Been great star watching this week. I took note here that there is a
second “Golden Record”! Just wanted to share with the
science folks. We haven’t heard an update on the Voyager’s for a
spell.
Today’s
APOD with explaination below about this photo and the Golden
Record.
Explanation:
An alluring night skyscape, this scene looks west across the Grand Teton National
Park, Wyoming, USA, Planet Earth. The Snake River glides through the foreground,
while above the Tetons' rugged mountain peaks the starry sky is laced with
exceptionally strong red and green airglow.
That night, the luminous atmospheric glow was just faintly visible
to the eye, its color and wavey structure captured only by a sensitive digital
camera. In fact, this contemporary digital photograph matches the location and
perspective of a well-known photograph from 1942 - The Tetons and The Snake River
, by Ansel Adams,
renown photographer of the American West. Adams' image is one of 115 images stored on the Voyager Golden Record. Humanity's message in a bottle, golden records were onboard both Voyager 1 and Voyager
2 spacecraft, launched in 1977 and now headed toward interstellar space.
Regards, Margie T.
Astoria Oregon