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IC-1805-1.jpgIC 180572 visite"...Quos vult perdere, Iupiter dementat prius..."
(ignoto)
"...Dio rende per prima cosa folli coloro dei quali si vuol disfare..."
Nota: sentenza usata per indicare coloro che, testardi sino alla follia, perseguono la propria rovina disprezzando od ignorando i consigli che vengono loro dati.
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SOU-SOL006-81204_full.jpgRocky Panorama (1) - Sol 672 visiteUno splendido panorama, con le solite imperfezioni (ma, per fortuna, di rilievo trascurabile questa volta) ed i soliti errori nella fase - riteniamo che sia comunque la più semplice in assoluto - di 'incollaggio' dei diversi frames che poi formeranno la fotografia completa. Molto interessanti alcuni rilievi, alti e squadrati, che sembrano caratterizzare la sommità delle colline che si vedono in lontananza (ma l'ipotesi più probabile è che si tratti di photo-artifacts).
Caption originale:"Mars Pathfinder's forward rover ramp can be seen successfully unfurled in this color image, taken on Sol 3. This ramp was not used for the deploymentof the microrover Sojourner, which occurred at the end of Sol 2. When this image was taken, Sojourner was still latched to one of the lander's petals, waiting for the command sequence that would execute its descent off of the lander's petal. The image helped Pathfinder scientists determine whether to deploy the rover using the forward or backward ramps and the nature of the first rover traverse. The metallic object at the lower part of the image is the lander's low-gain antenna. The square at the end of the ramp is one of the spacecraft's magnetic targets. Dust that accumulates on the magnetic targets will later be examined by Sojourner's Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer instrument for chemical analysis. At center, a lander petal is visible".
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OPP-SOL569-1F178704624EFF5916P1235L0M1.jpgThe "quality" of some of the Opportunity Frames... (1) - Sol 56972 visiteLe medesime considerazioni svolte per "alcuni" degli Spirit Frames relativi al Sol 589 devono essere ripetute per questa ed altre immagini ottenute dal Rover Opportunity durante il Sol 569 di viaggio, sempre in direzione del Cratere Erebus.
Un suggerimento: per valutare il nostro sospetto di "tampering" di questo frame in maniera adeguata, portatelo sino al full-size e poi provate a confrontare quelle che sembrano delle semplici "sabbie smosse dal vento" (e perciò offuscate) ad altre zone sabbiose similari e sempre riprese dalla Front o dalla Rear HazCam del Rover.
Non Vi sarà difficile notare che, in questo caso (come in altri simili da noi già stigmatizzati in passato), la 'nebbiosità' del frame sembra (e dobiamo dire "sembra" perchè la Verità non ci illudiamo di possederla al 100%...) il prodotto di un "passaggio di aerografo digitale" (tipo l'Airbrush di Paint Shop Pro) su qualche dettaglio che non esiteremmo a definire "scomodo" per poter essere offerto "al naturale" ed in Mondovisione...
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OPP-SOL591-1F180653216EFF60Y1P1201L0M1.jpgThe outcrops of Erebus Crater (1) - Sol 59172 visitenessun commento
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N 81-1998-25-a-full_jpg.jpgN 81 - Massive Star Cluster72 visite"...Assem habeas, assem valeas; habes, habeberis..."
(Petronio)
"...Hai un centesimo, vali un centesimo; (ma se) possiedi (tanto), (allora tanto) varrai..."
Nota: fu Trimalcione che, a causa delle sua ricchezza, si vide riverito al pari di un re e poi, accommiatandosi da questo Mondo, lasciò ai suoi (chiamiamoli "amici"...) una storica frase che, ancora oggi, riteniamo che viva di vita propria: "L'uomo vale per quello che ha e, per essere stimati e considerati, sebbene non si valga nulla moralmente, occorre essere ricchi".
I secoli passano ed il mondo cambia; l'indole umana - a quanto pare - resta sempre la stessa...
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NGC-7052-2.jpgA "disk" around a Black Hole inside Galaxy NGC 7052 (HST view)72 visite"...Porta itineri longissima est..."
(Varrone)
"...Il passo più lungo (difficile) è sempre il primo (lett. 'è quello dell'uscio')..."
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DEM L 106-2.jpgN30B inside DEM L 106 Nebula72 visite"...Fallacia alia aliam trudit..."
(Terenzio)
"...Una menzogna (o "una cattiva azione") tira l'altra..."
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Amalthea-PIA01072.jpgFirst look at Amalthea72 visiteOriginal caption:"Galileo's first view of Amalthea, a small inner moon of Jupiter, showing the end of the elongated satellite that faces permanently toward the Giant Planet. North is to the top of the picture and the Sun illuminates the surface from the left. The circular feature that dominates the upper-right portion of the disk is Pan, the largest crater on Amalthea. This crater is about 90 Km wide. The bright spot at the South Pole is associated with another, slightly smaller crater named Gaea. (...) ".
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AAA-vg2_2684726.gifFlying over Uranus...72 visiteOriginal caption:"Image of Uranus taken by Voyager 2 about 21 minutes before closest approach. This image, centered at 4° South, 58° West, was taken with the wide angle camera. The frame is approx. 5.300 km from top to bottom and north is at 1:00. (Voyager 2, 26847.26)".
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Pandora-N00042197.jpgPandora?72 visiteOriginal caption:"N00042197.jpg was taken on October 29, 2005 and received on Earth October 30, 2005. The camera was pointing toward PANDORA at approximately 455.248 Km away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and IR1 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated".
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NGC-6992-00.jpgNGC 699272 visiteSometimes, just before the sleep comes around me
Sweeping my eyes away, with his images
His dreams, his subtle metaphores and
His often obscure allegories that
Even though I try, striving beyond my limits,
I cannot understand and I never will,
I turn my eyes to God, so beautiful and yet
So far, sometimes,
And sometimes so close that, in the rapture
That divides watching from sleeping,
It seems to me that I could touch Him
And so, then, I barely touch Him:
But is only a reflection, elusive and flickering,
Like a portrait painted on water,
A portrait that even the sweetest and slightest touch
Shall inevitably shatter away…
And it really does not matter if that portrait, like a spell,
Shall rebuild itself once again and again, for maybe a million times,
The Artist does not care if his art, so perfect,
Must remain untouchable and elusive...
Some other times, before the sleep may catch me,
I turn my eyes to myself,
That myself who’s a Saint and a Sinner
So small and yet so great
Hidden inside me
Maybe better than me...
And so, in the darkness of the Night that surrounds me
Swept away by my thoughts
And by my memories, now so close and then so far
Tired, because of my fears and anxieties,
I indulge myself up to the waves of the hours
Hours that come and go, in a strange procession,
Too slow or too fast,
But not a single hour, anyway, lasts an hour only
In the Night that surrounds me
When my soul gropes in the darkness...
A starless and silent Night
A peaceful and yet shattered Universe
One beginning and one end, so close,
As close as the trails and the lights
Of a beautiful new Town, that is waiting for me
At the end of this road...
And so, in that peace that only the Awareness,
When enlightened by Pain and Hope can give,
I realize that nothing is really important
And, in the same time, that everything must be...
The face of an ant reminds me of buried brothers
Buried in the sand and fog of Time that has gone by
I cannot see them, but I can hear their voices:
They whisper the sweetest words
And so my eyes, flooded by useless tears, close.
And finally, there’s only the Night.
Paolo C. Fienga - "Poesie"
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M-022-3.jpgDeep inside the M-22 Globular Star Cluster (HST)72 visite"...Sezionare e spiegare la Meccanica dell'Universo è come tentare di fare l'autopsia di Dio..."
P.C. Floegers - "In the Paradox"
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