Desktop wars. {Dial-up warning}

[Ptah]

[Bertha Venation]

1. You win -- but only because

my kick-ass desktop is at work. I never knew how beautiful female mallards are until I saw one up close.

But the shuttle on the launch pad is an awesome sight.

[Ptah]

2. Show me your ducks!

[Bertha Venation]

7. Tomorrow, I promise.

back at you

Edit: I was on one of the launch pads in February. Very moving -- the sense of history was palpable.

[Mosby]

3. I liked the shuttle

I used this one years ago:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. from APOD

[Kali]

8. oh wow!

that is amazing (um, what is APOD?)

[Ptah]

10. Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture Of the Day


http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

[Kali]

11. ah, thanks

guess I could have googled

[Ptah]

13. 2013 February 7 :

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130207.html

Currently sweeping through southern skies, Comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6) was named for
its discovery last year as part of the Mount Lemmon (Arizona) Survey.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. thanks ... I see Ptah filled you in on APOD. Some really fantastic photos there.

[onehandle]

5. Mavericks.

[csziggy]

19. Like minds!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=410763

[annabanana]

6. ok

[Ptah]

14. Magnificent!

[blogslut]

9. Here you go:

I'm feeling retro these days.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. This used to be my favorite

but now I use this..

[pokerfan]

15. NGC 3521

NGC 3521 is a type SABbc spiral galaxy 35 million light-years away from Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3521

[HarveyDarkey]

16. Well, if you insist

[csziggy]

18. I just changed to this photo

From this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018410718