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This is an ‘html-only’ version of Scribblings with no database behind it. This means it is not possible to search it. I am working on a new version with which I am hoping to eventually put back into the main site. The new version is here but please note that there is no link directly back to the main site.

Sunday, 19th September 2004

Daily pictures of the cosmos

If you like pictures taken from or of space NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day aims to give you a daily picture. The pictures are archived back to June 1995 so it doesn’t look as if the site’s going to disappear any day soon.

Eclipse of August 1999
The eclipse of August 1999

There are two versions of some of the pictures. The screen on which you first view a picture shows a small version which you can then select to view a larger version. The larger versions, if they’re available, are often very detailed and can be printed out at a decent size with high resolution. Unless you have a fast connection you’ll find yourself waiting a long time for the picture to download since some of them are a megabyte or more in size.

Of the recent pictures I particularly liked the one of Hurricane Ivan taken from the International Space Station. The detail on the larger version of this is pretty impressive and looks just lovely when printed on A4 glossy photo paper.

Posted 19 September 2004, 13:25
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An apology

Since moving the site to a new server Scribblings is not as easy to find your way around as it used to be. It used to depend on a script and a database on the server but is currently served as ‘flat html’.

I have some ideas about how to make it a bit easier but they depend on writing another script. I hope to get around to it ‘eventually’.

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