The Google ads are indeed a problem. Is there any way to move them to one side or the other and put some content or art or something next to them, so it's not just text with tons of white space on either side? How 'bout putting them ABOVE the header, so the page is more unified? Or are you just stuck with the way they come?

I love the body of the page -- the bigger pictures, easier-to-read text, etc. -- but by comparison the header now looks not only isolated (by the Google ads) but somewhat dull . Would you consider a more graphically exciting look? What would really be nice would be a background with a photo or collage of photos -- if it could be done without adding significantly to the time it takes the page to download (although I suppose you could -- maybe you do -- offer a text only version for people with slower connections).

You know, the main thing is that "Universe Today" is such a wonderful resource, and on the whole it looks very good -- I just like to nitpick.

-- Peter

P.S. I like the idea of a background. That would also help unify the page.

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