Stars over Mt. Whitney

[Florian]

An amazing image of the night sky over Mt. Whitney .:. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html [corrected url]

Just thought you all might enjoy.

-Florian

[zippetydude]

Florian? Was that the link you intended to post?

z

[physicslord]

Well that was interesting nonetheless.

I think I heard that story once too.

Huh.

[FIGHT ON]

now that's my kinda post!

[neverwashasbeen]

Florian, I'm sure most everyone enjoys the story in Snopes, but I for one would like to see the stars.

[HikeUp]

Florian might be referring to this picture.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html

[FIGHT ON]

Florian might be referring to this picture.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html

regardless, that is one amazing shot!

[Florian]

Oh fudge! Sorry everyone. I somehow pasted the wrong link. This is of course the link i meant to post .:. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090827.html

-Florian

[Florian]

I'm always very careful to double-check links when i paste them into posts. Argh. Sorry. Thanks you guys for the corrections.

-Florian

[phydeux]

Looks like that was taken just after sunset about this time of year. If you want to actually see Jupiter, its that distinct white dot in the southeastern sky after the sun goes down (go out around 9PM). It'll be visible all night long as it travels across the southern sky, disappearing in the southwest just before sunrise.

Go outside at 5AM and you can also see Venus; its the brightest thing in teh eastern sky just before sunrise.

(YMMV depending on smoke and cloud cover).