Via APOD.
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Is APOD for the iPod.
Seriously. A neat little web accessible archive of the public subset of the APOD archive, continuosly updated, bundled for a quick iPod upload.
With an index, please.
Seen on APOD, please enjoy this stunning act of simple observation.
“Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Don't forget the Perseid meteor shower is tonight
The Perseids are one of the more reliable annual meteor showers, and occur when the Earth passes through the dust tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
What a privilege to see outside our plodding temporal frame. That was lovely.