The internet's obsession with eerie, empty office buildings and "glitches in reality" has created a need for words that describe the "uncanny familiar." Apodnasagov is the linguistic answer to that visual sensation. 3. Artificial Intelligence and Synthesis
The story of APOD began at the dawn of the World Wide Web. In 1995, two gamma-ray astronomers, Dr. Robert Nemiroff and Dr. Jerry Bonnell, were office mates at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. As a new web browser called Mosaic began to spread, they realized they had a unique opportunity. With access to NASA's high-bandwidth connection and a wealth of astronomical images, they brainstormed how to contribute to the burgeoning web. After a few lunches, the idea of posting a daily astronomy picture stuck.
: High-resolution photographs, artist's renderings, or satellite imagery ranging from nearby planets to distant nebulae.
