Here's Looking At You, Discovery!

terpkristin · 08-08-2005, 01:25 PM

Coolest picture you'll see today.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/...s011e11227.jpg

/tk

Raiders Army · 08-08-2005, 01:33 PM

Gotta second that. Awesome.

Cringer · 08-08-2005, 01:41 PM

I think space walking would make me puke.

Fidatelo · 08-08-2005, 02:11 PM

How did they get that picture?

terpkristin · 08-08-2005, 02:12 PM

It was taken by the crew on ISS.

/tk

JonInMiddleGA · 08-08-2005, 02:30 PM

Ah, I get it now. I was wondering the same thing Fidatelo asked (and was having one heck of a time figuring it out).

KWhit · 08-08-2005, 03:43 PM

Wow.

That's incredible.

Klinglerware · 08-08-2005, 04:04 PM

Can anybody guess what part of Earth is in the background?

Wolfpack · 08-08-2005, 04:42 PM

I've wondered about it. There's farmland across the lower left, but it abruptly runs into wooded areas that run top-to-bottom behind the shuttle. The wooded areas could be low mountains. There's no snow-capping to indicate tall mountains. Seems to be a little more open spaces on the right side of the image. It looks like a First World area with a decently developed road system, probably in the US somewhere. However, I can't really be sure where just with that slice of Earth.

terpkristin · 08-08-2005, 04:44 PM

Ditto. I wondered, but without knowing when the picture was taken, it's almost impossible to tell without a far better knowledge of geography and topography (well, far better knowledge of either than I have...).

/tk

Klinglerware · 08-08-2005, 04:58 PM

Yeah, almost impossible--like those Conde Nast Traveller "where is this picture taken?" contests. Here, you don't even know where due north is...

08-08-2005, 01:41 PM	#3
Cringer Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edinburg,TX	I think space walking would make me puke. __________________ You Stole Fizzy Lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and steralized, so you get NOTHING! You lose!

08-08-2005, 02:11 PM	#4
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	How did they get that picture? __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

08-08-2005, 02:12 PM	#5
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	It was taken by the crew on ISS. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

08-08-2005, 02:30 PM	#6
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Ah, I get it now. I was wondering the same thing Fidatelo asked (and was having one heck of a time figuring it out). __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

08-08-2005, 04:42 PM	#9
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	I've wondered about it. There's farmland across the lower left, but it abruptly runs into wooded areas that run top-to-bottom behind the shuttle. The wooded areas could be low mountains. There's no snow-capping to indicate tall mountains. Seems to be a little more open spaces on the right side of the image. It looks like a First World area with a decently developed road system, probably in the US somewhere. However, I can't really be sure where just with that slice of Earth. Last edited by Wolfpack : 08-08-2005 at 04:45 PM.

08-08-2005, 01:33 PM	#2
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Gotta second that. Awesome.

08-08-2005, 03:43 PM	#7
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Wow. That's incredible.

08-08-2005, 04:04 PM	#8
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	Can anybody guess what part of Earth is in the background?

08-08-2005, 04:44 PM	#10
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Ditto. I wondered, but without knowing when the picture was taken, it's almost impossible to tell without a far better knowledge of geography and topography (well, far better knowledge of either than I have...). /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

08-08-2005, 04:58 PM	#11
Klinglerware College Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The DMV	Yeah, almost impossible--like those Conde Nast Traveller "where is this picture taken?" contests. Here, you don't even know where due north is...

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