Other Means Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 http://triggerpit.com/2010/11/22/incredible-pics-nasa-astronaut-wheelock/ Beautiful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I like the one gazing out the porthole - photos of people in places are way more interesting than photos of places alone. That one - the porthole gazer - looks like someone gazing out their living room windows, except that instead of taking in dusk on the coast, she's taking in the whole freaking world at a glance. The combination of prozaic and spectacular is incredible. His reflections on the emotional impact - rather than the usual technical/scientific mumbo-jumbo - of being in space are also quite moving. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Wow, a lot of breathtaking photos there. The shot of the Bahamas is amazing, so just made it my wallpaper. Thanks for posting, gonna email some friends the link. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 fantastic! Thanks for sharing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Absolutely nothing on the 1st SS - I was disappointed. Still the pictures made up for it. : ) Good link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Belenko Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Great picture. Is the dark spot just up from the solar panel the Quattara Depression? If you zoom in you can see some of Rommel's abandoned Pz IIIs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Great picture... Great picture?? Did you click the link? There are MANY great pictures 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks for this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxnoctum Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Some beautiful pictures there, thanks! I would certainly kill to be that chick in pic #19. WOW. Still think though that deep space nebulae hold the "most beautiful thing in the visible universe" award. Take the Carina nebula for example (totally real pic from Hubble, not modified): 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 What kind of detail would you be able to see if you turned Hubble towards Earth? Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Belenko Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 What kind of detail would you be able to see if you turned Hubble towards Earth? Best regards, Thomm This is one of my favorite Earth Shots, but I don't think it's a Hubble shot. Some times its an optical delusion (sic). The sand dunes are hills then sometimes they look like the valleys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 What kind of detail would you be able to see if you turned Hubble towards Earth? Best regards, Thomm It could certainly see Lt Belenko's image. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 What kind of detail would you be able to see if you turned Hubble towards Earth? It would show the lice in your hair reproducing. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/meaning_of_color/index.php but perhaps not at all : ) I suspect we are too close and that focussing on us would be like wearing nightgoggles at midday on the Equator8 *Added precision for those quoting Artic/Antartica 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 It could certainly see Lt Belenko's image. What OM is politely trying to politely point out, and I am not, is that that picture is too goddamn large by such a wide margin that it is just plain rude. 3.656px × 4.124px, really? Put it behind a link, would you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 3.656px × 4.124px, really? I have seen bigger ones ... but not many! Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 It would show the lice in your hair reproducing. But I wear pants!!! Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 But I wear pants!!! On your head? My, you are an odd one aren't you? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 On your head? My, you are an odd one aren't you? LOL!!!!! Best regards, Thomm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxnoctum Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 This is one of my favorite Earth Shots, but I don't think it's a Hubble shot. Some times its an optical delusion (sic). The sand dunes are hills then sometimes they look like the valleys. Man that's trippy, seriously looks like something out of an LSD trip. The repetitive nature of it especially. How do you get it to make it an optical illusion? Do I need to focus on something specific cause nothing's happening to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugged Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Amazing pictures, indeed! I found myself studying almost every one of them. Thanks for the link. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 How do you get it to make it an optical illusion? Do I need to focus on something specific cause nothing's happening to me. It's a mental thing. Normally I see it as being illuminated from the upper left, but if I imagine the light as coming from the lower right, the heights become depressions and vice versa. But there are better examples of the phenomenon than this. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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