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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 09:49 AM Post #1 |
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"The Blue Marble" is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 statute miles). It shows Africa, Antarctica, and the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 09:51 AM Post #2 |
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Haven't we already had that picture in another topic? Even so, it's beautiful. |
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 10:02 AM Post #3 |
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don't rememberOriginal caption from NASA: "S103-E-5037 (21 December 1999)--- Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery recorded this rarely seen phenomenon of the full Moon partially obscured by the atmosphere of Earth. The image was recorded with an electronic still camera at 15:15:15 GMT, Dec. 21, 1999.". |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 10:09 AM Post #4 |
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:o Wow...it doesn't even look round! I imagine it's because the light rays are bent (refracted) by the Earth's atmosphere. |
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 10:10 AM Post #5 |
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It looks like a waxing/waning gibbous to me, but you're probably right |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 10:38 AM Post #6 |
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I suppose it could be that too. |
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 08:14 PM Post #7 |
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This gorgeous pic is in my book: Richat Structure, Mauritania, Perspective View, Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation Source: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04963 Caption on the article: A topographic reconstruction (scaled 6:1 on the vertical axis) from satellite photos. False coloring as follows: bedrock=brown, sand=yellow/white, vegetation=green, salty sediments=blue |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 08:15 PM Post #8 |
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I don't think I've seen that before :o . Is it a crater or something? |
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 08:24 PM Post #9 |
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Yes, it is a crater in Mauritania. |
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| Falconhawk | Dec 20 2009, 08:40 PM Post #10 |
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Dialga's born in the USA!
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Wow, that is beautiful!! Honestly, its amazing! |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 08:42 PM Post #11 |
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Yeah. It's in false colouring, though; I'd like to see a true colour photo as well. |
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 08:45 PM Post #12 |
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I'm pretty sure that's what this pic is: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/1366676585_3ff8aa4a82.jpg |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 08:59 PM Post #13 |
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Ah, right. Doesn't look as nice, though . Maybe it's just the poor quality of the pic.
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 09:08 PM Post #14 |
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yeah.... Maybe it's better to see the structure from space, which is more than half the pics I found on Google |
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| CJ | Dec 20 2009, 09:12 PM Post #15 |
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It probably is. Then, you'd certainly get a much better overhead view of it .
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| Michelle | Dec 20 2009, 09:21 PM Post #16 |
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A Computer Generated photo of what the Earth would look like from high orbit. |
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| CJ | Dec 21 2009, 09:25 PM Post #17 |
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I think I've seen that before, but I didn't know it was computer-generated .
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| Michelle | Dec 21 2009, 09:42 PM Post #18 |
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I never would have figured either. |
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| CJ | Dec 23 2009, 10:16 PM Post #19 |
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There's this urban myth that you can see the Great Wall of China from space, but I've heard that it isn't actually possible to do this. Does anyone have a picture to prove/disprove this? |
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| Michelle | Dec 24 2009, 01:13 AM Post #20 |
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http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/upload/news/pic/great_wall_from_space1.jpg http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/satellite/393.jpg I guess... |
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| Michelle | Dec 17 2012, 03:44 AM Post #21 |
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Earth from Mars.
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| CJ | Dec 24 2012, 12:49 AM Post #22 |
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Just looks like a very bright star. It's interesting to see what it looks like, but I prefer the images of it taken from the Moon .
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| Michelle | Dec 24 2012, 03:17 AM Post #23 |
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How about an aurora?
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| CJ | Dec 26 2012, 03:42 AM Post #24 |
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They look even more spectacular from up above than on the surface! |
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| Michelle | Dec 26 2012, 10:23 AM Post #25 |
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I know. They're so beautiful. Here's simulated view of Earth from Mars:
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| CJ | Dec 26 2012, 05:55 PM Post #26 |
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2084? Is there any reason why it's 72 years in the future? |
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| Michelle | Dec 27 2012, 01:44 AM Post #27 |
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I wouldn't have any idea. |
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| CJ | Mar 5 2013, 09:26 PM Post #28 |
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The Pale Blue Dot:![]() This is the Earth from 6 billion km away, as taken by Voyager 2 in 1990. The Earth is just visible in the orange-brown band. |
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| Michelle | Mar 6 2013, 12:34 AM Post #29 |
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Oh yeah.... That's a neat picture... Amazing. |
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| CJ | Mar 6 2013, 12:35 AM Post #30 |
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I know. It doesn't quite have the same impact as the "Blue Marble" picture, but it's amazing that the Earth is visible at all from there. |
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