General / Off-Topic Some pictures

[Patrick_68000]

NASA has updated in 2012 to a record format 64 megapixel, this photo taken in 1972 / Apollo 17

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/sizes/l/in/photostream/

The Sombrero Galaxy (M104), located 30 million light years - (Hubble)

The galactic center of the Milky Way

HD Photo of Mars (Hubble)

 

[Minti2]

Lovely looking pics mate, loved the sun one the best

 

[DrBaggy]

Thanks for that Patrick_68000! Is the Mars picture true colour? It seems to be the blue planet, not the red one!!

 

[Patrick_68000]

Thanks for that Patrick_68000! Is the Mars picture true colour? It seems to be the blue planet, not the red one!!

This is the robot "Curiosity" that made the picture in high definition. Definitely the real color.

 

[Frank]

I can remember my boss and I were discussing this update of the famous big blue marble photo. This old photo was taken from Apollo 17 but the new one was a composite built from satellite images. The scary thing is the icecap. Where's it gone on the new photo?

 

[Patrick_68000]

I can remember my boss and I were discussing this update of the famous big blue marble photo. This old photo was taken from Apollo 17 but the new one was a composite built from satellite images. The scary thing is the icecap. Where's it gone on the new photo?

She has disappeared as many essential things about this poor planet. Thank you for your important contribution, of having pointed out this disappearance on the picture.

 

[PacalB]

Great images Patrick, great images. The images that really get me are Saturns swirling north pole shots by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, some utterly amazing weather dynamics going on there.

and ...

a colour composite of Saturn’s north polar vortex

lastly ...

an overview shot of Saturn’s northern hexagon some, 25,000 km (15,500 miles) in diameter. Beautiful eh? All you'd need is a glider! There'd be no end of rip roaring thermals.

 

[PacalB]

I can remember my boss and I were discussing this update of the famous big blue marble photo. This old photo was taken from Apollo 17 but the new one was a composite built from satellite images. The scary thing is the icecap. Where's it gone on the new photo?

The image Patrick put up is one of North America [about 20° N] , the one you've used there is of Africa and at a lower latitude [about 80° S]. I'm sure if the picture was taken at the same angle you'd have been able to see Antarctica. Still, you're right ... climate change is a major issue that we are all going to have to deal with as it unfolds.

 

[Perseus]

Those images of Saturn are simply breathtaking. Imagine descending down into them, pursued by Federal fighters, so you can hide in the clouds and scoop hydrogen and then jump out of the system.
Well done guys, you're instilling some positive vibes back into the forum for me!

 

[Patrick_68000]

an overview shot of Saturn’s northern hexagon some, 25,000 km (15,500 miles) in diameter.

About 2 times the diameter of the earth, our little blue planet.

 

[Frank]

The image Patrick put up is one of North America [about 20° N] , the one you've used there is of Africa and at a lower latitude [about 80° S]. I'm sure if the picture was taken at the same angle you'd have been able to see Antarctica. Still, you're right ... climate change is a major issue that we are all going to have to deal with as it unfolds.

I hadn't noticed that! I thought they'd pick the same view. Well like you say, it is going to be a big issue in the future and any scaring I can do is worth it. <grin>

 

[PacalB]

I hadn't noticed that! I thought they'd pick the same view. Well like you say, it is going to be a big issue in the future and any scaring I can do is worth it. <grin>

Agreed.

Some silly people for some weird reason still want to believe man has absolutely no effect on the environment, that it is all nature just doing its thing and we have nothing to do with it. Umm? Lets see? Hundreds of millions of years to lock carbon out of the atmosphere in to fossils oil and the likes and 150 years to undo that and throw back 9 billion metric tonnes per year?

Ridiculous.

http://co2now.org/images/stories/graphics/carbon-budget/global-carbon-budget-2009-data-co2now.pdf