Skip to comments.
Russia presents highest resolution image of Earth
Fox News ^
| May 15, 2012
Posted on 05/15/2012 8:08:31 PM PDT by EveningStar
MOSCOW – A Russian satellite has captured what is thought to be the highest resolution picture of our planet ever taken from space.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; earth
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-31 last
To: RightOnline
To: EveningStar; Yehuda; KevinDavis; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; ...
Thanks EveningStar & Yehuda.
An “extra, extra” ping to the APoD list members.
22
posted on
05/16/2012 2:09:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: EveningStar
Wonderful! I LOVE these kind of pics. Thank You for the ping. :-)
To: RightOnline; NYTexan
I want the whole banana for my desktop ...
24
posted on
05/16/2012 2:31:46 PM PDT
by
NYer
(Open to scriptural suggestions.)
To: NYer
sigh....................thank you, I DO appreciate your efforts, too......but it’s half a planet. I’ve tried several ways to capture the full planet image at a decent resolution and haven’t been happy with any of the results.
25
posted on
05/16/2012 5:47:28 PM PDT
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: EveningStar; SunkenCiv
To: RightOnline
27
posted on
05/17/2012 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
NYer
(Open to scriptural suggestions.)
To: NYer
Very cool!! Much better!! :)
28
posted on
05/17/2012 7:20:39 AM PDT
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
To: martin_fierro
29
posted on
05/18/2012 1:21:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: martin_fierro; EveningStar; IDontLikeToPayTaxes; RightOnline; 2111USMC; GeronL; 43north; NYTexan; ..
Thanks ; martin_fierro!
(blows up to full size in a new tab or new window, just click on it. Source is Universe Today)
30
posted on
05/18/2012 1:31:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv; martin_fierro
Right click that puppy, select “Set as Desktop Background”....voila.
Beautiful. Thank you.
31
posted on
05/18/2012 6:23:14 PM PDT
by
RightOnline
(I am Andrew Breitbart!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-31 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
