Posted 4 months ago with 265 notesNow THAT’S an artist’s rendition of a far-away planet I can get behind. I don’t usually go for those, since so few are based in real science.
This one, however, is different. HD209458b is a planet orbiting a star not unlike our sun. By studying its atmospheric makeup using the Hubble Space Telescope and predicting how light would bend in that chemical makeup, Frédéric Pont made this scientific interpretation of what a sunset would look like if you were on this planet, 150 light-years away.
But don’t think about that right now. It’s just really pretty,
(via Bad Astronomy)
Tagged with #yes#good#do u ever reread the posts you made at like 5 am and furrow your brow in confusion#''why is there an impassioned rant about romulus on my blog''#''why did it go on for four posts''#''what are these graphics''#they're like drunk posts written while stone cold sober#i hope i no longer care about romulus too much when the next movie comes out bc that would just ruin everything#space: the final frontier
Reblogged from camaelot
Originally posted by jtotheizzoe
