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[marilyn.monroe]

Earth from Space


Maybe it’s because NASA’s had its wings clipped by budget cuts, but the Russians have produced some photos of the Earth that are arguably more spectacular than ours.  Check out these 121-megapixel images taken by the weather satellite Elektro-L No.1 that capture Earth in one image from 22,369 miles away. It’s the highest-resolution photo of Earth yet.
 
According to TheVerge.com:
 

…  The image certainly looks different than what we’re used to seeing, and that’s because the camera aboard the weather satellite combines data from three visible and one infrared wavelengths of light, a method that turns vegetation into the rust color that dominates the shot.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/hottopics/2012/05/14/amazing-121-megapixel-shot-of-earth-courtesy-of-the-russians/

[Tiny]

Why would the russians place a weather satellite over the Indian Ocean? Upside down none the less. That's the Southern tip of India in the center of the picture and Russia is barely visible on the bottom of that view. Are they watching for something else?

[marilyn.monroe]

Why would the russians place a weather satellite over the Indian Ocean? Upside down none the less. That's the Southern tip of India in the center of the picture and Russia is barely visible on the bottom of that view. Are they watching for something else?

Antarctica?

[Tiny]

Antarctica?

Are they watching the penguins?

[marilyn.monroe]

Are they watching the penguins?

Maybe climate change?

[Baby Hitler]

Maybe climate change?

Any good Republican will tell you that climate change is a myth thought up by Al Gore

[marilyn.monroe]

Any good Republican will tell you that climate change is a myth thought up by Al Gore

Probably because they are the ones manipulating the climate.

[marilyn.monroe]

Probably because they are the ones manipulating the climate.

Can't rule out dems for that either.
It's a power-madness thing.

[Baby Hitler]

Probably because they are the ones manipulating the climate.

Can't rule out dems for that either.
It's a power-madness thing.

Any person that can debate themselves is way out of my league.

[marilyn.monroe]

Any person that can debate themselves is way out of my league.

just a little post script.