Photo of the Week - Pic du Midi Observatory
This dreamlike view looking south from the historic mountain top Pic du Midi Observatory combines moonlit domes, a winter night sky, and the snowy peaks of the French Pyrenees. Encroaching on the night, lights from the La Mongie ski resort illuminate the mountain slopes nearby while the glow along the distant horizon is from urban areas in southern France and Spain. The image was NASA’s January 25 Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Doug
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Absolutely beautiful!
Awesome! Doesn't look real!
Reminds me of a James Bond film or something! Awesome!
I think so too. Maybe it was. I'll have to look back at some of my older Bonds VHS tapes and see if I recognize it.
Yeah, there was some evil rich guy there and he was developing a super gun that let him bounce a laser beam to a satelite he owned and and then aim it so he could fry any place in the world unless they paid him a gazillion dollars. Great older Bond faire.
It is easy to see why it was selected to be Picture of the Week. Wonderful!