Starry, Starry Night … & Happy Birthday, APOD!

APOD is 30 Years Old Today
Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night by Dario Giannobile

Explanation: APOD is 30 years old today. In celebration, today’s picture uses past APODs as tiles arranged to create a single pixelated image that might remind you of one of the most well-known and evocative depictions of planet Earth’s night sky. In fact, this Starry Night consists of 1,836 individual images contributed to APOD over the last 5 years in a mosaic of 32,232 tiles. Today, APOD would like to offer a sincere thank you to our contributors, volunteers, and readers. Over the last 30 years your continuing efforts have allowed us to enjoy, inspire, and share a discovery of the cosmos.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

This is great-

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It’s a WaPo piece, free (I know because I got to read it all with no nagging, and it’s not a guest link according to MPS,) and really full of info concerning a place where our tax dollars work well for we the people. This is a thing at which the US excels as a public entity. More people should know about it, so we make sure it stays public, rather than outsourced to a for-profit. Also, there is plenty of general science, and it’s noticeable how many women have great positions and have done superlative work. Thanks!