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Old 20-March-2008, 11:08 AM
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Bumpy earth, earths magnetic field................
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Old 20-March-2008, 10:54 PM
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This shouldn't be that obscure, it's been on APOD at least three times.
I have now bolded every word in my previous post which was an oblique hint.

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Old 21-March-2008, 05:41 AM
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a big green booger?

I have no idea, but my guess will be: the planets density...?
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Old 23-March-2008, 04:33 PM
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Okay, the answer was a gravity map. Open floor, anyone can take a turn!

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Old 25-March-2008, 08:32 AM
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What does this represent?
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Old 25-March-2008, 10:48 AM
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it's you playing with a sparkler...


no, I think it is a picture from the collision of particles, in a particle accelerator.
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Old 26-March-2008, 04:54 AM
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Me playing with a sparkler...that's it! Good job.

Okay, okay....it's not that. It's a computer simulation of particle tracks resulting from the decay of a Higgs boson. (allegedly)
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Old 26-March-2008, 09:21 AM
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What is this supposed to be?
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Old 27-March-2008, 09:12 PM
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It's a Beatles track, girl with the Kaleidoscope eyes......lol

Or a peacock wormhole......lol
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Old 28-March-2008, 07:18 AM
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Good guesses, but thats not what it is
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Old 28-March-2008, 11:52 AM
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Well, it's some kind of fractal set, but I don't know its name.

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Old 28-March-2008, 02:05 PM
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it looks like an Astroboa Basket Starfish to me ! 60's style tee hee.
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Old 28-March-2008, 02:53 PM
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Peacock kaleidoscope
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or a peacock feather
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Old 29-March-2008, 04:54 AM
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Ok, Its a Mandlebrot Set
So Jay200 had it right that it was a fractal Set

Here is a link about the mandlebrot, weird and intersteing
It does make a pretty peacock feather as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set
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Glad you posted the answer because I went crazy yesterday trying to find it. What really frustrated me was that I had read about this about a month ago but could not remember its name or where I had read it. In any case, that was a good one. One thing I like about this thread is its hard to cheat by googling up an answer. You have to recoginize the image or do some deeper research. It also gives you a visual which is better than just words.

What spacecraft is this?

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Old 29-March-2008, 10:26 AM
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Dang, I was going to guess Mandelbrot but it looks really different than the usual Mandelbrot image. Good one.

Endeavor, your spacecraft is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Okay everyone, what are we looking at here:



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Old 29-March-2008, 04:43 PM
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pommigranite!
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Old 29-March-2008, 09:51 PM
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Yep, you got it! Good call.

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Old 29-March-2008, 10:28 PM
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Thats a great shot of the Pomegrante, did you photograph that yourself
Sorry I drove you all nuts with the Mandlebrot Set

In the meantime, I will try and dig another photo for our guessing game
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Old 29-March-2008, 11:03 PM
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Hah, no way. I found it on Google Images.
Photographer is one Ali Majdfar.

I'd say it's Chrissy's turn since she answered correctly.

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Old 29-March-2008, 11:18 PM
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