Earthrise

[terenceandphilip]

[looksgoodinred]

that is beautiful!

[terenceandphilip]

on wiki, it says that it takes 48 hours for the earth to clear the moon's horizon i.e. it is very slow (nb the fact there is an earth rise at all is due to the moon's wobble as one side faces us all the time) but also on the same wiki link it says that astronaut transcript is as follows:

 

 

"Borman: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty.

Anders: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled.

Borman: (laughing) You got a color film, Jim?

Anders: Hand me that roll of color quick, will you...

Lovell: Oh man, that's great!"

 

 

 

now, to me that plain doesn't add up. Am I missing something?

[terenceandphilip]

that is beautiful!

 

 

 

it's incredible isn't it? Radio 4 (bless them) got me onto this yesterday with a show about the 'most reproduced photograph of all time' and the impact of lunar trips in the 60s

 

The image shows the earth upside down nearly, with the South Pole in the NW position (about 10 o clock) and Africa is visible with Morocco being the clearest.

 

There's no up and down in space.

[spamspamspam]

on wiki, it says that it takes 48 hours for the earth to clear the moon's horizon i.e. it is very slow (nb the fact there is an earth rise at all is due to the moon's wobble as one side faces us all the time) but also on the same wiki link it says that astronaut transcript is as follows:

 

 

"Borman: Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty.

Anders: Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled.

Borman: (laughing) You got a color film, Jim?

Anders: Hand me that roll of color quick, will you...

Lovell: Oh man, that's great!"

 

 

 

now, to me that plain doesn't add up. Am I missing something?

 

 

They were orbiting the moon, not on it T&P. If he didnt pass the camera quickly they'd have had to wait until they went all the way round the moon to see it again.

[Terrorfex]

There are two photos I'd like to offer to compliment "Earthrise"

 

 

 

This one is famously called "The Blue Marble", taken by the crew of Apollo 17 at a distance from 45,000km as they were heading towards the Moon. It's the only photograph taken directly that shows a fully-lit earth, as the sun was behind the spacecraft at the time.

 

 

 

 

This one is called the "Pale Blue Dot", and depicts the pixel-sized earth (suspended in the brown-ish diffracted shaft of light) as seen by the Voyager I space probe from a distance of 6,000,000,000km.

 

[Ke1t]

In about a year's time THIS might knock everyone's socks off.

 

Doesn't look like much now, but in November 2013 there's going to be the potential for some stunning images.

 

[Terrorfex]

In about a year's time THIS might knock everyone's socks off.

 

Doesn't look like much now, but in November 2013 there's going to be the potential for some stunning images.

 

 

Hopefully it'll turn out to be a comet, and not one of those bothersome Kuiper Belt objects that ends up disappointing everyone. Boo.

[terenceandphilip]

They were orbiting the moon, not on it T&P. If he didnt pass the camera quickly they'd have had to wait until they went all the way round the moon to see it again.

 

 

 

 

yes, you must be right. As it's from 1968 that would make sense. Thanks.

 

 

This wasn't a'man didn't go to the moon thread' just a small gap in my understanding.

[terenceandphilip]

There are two photos I'd like to offer to compliment "Earthrise"

 

 

 

This one is famously called "The Blue Marble", taken by the crew of Apollo 17 at a distance from 45,000km as they were heading towards the Moon. It's the only photograph taken directly that shows a fully-lit earth, as the sun was behind the spacecraft at the time.

 

 

 

 

This one is called the "Pale Blue Dot", and depicts the pixel-sized earth (suspended in the brown-ish diffracted shaft of light) as seen by the Voyager I space probe from a distance of 6,000,000,000km.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thankyou terrorfox, amazing pictures. Just amazing.

[ChutneyLove]

There are two photos I'd like to offer to compliment "Earthrise"

 

 

 

This one is famously called "The Blue Marble", taken by the crew of Apollo 17 at a distance from 45,000km as they were heading towards the Moon. It's the only photograph taken directly that shows a fully-lit earth, as the sun was behind the spacecraft at the time.

 

Not strictly true Terrorfex. There will be a shadow of the craft on the Earth, so it's not fully lit.

 

Nice photo though.

[Karl Fletcher]

Any excuse to post this

[spamspamspam]

This wasn't a'man didn't go to the moon thread' just a small gap in my understanding.

 

I know T&P, thats why I gave you a cool thumbs up rather than a condescending face palm

 

I only knew because I read the whole wiki page again

 

And thanks for reminding me of the image, its now my background at work.

[spamspamspam]

In about a year's time THIS might knock everyone's socks off.

 

Doesn't look like much now, but in November 2013 there's going to be the potential for some stunning images.

 

 

Before this, Feb 15th, there will be a 120 foot asteroid pass between the moon and the earth. If it bounces off our atmosphere it will look like a doomsday fireball.

 

That should be cool to see.

[StandFree1982]

We are beautiful.

Aw-Shucks, thanks Rocket.

[tup]

thankyou terrorfox, amazing pictures. Just amazing.

 

The first is good granted, but the second one is pretty crap.

[fine-n-dandy]

The first is good granted, but the second one is pretty crap.

 

 

The second is just one of the things we used to do in primary school with crayons. Mind when you covered a card with loads of bright crayons then went over the lot with black crayon & then scratched of a starry night sky & things.

 

I think that actually may be one of mine.

[Terrorfex]

The second is just one of the things we used to do in primary school with crayons. Mind when you covered a card with loads of bright crayons then went over the lot with black crayon & then scratched of a starry night sky & things.

 

I think that actually may be one of mine.

 

If you can draw a similar picture, with crayons, at six billion kilometres from Earth I'll be very impressed.

[muttondressedaslamb]

Any excuse to post this

 

And this

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

[Henry]

Any excuse to post this

 

 

 

Blew my mind, thanks for posting.

[Ke1t]

I see an opportunity for some Neil Degrasse Tyson...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU

[fine-n-dandy]

If you can draw a similar picture, with crayons, at six billion kilometres from Earth I'll be very impressed.

 

 

Not sure I could get there.

Will I get a deal on opodo?

Flights only though, I have a tent.

[Terrorfex]

Not sure I could get there.

Will I get a deal on opodo?

Flights only though, I have a tent.

 

You don't need a flight all the way there. Just pack a calculator, a protractor - maybe a compass - and hitch a ride on the next LEO rocket. Line yourself up just right and Newton's first law will take you the rest of the way (in a few hundred years).