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Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Just a speck.
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tuffnavyrn Inner circle San Diego, CA 1238 Posts |
Just a spot in the vast darkness.
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MagiClyde Special user Columbus, Ohio 871 Posts |
Makes one truly appreciate just how small and fragile our place in the universe really is.
This is also one of the coolest images of Saturn I've ever seen.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I can see me waving.
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Eddie Garland Inner circle Hells Kitchen, New York City 4207 Posts |
Saturn is indeed beautiful and all...but I feel an actual longing to get back to that speck.
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
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On 2007-04-30 01:57, Eddie Garland wrote: What a coincidence, I was just thinking how much this made me long to return to Saturn.
Woke up.
Fell out of bed. Dragged a comb across m' head. |
sparks New user Charlottesville, Virginia 89 Posts |
"Pale Blue Dot" - Carl Sagan
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Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
Really makes one want to go out there. *whines and complains about lack of a decent manned space program*
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Carrie Sue Veteran user Auburn, MI 332 Posts |
I'm reminded of a quote from a lady on TV:
"I think the reason we stopped at the Moon and didn't go any farther was that we didn't find any Klingons there." Carrie |
sparks New user Charlottesville, Virginia 89 Posts |
Here is a photo from 4 billion miles...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot ...(and still not a single Klingon, nor obelisk, to be found).
Sparks
It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney |
Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
The deep field and the ultra deep field: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ
Oh, the "numa" guy used to be right after the "we have much more important things to think about. (ie, that's the explanation for the comment in the text about the numa guy being removed) |
Marshall Thornside Inner circle chicago 2016 Posts |
It looks like it is part of the rings, interesting.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
I have seen the deep space hubble shot more than one in my travels and studies, but this narrated clip really drives home the amazing value of not only the picture, but our ability to take the picture.
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Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
Yeah, that vid is amazing. Though in a way, I imagine that perhaps images and vid from the moon landing may have been, in a certain sense, more important.
Prior to that, we knew in an abstract way that earth is just one place among any, but that moment burned into us the fact that there are _other places we could be_ Perhaps the famous "earthrise" image is thus more important? (Though the name "Earthrise" is questionable since the moon is tidelocked with the earth...) Any Filkers here? If so, well, even if not, here's Hope Eyrie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=......pe+eyrie |
sparks New user Charlottesville, Virginia 89 Posts |
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On 2007-05-01 23:30, Psy-Kosh wrote: Sunrise - Moonrise... both are relative terms, therefore both are correct... depends on your frame of reference. Carl Sagan said of the "Earthrise" photo that it made us view Earth (and ourselves) as a part of the Universe. I find the Pale Blue Dot photo most interesting because of the distance involved... it was taken from the outer edge of the solar system... which is quite a vantage point. It is the most distant shot of planet Earth. "This is the time when humans have begun to sail the sea of space. The modern ships that ply the Keplerian trajectories to the planets are unmanned. They are beautifully constructed, semi-intelligent robots exploring unknown worlds." - Carl Sagan
Sparks
It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney |
Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
"earthrise" is incorrect in the sense that if you're standing on the moon, the earth doesn't move relative to you. you see it rotate, but if you're standing on the moon somewhere such that, say, the earth is directly above your head.... it will _stay_ that way. ie, you don't get to watch the earth "rise"... so it's not like a moonrise or a sunrise. Make more sense now?
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sparks New user Charlottesville, Virginia 89 Posts |
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On 2007-05-02 14:46, Psy-Kosh wrote: The famous earthrise photos were taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it came around from behind the moon... with the frame of reference being a spacecraft in orbit around the moon, the Earth rose relative to the moon and the spacecraft.
Sparks
It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney |
Psy-Kosh Regular user Michigan 134 Posts |
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On 2007-05-02 18:54, sparks wrote: Aaah, thank you. (Had thought it had been taken from the surface) |
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