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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

hemisphere2.jpg hemispheres.jpg Here are some photos taken by astronaut Sunita Williams, presum­ably in 2006 or 2007, as detailed in a circulating e-mail.  Millie Dabbs received the e-mail and thought you might like to see some of them.  (Of course, the e-mail claims that you can somehow help the space program by circulating it further.)

The small ones were not taken by her, but were included in the e-mail, as were some composite images of the entire earth at night.  Very cool.

You need a Powerpoint Viewer to see the original PPS presentation, but I'm sure we can help you see the pictures if you want to request Millie to send the e-mail to you.

USA as night falls

Sand storm exiting Africa

 

 

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Pat Clark   |2009-12-16 19:06:51
Thinking more about it, it's pretty clear the night time shot was not taken by Williams, and is a composite image. There is not a cloud in the sky in an area about 1/4 the size of the earth. No way.

Also, it's field of view is too wide for the Space Station, where she was. It's only 100 miles up.

Now I'm suspicious of the Africa shot as well, although the altitude is more nearly correct.

The pictures are very cool, in any event.
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