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reg373 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:53 PM Original message |
World-at-Night satellite cam |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. just looking at that awakened a serious nighttime desert jones.... |
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reg373 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. deserts at night |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Deserts are great. But my favorite star-gazing place, ever, |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I did a solo camp at the north rim of the Grand Canyon during the 1990s Hale-Bopp Comet |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's an interesting image but it isn't a photograph...from a satellite or anywhere else. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was kinda wondering about that. |
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reg373 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. enhanced image, probably |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well, I'm pretty sure nobody makes a lens that takes a Mercator Projection snapshot. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh yeah, good point! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. PROLLY not! |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Plus it's not night on the whole planet at the same time. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Original is from NASA, explained here: |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Actually, it's not really even a composite photograph. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Interesting - thanks |
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reg373 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. lost in the desert... |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. You might enjoy this link better. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. The planet looks like it has a disease..nt |
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reg373 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. well... |
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