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Super Cool Shuttle Photo
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| 03/04/03
| Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 03/04/2003 9:52:26 PM PST by Pokey78
This is the most incredible photo. It was taken from the shuttle Columbia on its last mission and relayed by satellite, which is why we have it. What you see is the sunset in western Europe. There are no clouds in this picture. You can see much of Africa, all of western Europe, half of it at nighttime because the sun has set, the other half in broad daylight. You can clearly see Great Britain, Scotland, the British Isles, Spain, the Sahara desert. It's an amazing photo, folks.
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To: Pokey78
"It's only a model."
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:23:08 PM PST
by
ALASKA
To: clamboat
When was the Marianas Trench moved from the Pacific to the Atlantic?
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To: Wacka
There are no clouds! The apparant height of the camera is well above 10,000 miles. You don't see the sea bottom and the mid atlantic trench from space. The ocean surface would be choppy from the wind of which there is none.
It's cute. Kinda like the full earth composite that was published as a poster years ago. A National Geographic knock off?
To: Starwind; Pokey78
mid-Atlantic plate subduction zone. The Mid Atlantic Ridge is a rifting process creating new ocean crust. It is not a subduction zone. The Pacific Plate is subducting under the North American Plate though.
From what I see, IMHO, this is not a real photo.
To: RadioAstronomer
The Mid Atlantic Ridge is a rifting process creating new ocean crust. It is not a subduction zone Correct. Hasty work on my part.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:31:11 PM PST
by
Starwind
To: Pokey78
bump
To: Henk; Pokey78; MEG33; 1rudeboy; Slyfox; MHGinTN; trussell; paul51; TheOtherOne; Hunble; jlogajan; ..
Obviously fake. Henk
This picture is obviously from a much greater height -- like a geo-synch satellite at 22,300 miles. jlogajan
Looks weird to me as well. How can the shadow line have such a sudden curve to the right??? JoJo Gunn
Obviously not taken during the last Columbia trip in space
If the picture were taken from Columbia in January, why is Norway still experiencing daylight while areas due south are dark? January is in the middle of northern hemisphere's winter. More southerly lattitudes should have later sunsets and earlier sunrises than more northerly lattitudes. This photo had to be taken during the northern hemisphere's summer. Columbia was only up for 16 days. It could not possibly have taken this picture on its last trip to space.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:33:08 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
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To: Pokey78
hope it's not fake, i just sent it to everyone i know. ;-)
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:34:29 PM PST
by
cd jones
To: RadioAstronomer
You're probably right. Still, it's a cool photo/
Anyway, this is real. Notice the black hole that is North Korea:
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:35:30 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Starwind
Where did ya get that secoind photo? That is very cool.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:36:45 PM PST
by
Hootch
To: Pokey78
The US could supply some light that is missing in North Korea!
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:37:00 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
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To: Pokey78
Best of all, it shows the "sun setting on Europe".
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:38:24 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(...and Freedom tastes of Reality.)
To: RadioAstronomer
"this is not a real photo."That explains all the snow in Africa.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:39:55 PM PST
by
spunkets
To: Pokey78
That is very cool. Thanks!
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:42:40 PM PST
by
SeeRushToldU_So
( Something witty, etc, etc....)
To: Pokey78
It's a fake. Go to this
website to generate similar images.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:44:28 PM PST
by
mikegi
To: Pokey78
Notice the poverty of North Korea.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:45:18 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: RadioAstronomer
From what I see, IMHO, this is not a real photo. Here's a shot of the ISS from the shuttle Discovery. Note the apparent altitude and scope of the view of the planet. There are photos of Hubble service missions with similar scope, but planet surface mostly obscurred by cloud cover. I can't identify the planet surface area, but this would lend credence that some shuttle missions and flight paths position it in a way to allow the photo Limbaugh has posted.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:47:53 PM PST
by
Starwind
To: spunkets; RadioAstronomer
"this is not a real photo." That explains all the snow in Africa.
That's the Sahara Desert, not snow.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:48:14 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
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To: mikegi
I do believe you solved it. Cool site.
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posted on
03/04/2003 10:48:38 PM PST
by
Pokey78
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