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The Gegenschein Over Chile

apod.nasa.gov — The gegenschein is sunlight back-scattered off small interplanetary dust particles and is seen 180 degrees around from the Sun in an extremely dark sky.

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  • MBlayden, on 05/07/2008, -4/+8Amazing what we have
  • macosta5811, on 05/07/2008, -2/+8Amazing The Andromeda Galaxy and The Pleiades star cluster. And greetings to "chilenos"!!
  • Aeroslin, on 05/07/2008, -4/+3I learned something from this one. Never knew about the gegenschein. I guess it really is darkest before the dawn.
    • crazyjake, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2actually... it's darkest halfway between dusk and dawn.... it's science!
      • Aeroslin, on 05/08/2008, -0/+1Eh, sorry for the total ambiguity. I mean, really... it was a quip.
  • OneLess, on 05/07/2008, -4/+3I think I may have seen this when I stayed up to watch the Perseids this summer, but I didn't know what it was. Very cool :)
  • ufoking, on 05/07/2008, -5/+1is this particulr 'gegenschein' a relict of early probes in the late fifties, when the US-Airforce launched a missile with copper needles for communication??
  • seedhead, on 05/07/2008, -5/+1"Gegenschein" reminds me of "Ginnungagap"
  • Shadowgamers, on 05/07/2008, -1/+16This is why we need less light pollution, so we can see beautiful things like these.
    • Scynet, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2And save energy, to boot. Lights shining to sky help nobody.
    • KingGorilla, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3Turn off lights so we can see things better? WITCHCRAFT!!!!
  • johngardiner, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3every day the nasa site amazes me with stunning new pictures of things almost unimaginable. I love opening it up when I first get to work
  • johndajap56, on 05/07/2008, -4/+14when you see it you'll ***** bricks
  • jdames1980, on 05/07/2008, -1/+1Fascinating. I've never heard of this before.
  • thbigtiket21, on 05/07/2008, -1/+1wow, never get to see that many stars in LA.
  • pkon, on 05/07/2008, -1/+0Wow, it is really gorgeous. I also never knew what Gegenschein was before also. Also what is amazing is all the stars in the sky, makes you really think about whats out there...besides Xenu. Sorry had to put it in =p.
  • Rov3r, on 05/07/2008, -1/+2*expressing of amazement*
  • gordonf238, on 05/07/2008, -5/+1Yeah, but it's not HDR.
  • hammerpants, on 05/07/2008, -7/+2Anybody else read it as Genghis Khan?
    • cha5e, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Nein...aber ich kann deutsch lesen ;)
      (No, but I can read German)
    • Duositex, on 05/07/2008, -1/+2No. Nobody read it is that. It's not funny.
  • SGTS3XY, on 05/07/2008, -3/+1The buildings look kind of cartoony.
    • Duositex, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1What are you implying?
      • Scynet, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Why are you implying he's implying something? Maybe he was just very explicit.
  • iamtad, on 05/07/2008, -2/+5It's clever how they set the camera to a long exposure length, then make it move at the same speed as the planet so instead of the stars blurring, the foreground blurs. Dugg.
    • bobbinika, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4i think opposite the planet's rotation to follow the stars
      • iamtad, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I should have explicitly stated the direction I guess ... since I didn't say any direction I didn't mean to imply moving the same direction the Earth rotates.
    • Ades, on 05/07/2008, -6/+1thanks for pointing out the obvious.. you retard
  • diggystardust, on 05/07/2008, -1/+3Dugg for Andromeda
  • geneticlone, on 05/07/2008, -1/+2i like this one: http://digg.com/space/Fairy_of_Eagle_Nebula
    • Rocketbird, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1The one you submitted? Ya. Ok.
      Actually it's not that bad but it's not as cool. Sorry, man. Seen too many nebula pics in my day. Horsehead's got that beat.
  • donjuan571, on 05/07/2008, -1/+4I actually did not know that.
  • Ades, on 05/07/2008, -10/+1cant everyone on digg just bookmark http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html insteed of submitting on digg.. .. you assholes
    • verynegative, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Im glad this article was submitted. What a ***** sad little man you are.
    • Scynet, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1People digg what they like, and the democratic process decides what's on the front page. Of course, you have the rights to try to convince people not to do it. Ahh, point of view, where would we be without you?
    • Aeroslin, on 05/08/2008, -0/+1Yeah, if you actually went to the page, you would see a quaint little link at the bottom that says, Digg [Submit]. So, the chances are pretty goddam high that people are already going to the APOD site first, then clicking on the convenient DIGG button. Too bad for you, eh? I wouldn't even be using Digg if it wasn't for that little link. NASA just ***** up your day.
  • coldlottus, on 05/07/2008, -1/+0the gegenwhat???
    • Earendil1, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Its German. :-)

      Gegenschein (pronounced /ˈgeːgənʃaɪn/, very roughy like GAY-guhn-shine, German for "counter shine"), is a faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun.
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