Sunday, August 30, 2009

MoNsTeR or JiNx HAIKU



a MoNsTeR or JiNx?
LiOn WiTh HeAd oF wOmAn---
I'm tHe cRyPtiC sPhiNx!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

fULL oF gAs HAIKU


gOd WaS fULL oF gAs
& CoSmiC iNdiGeStiOn
fArTeD gALaXiEs

Saturday, August 15, 2009

nOt A bRoThErS iN aRmS HAIKU


CoRaL-LiKe cEnTeR
InSiDe A hOmOnGoUs CLaM---
O! ViCtOriA!

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Mars' Victoria Crater Seen from New Angle
By SPACE.com Staff
posted: 13 August 2009
03:48 pm ET


An image of the Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The image was captured at more of a sideways angle than earlier images of this crater. This view is similar to what would be observed by looking out the window of an airplane flying over Mars. The camera pointing was 22 degrees east of straight down (east is at the top of the image).

The most interesting features of the crater are in its steep walls, which are difficult to see from straight overhead. A bright band near the top of the crater wall is especially prominent in this view. The image's colors have been enhanced to make subtle differences more visible. Earlier HiRISE images of the Victoria Crater supported further exploration by NASA's Opportunity rover and contributed to joint scientific studies. Opportunity explored the rim and interior of this 800-meter-wide (half-mile-wide) crater from September 2006 through August 2008. The rover's on-site investigations indicated that the bright band near the top of the crater wall was formed by diagenesis (chemical and physical changes in sediments after they were deposited). The bright band separates bedrock from the material displaced by the impact that dug the crater.
This view is a cutout from a HiRISE exposure taken on July 18, 2009. Some of Opportunity's tracks are still visible to the north of the crater (left side of this cutout).
Full-frame images from this HiRISE observation, catalogued as ESP_013954_1780, are at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_013954_1780. The full-frame image is centered at 2.1 degrees south latitude, 354.5 degrees east longitude. It was taken at 2:31 p.m. local Mars time. The scene is illuminated from the west with the sun 49 degrees above the horizon.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, at Caltech, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is operated by the University of Arizona, Tucson.


Wednesday, August 12, 2009

cOsMoLoGiCaL CoMmAs HAIKU


StArBuRsT gALaXy
cOsMoLoGiCaL CoMmAs
HeAd tO tOe NuMbErS

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

aRmLeSs aNd LeGLeSs HAIKU


aRmLeSs aNd LeGLeSs
hEaD WiGgLiNg iN oUtEr SpAcE…
tAdPoLe GaLaXy!


Monday, August 10, 2009

AnDrOmEdA HAIKU


WhOoSh oF tRiLLiOn StArS!
DiViNiTy’S sWiRLiNg dUsT!
O! AnDrOmEdA!

Sunday, August 09, 2009

CoSmiC oYsTeR HAIKU



bRiGhT CoSmiC oYsTeR
NGC 5331
WhErE iS YoUr PeArL?



Saturday, August 08, 2009

ViA LaCtEa HAIKU



bLuE tErRa FiRmAiNsiDe A rOuNd MiLk PaiLViA LaCtEa

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

CASKET OF JEWELS


When this
mortal dust
jacket's
gone
will there be
a new soul
or a new
dawn?



Sunday, August 02, 2009

fAiThFuL dESiRe HAIKU


fAiThFuL dESiRe
iNsiDe tHe BiG MiLkY WaY
I'm HoPeFuL FiRe