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To: Pokey78
That's a very pretty picture, but it couldn't possibly have been taken from ANY shuttle. It represents about a 5000 mile dimension and the shuttles are at best about 200 miles high. Therefore the field of view of the lens would be about 170 degrees and the "fish eye" distortion would be extreme, not to mention that much of the included surface detail would be over the shuttles visible horizon at that height.

This picture is obviously from a much greater height -- like a geo-synch satellite at 22,300 miles.

11 posted on 03/04/2003 10:05:15 PM PST by jlogajan
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