendous impact on me. i am awed and truly humbled and most amazed that all of these were captured in a photo. . . . . talk about Perfect timing!!! Only wish i was there to see and hear it, it would have been a feast for my soul..... (~.~)* xx Well Done, Randy Halverson!* Good job, man!! Thank u, thank u, thank u…. this had a tremendous impact on me. i am awed and truly humbled and most amazed that all of these were captured in a photo. . . . . talk about Perfect timing!!! Only wish i was there to see and hear it, it would have been a feast for my soul….. (~.~)* xx
Well Done, Randy Halverson!* Good job, man!!

]]> By: DrFlimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336366 DrFlimmer Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:07:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336366 Ouuuh. That last paragraph is brilliant. Just like the photo! Both are certainly worth to be remembered. This article should be sent around to some folks at Wall Street.... Ouuuh. That last paragraph is brilliant. Just like the photo! Both are certainly worth to be remembered.

This article should be sent around to some folks at Wall Street….

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336365 Nigel Depledge Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:44:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336365 What a stunning photo! What a stunning photo!

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336364 Messier Tidy Upper Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:01:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336364 @ ^ Sunny D : I disagree with that statement of Anonymous. Last paragraph looks fine to me. <blockquote><i>Funny – the Milky Way looks a bit like a cloud there, <i></blockquote> .. But not as much as the Magellanic Clouds do! ;-) As for that photo itself I've got just one thing to say about that - Wow! ;-) Plus thanks. :-D @ ^ Sunny D : I disagree with that statement of Anonymous. Last paragraph looks fine to me.

Funny – the Milky Way looks a bit like a cloud there,

.. But not as much as the Magellanic Clouds do! ;-)

As for that photo itself I’ve got just one thing to say about that – Wow! ;-)

Plus thanks. :-D

]]> By: Sunny D http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336363 Sunny D Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:35:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336363 I second Anonymous's statement. I second Anonymous’s statement.

]]> By: Jay Dee http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/22/raging-clouds-near-and-very-very-far/#comment-336362 Jay Dee Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:06:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=51915#comment-336362 You forgot the closing italics tag. You forgot the closing italics tag.

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