Flickr Find 4 of 5. I thought it was time once again to profile some of the great pictures that can be found on Flickr. Many astrophotographers can be found in the various groups all over the photo sharing website. Here are a few from the astrophotography group, which is always featured in the sidebar on Orbiting Frog.
The Cocoon nebula is fond in Cygnus. It comprises both reflection and emission nebula, which is unusual. This image is an excellent photo of the region and shows the colours very well.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I’m disappointed: when this popped up in my RSS feeds I thought it would be about the science behind the popular 80s Alien-life-prolonging classic.
Still a great picture, though.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Yeah, you must have been gutted. Was there any science in Cocoon? Steve Gutenburg doesn’t count as science.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Well, they live forever. Also, there’s an alien. Aliens are based on science, right? And old people? There must be some science behind old people not aging.