Two-in-One

I kinda have a double post here, jsut because I have two significant things to point out. So here goes.
The other morning (Saturday, Sept. 16) I was driving to take the ACT at around 7:30 AM and when I noticed the sun, it was huuuuge. It it was somewhere betweent he size of a silver dollar and a Gamecube disc (I didn't get a chance to measure fists since I was driving). I just thought it was cool because it reminded me of the picture of the kid holding the sun up.

My other post is about something I just found online. It was a post on Digg. To describe it, here's from the "About" Page:
"The Two Micron All Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious digital measurements of the sky ever made. Its final release will provide the astronomical community with over one million research-quality images in each of the three infrared colors observed by 2MASS.

During the course of operations, color images of hundreds of fields have been assembled by the 2MASS staff. These extensive mosaics sometimes cover many degrees of sky and have been carefully stitched together from hundreds, sometimes thousands, of individual images.

This "Showcase" gallery will highlight some of the very best images by the 2MASS survey and will provide them at full resolution, often large enough to be suitable for high resolution print work.

Watch for periodic updates!

For more information on 2MASS, please visit the links on the gallery main page and at the 2MASS home page."

Here's the link to the main page, wher eyou can find images of all sorts of astronomy-related pictures.
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/showcase/