Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerry@astropix.com>]

Hi Mike,

I heard about this.

It's just more proof of the decline and fall of western civilization as 
precipitated by the unbridled greed of the corporations who in their 
commitment solely to the bottom line hire inexperienced and uneducated 
editors because they can pay them bottom dollar.

Jerry

At 01:46 PM 1/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Browsing the special issue of Time's 2002 best pictures I noticed the
>full page "Perseids shower" image.  The problem is that there is not
>a single Perseids meteor in the picture.  It is nothing more than a
>poorly focus star field with trailing and a foreground of people
>appearing to watch the "event".  On top of that, the sky background
>was yellow green.
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>It saddens me that this image should be chosen when so many great
>images have been posted in this and other astro mailing groups.
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>Mike Cook, AF9Y
>http://www.af9y.com
>mwcook@cris.com
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