What a sight to see in person

BrianSlee · Oct 23, 2008

Maybe in my lifetime?http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1202.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I am therefore I think" "The only thing "I HAVE TO DO!!" is die, in everything else I have freewill" Brian P. Slee </div>

weeman · Oct 23, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Maybe in my lifetime?http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1202.html Posted by BrianSlee</DIV> Certainly the most unique picture ever captured of one of the planets of our solar system

I'd say it makes a good addition to anyone's desktop! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> Techies: We do it in the dark. "Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." -Albert Einstein </div>

fingle · Oct 23, 2008

Images of earth from far away, are some of my favorite wallpaper & screen saver choices.The APOD archive, has many images of earth from far away. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html  Of course my favorite, is voyager's image of earth, dubbed "The Pale Blue Dot",  and it even made space.com's "Top 10 Space Science Photos" http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/top10_images_010925-11.html fgl <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

DrRocket · Oct 24, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Maybe in my lifetime?http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1202.html Posted by BrianSlee</DIV>Nice dream, and wonderful if achieved, but a long shot.  Just getting the vehicle and instrumentation that took those images to Saturn was a major undertaking, and a long journey through the solar system, with some gravitatinal assistance.  But participating in that launch and seeing it go in the wee hours of the morning was a highlight of my career, even staying earthbound.<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/12/a427b502-59c3-4686-8c12-a8917bd51ee5.Medium.gif" alt="" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

BrianSlee · Oct 25, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Nice dream, and wonderful if achieved, but a long shot.  Just getting the vehicle and instrumentation that took those images to Saturn was a major undertaking, and a long journey through the solar system, with some gravitatinal assistance.  But participating in that launch and seeing it go in the wee hours of the morning was a highlight of my career, even staying earthbound. Posted by DrRocket</DIV> A true achievement for humanity.  You and the whole team deserve much credit for the accomplishment.  As far as me getting there being a long shot....well, it's the only shot I got, so I may as well buy a lotto ticket, and keep watching the numbers as they come up.  Somebody has to win eventually ;O) Theres an idea for raising money for space.  Run a lottery the winner gets a ride to ISS and the profits go back into the space program.  <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I am therefore I think" "The only thing "I HAVE TO DO!!" is die, in everything else I have freewill" Brian P. Slee </div>

Boris_Badenov · Oct 25, 2008

This is one of my favs. What I wouldn't give to see this view leaving then returning. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/8/7/f804ae83-c5e4-42f3-97b3-deabece05a21.Medium.jpg" alt="" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div> </div>

jewur · Oct 25, 2008

Earlier to the Big Bang, a core of dense and hot material existed in space. Can we call it a vacant universe containing this explodable material which gave birth to the galaxies, stars, planets and asteroids?  In case of the response being affirmative, we are led to believe that universe existed even before the Big Bang. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

MeteorWayne · Oct 27, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Earlier to the Big Bang, a core of dense and hot material existed in space. Can we call it a vacant universe containing this explodable material which gave birth to the galaxies, stars, planets and asteroids?  In case of the response being affirmative, we are led to believe that universe existed even before the Big Bang. Posted by jewur</DIV> That is not the subject of this thread. This is dicussing sights into or from space.Please try and post in a thread related to the subject you want to discuss.Thanx, and welcome to Space.comWayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id. I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function </div>

3488 · Oct 27, 2008

Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Nice dream, and wonderful if achieved, but a long shot.  Just getting the vehicle and instrumentation that took those images to Saturn was a major undertaking, and a long journey through the solar system, with some gravitatinal assistance.  But participating in that launch and seeing it go in the wee hours of the morning was a highlight of my career, even staying earthbound. Posted by DrRocket</DIV>Absolutely DrRocket. That was an incredible launch & also was so accurately executed, that far less propellant had to be used by Cassini during interplanetary cruise for course corrections that Cassini has been able to execute an vastly extended mission at Saturn. How's this, the crop showing the Earth, within the backlit rings of Saturn. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/10/f77d20e9-35da-44b4-8a6f-3c3e821ab2e8.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Replying to: <DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>This is one of my favs. What I wouldn't give to see this view leaving then returning. Posted by boris1961</DIV>Hi Boris, I agree, that one too is high up on my list of faves also.How's this, the Earth as the Morning Star, as seen from Gusev Crater, on Mars by MER A Spirit? <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/14/dc971334-5462-4689-aeda-d0edb7162dd1.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Phobos occulting the Sun as seen by MER B Oppotunity. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/4/11/c409e688-70af-410f-8b54-20efcabcaef7.Medium.jpg" alt="" />Or this? Volcanic Io in front of Jupiter. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/0/3e5836aa-318e-4591-a0ff-6910cc7a9912.Medium.jpg" alt="" />  Andrew Brown.  <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.http://www.launchphotography.com/ http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearthhttp://web.me.com/meridianijournal </div>

eosophobiac · Oct 27, 2008

You're right, BrianSlee: that would be an amazing sight to see in person!  <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" />And to the poster that said it'd make a nice desktop: in fact, I have it as my desktop.    <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />   Great minds and all that....And those are some good images too, Andrew!    <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

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