eclipse photo

Picture of the Sun during the July 11 eclipse: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100721.html

It's pretty and all but I'm amused by the language "The Crown of the Sun" (of course, the literal meaning of "corona") and by this: "features on the dim, near side of the New Moon can also be made out, illuminated by sunlight reflected from a Full Earth." I don't know how common it is to capture that in such a photograph, but it sort of compresses the Earth-Moon-Sun alignment required for a solar eclipse into a single symbolic image. The Sun containing the Moon and Earth, in other words, as in fact is the case (in an esoteric, Tree of Life sense, from the perspective of Earth). Just thought that was neat.

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Arethinn says:
all in all there's various stuff that makes me go "geez, i hope i didn't come across like this in my applications!"
it's also kind of disappointing when they mis-name their own degrees
Stygian says:
...
Arethinn says:
like "Bachelors in Arts in Spanish"
as opposed to "Bachelor of Arts, Spanish"
Stygian says:
wow, that is kinda sad
well, I suppose that could be worse, though
Arethinn says:
yeah, but still
Stygian says:
like "Art of the Spanish Bachelor"
Arethinn says:
LOL
stay thirsty, my friends
Stygian says:
LMFAO