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A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet
      #289517 - 12/23/04 12:04 AM

This is a horrible time of the year to report this, but one of my favorite planets has tragically come to an end.



I think a moment of silence is in order.


tearfully yours,

bud

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Edited by budguinn (12/23/04 12:05 AM)


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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: budguinn]
      #289520 - 12/23/04 12:06 AM

Clouded in eh?

(very cool BTW)

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Blueshark928]
      #289532 - 12/23/04 12:18 AM

Don't panic... it'll float.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: budguinn]
      #289546 - 12/23/04 12:44 AM

Quote:

This is a horrible time of the year to report this, but one of my favorite planets has tragically come to an end.

I think a moment of silence is in order.


tearfully yours,

bud




Bah, it's not like that was one of the cool planets to look at anyway...

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Buster]
      #289553 - 12/23/04 12:51 AM

Neat pic!

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Bird]
      #289600 - 12/23/04 02:55 AM

Quote:

Don't panic... it'll float.

Bird




*bleep*, beat me to it

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Krytoss]
      #289612 - 12/23/04 03:35 AM

Heehee thats cool

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Bird]
      #289636 - 12/23/04 05:47 AM

Quote:

Don't panic... it'll float




Beat me to it as well

Wow, great pic budguinn, that's made my day! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Chris Graham]
      #289641 - 12/23/04 06:02 AM

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: KenF9000]
      #289688 - 12/23/04 08:23 AM

Quote:

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.






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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Chris Graham]
      #289714 - 12/23/04 08:53 AM

Thats cool.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Cerberus]
      #289736 - 12/23/04 09:21 AM

And they said adding diffraction spikes to M45 was bad!

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: KenF9000]
      #289799 - 12/23/04 10:27 AM

Quote:

I see no water beyond the 'planet'. Photograph was taken with a glass of water (full to the brim) in front of the camera

Tis a fake.



Aw, man. And I was totally believing it up until this too!

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: budguinn]
      #290168 - 12/23/04 05:26 PM

You live on the West coast I see, you just need to get out a bit earlier and you might catch it a little higher up.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: ELR2]
      #290196 - 12/23/04 06:23 PM

Thanks all for the kind words and wit.

John I smiled as soon as I saw your "clouded in, eh?"...you're exactly right...had to do something.

Ken, it's amazing at how your figured out so quickly how I did it.... and yes, it was faked.

AuroraSeeker....who said "adding diffraction spikes" is bad?...shoot 'em.

thanks again,

bud

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: budguinn]
      #291121 - 12/24/04 11:55 PM

Funny! Saturn will not sink though.

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: budguinn]
      #291322 - 12/25/04 01:20 PM Attachment (97 downloads)

Quote:

AuroraSeeker....who said "adding diffraction spikes" is bad?...shoot 'em.




I agree! Your impressive image could only have been "improved" in one way...

Regards,

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: TeamGS]
      #291325 - 12/25/04 01:23 PM



Shouldn't the stars reflect in the water too? It looks unnatural!

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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet new [Re: Greg K.]
      #291441 - 12/25/04 05:38 PM

Moved to the Astro Art forum!
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Re: A truly tragic moment in the life of a planet [Re: Charles]
      #291663 - 12/26/04 12:51 AM

Gary, good idea.....I should have added a few and then there reflections would have been there also...

thanks for the idea.

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