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Default Astronomy Picture of the Day - 08-24-2004, 03:01 PM

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030324.html

[quote:7475f]No single spacecraft or astronaut took this picture. It is a digital composite of archived images taken by several Earth-orbiting satellites and ocean-faring ships. Similar images can be digitally stitched together for any Earth location by John Walker's Earth and Moon Viewer website. Specifically, the daytime land images were taken by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite, while the nighttime images were taken by the DMSP satellites. This image is different from what an astronaut would see for reasons including a complete lack of clouds and an unrealistic exaggeration of lights and contrasts. The image has become both an internet wave in that it continues to circulate as an attachment to digital correspondence, and a modern urban legend. Another image like that is Earth at Night. The reason for the image's continued popularity might be simple: it is really cool looking. [/quote:7475f]

[img]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0303/europesunset_livingearth_big.jpg[/img]
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:07 PM

awesome.
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:10 PM

That websites pretty cool, i thought this one was interesting http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040815.html
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:13 PM

wheres the norther part of europe that is really bright?
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:18 PM

[quote="Mr. maple":b3c7a]wheres the norther part of europe that is really bright?[/quote:b3c7a]

Looks like most of the bright area is Belgium and the Netherlands, with a little bit of France and Germany thrown in.
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:23 PM

Here's another cool one. I'm sure a few of you guys have seen this on many of the desktop wallpaper websites.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:26 PM

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":022d8]Here's another cool one. I'm sure a few of you guys have seen this on many of the desktop wallpaper websites.

[url="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html"]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040822.html[/url][/quote:022d8]
wow. there are like 0 dark spots in the us, almost most of canada is dark
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 03:35 PM

yeah, 90% of our population lives within a close range to the 49th paralel...
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 04:02 PM

lol wow West coast = pwned by East coast ed:
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 04:57 PM

word to the east.


  
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Default 08-24-2004, 06:53 PM

U can see buttocks forehead from the remote city of InHisbed



  
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Default 08-24-2004, 09:13 PM

I can see my house!!!!!!!! rock:


personally I like this pic;

[img]http://canopy.lmsal.com/schryver/Public/homepage/images/eagleneb.jpg[/img]

the one on the left is a lifesize replica of my pen0r

cant forget the horsehead neb either

[img]http://www.spiritart.org/OuterSpace/horsehead-nebula.jpg[/img]
  
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Default 08-24-2004, 09:15 PM

ed: thats kool
  
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Default 08-25-2004, 12:50 AM

[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":90c65]I can see my house!!!!!!!! rock:


personally I like this pic;

[img]http://canopy.lmsal.com/schryver/Public/homepage/images/eagleneb.jpg[/img]

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The first picture might be fake but its fucking awesome

And so is this one bunny, i love that picture.


  
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Default 08-25-2004, 01:00 AM

you know all that shit comes back black and white....and people put the colors in it.
  
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