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This page lists recent additions and changes to the site.

2008/02/25
Added anaglyphic 3-D versions of the eclipsed Moon image added three days ago.
2008/02/22
Added images of the February 20, 2008 lunar eclipse, including a 3-D view of the eclipsed Moon.
2007/12/08
Added an image of comet Holmes.
2007/10/09
Added slide shows throughout the site.
2007/06/22
Added images of the analemma along with a related video.
2006/11/30
Added an image of the Moon in the Pleiades April 1, 2006.
2006/11/30
Added an image of the 2004 Venus Transit.
2006/11/05
Added an image of a dust storm on Mars taken in 2005.
2006/09/17
Added images of the September 11 Tribute in Light, including one with the rising Moon.
2004/12/09
Added an image of the September 1998 lunar occultation of Aldebaran, which is almost a mirror image of the March 1998 occultation.
2004/11/12
Added an image of November 9's daytime lunar occultation of Jupiter.
2004/11/08
Added an image of the Earth's shadow taken during the lunar eclipse exactly one year ago. Also rearranged the Solar System page, collecting the lunar eclipse photos on a single page.
2004/05/03
Added several movies of Jupiter rotating: a 120 frame GIF movie, a smoother-but-larger (1.3 Megabyte) 240 frame QuickTime version, a 120 frame 3-D anaglyphic GIF movie, and, for those without red/blue glasses but with some eye control, a 240 frame stereo QuickTime version.
2004/03/30
Added an image of Jupiter with two moons in transit.
2004/03/18
Added larger versions of images: Globular cluster 47 Tucanae and Omega Centauri.
2004/03/15
Added a new view of the April 2000 Aurora with the Big Dipper and the Coathanger asterism. Also added larger versions of several images: The Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae & NGC 6559, M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, The Small Magellanic Cloud & 47 Tucanae, The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy, Comet Hale-Bopp Passing M34, The Moon, The Big Dome at CTIO, 4 Meter Telescope at CTIO, 1.5 Meter Telescope at CTIO, and my Astro-Physics Traveler.
2004/02/10
Added three different three-dimensional views of the spinning Mars globe: a 120 frame anaglyphic GIF movie, and, for those without red/blue glasses but with some eye control, a 240 frame stereo QuickTime version. All show Mars rotating in 3D.
2003/12/21
Added a larger view of the Aurora with Lunar & Planetary Conjunction
2003/12/03
Added a smoother-but-larger (1.3 Megabyte) QuickTime version of the spinning Mars globe.
2003/11/29
Added a map of Mars with major surface features and spacecraft landing sites marked.
2003/11/03
Added a picture of my Astro-Physics 155.
2003/9/20
Added images of the Moon passing by Mars.
2003/9/16
Added a spinning Mars globe constructed from 10 images of Mars taken over 4 weeks.
2002/3/9
Added a larger view of the Aldebaran Occultation.
2002/2/21
Rescanned and reprocessed images of the Andromeda Galaxy were posted.
2003/1/12
Added larger versions of M27 and M57.
2003/1/2
Added a larger version of M42-M43.
2002/12/20
The "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons now remember if a "Larger Image" has been selected.
A few older images were added: the Northern Cross and the Double Cluster.
2002/12/18
Several photos taken during 2002, many with larger images, were added to the site: the North American and Pelican nebulae, the Cocoon nebula, the Eagle nebula, the Veil nebula, the Dumbbell nebula, the Butterfly nebula, nebula IC 1396, the Ring nebula, galaxy M101, globular cluster M13, and various photos of star fields.
2002/10/30
The site moved to a Linux-based server with a web-based Content Management system from FreeOrbit that will allow me to update site contents and maintain the site much more easily.
2001/12/22
The "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons now span directories and will walk through all the images on the site.
2001/12/16
The site was given a major overhaul: A set of "Next Image" and "Previous Image" buttons were added. Larger versions of several images were added along with "Larger Image" and "Smaller Image" buttons. A "What's New" page was added. A new "Near Earth" section was added. Recent Images from 2001 were added.

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