Image of the Earth and Moon from 114 million miles away

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Image of the Earth and Moon from 114 million miles away
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Evil	Aug 24 2010, 04:47 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Taken by NASA's Messenger: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1305422/Incredible-image-Moon-orbiting-Earth-taken-Nasa-probe-114-million-miles-away.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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Nuke	Aug 25 2010, 01:12 AM Post #2
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	I think that's a little past Mars' orbit, isn't it (assuming Messenger is heading out of the system)?
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Evil	Aug 25 2010, 02:10 AM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Well, the distance between Earth and Mars varies from between 36 million miles to more than 250 million miles. So... I don't know.
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Manuel	Aug 25 2010, 02:16 AM Post #4
Posts: 493 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: Dec 14, 2009 Region RP Name: Euskaldanuk Space RP Name: Tziki Hegemony	Why doesn't Mars or Venus appear that big from Earth, then?
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Evil	Aug 25 2010, 03:38 AM Post #5
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	That's a good question.
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Nuke	Aug 26 2010, 02:33 AM Post #6
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Atmosphere, perhaps?
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Evil	Aug 27 2010, 12:32 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Nuke Aug 26 2010, 02:33 AM Atmosphere, perhaps? Why would that differ?
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Nuke	Aug 27 2010, 02:40 AM Post #8
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Evil Aug 27 2010, 12:32 AM Nuke Aug 26 2010, 02:33 AM Atmosphere, perhaps? Why would that differ? Possibly because not all of the light makes it through the atmosphere, or something? I'm not entirely sure.
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Evil	Aug 27 2010, 04:51 AM Post #9
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Nuke Aug 27 2010, 02:40 AM Evil Aug 27 2010, 12:32 AM Nuke Aug 26 2010, 02:33 AM Atmosphere, perhaps? Why would that differ? Possibly because not all of the light makes it through the atmosphere, or something? I'm not entirely sure. Through Earth's atmosphere? Or the individual planets' atmospheres?
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Nuke	Aug 28 2010, 03:52 AM Post #10
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Evil Aug 27 2010, 04:51 AM Through Earth's atmosphere? Or the individual planets' atmospheres? Earth's, I should think.
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Evil	Aug 29 2010, 12:29 AM Post #11
Administrator Posts: 2,968 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: Dec 18, 2008 Region RP Name: Evil Cenotopia Space RP Name: Greys	Nuke Aug 28 2010, 03:52 AM Evil Aug 27 2010, 04:51 AM Through Earth's atmosphere? Or the individual planets' atmospheres? Earth's, I should think. I'm not following you. Why would the light from the two planets be absorbed differently by Earth's atmosphere? The size of Mars is about half that of Earth so that could certainly be a factor. But Venus is closer to the size of Earth.
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Nuke	Aug 29 2010, 01:06 AM Post #12
Posts: 4,436 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Region RP Name: Northern Italian Confederation, Tarkka, Third French Empire Space RP Name: United Federation of Planets	Evil Aug 29 2010, 12:29 AM I'm not following you. Why would the light from the two planets be absorbed differently by Earth's atmosphere? The size of Mars is about half that of Earth so that could certainly be a factor. But Venus is closer to the size of Earth. I can't really explain it much beyond that - hence why my responses thus far have been very menial. I just remember something from a long time ago about how the atmosphere can distort light from outside objects to some unknown degree. For all I know, I'm thinking of something else, but that's what comes to mind for something like this.
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