This just in from NASA [Archive]

James Deuce

16th December 2006, 17:19

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/165304main_image_feature_719_ys_full.jpg

Maha

16th December 2006, 17:21

Cool pic alright......just about see River Road from there :dodge:

Fatjim

16th December 2006, 17:23

Can you read the rego of the bike from here?

James Deuce

16th December 2006, 18:06

That friggin aerial structure is in the way.

MattRSK

16th December 2006, 18:10

What country is that? :p I thought it was New Zealand but that photo appears to have a southern island!

MattRSK

16th December 2006, 18:10

Oh and how fun would that be. When I grow up I want to be an astronaut!

paturoa

16th December 2006, 18:15

See the handle that the astro on the left is holding - my wife's cousin designed those about 20 years ago. I forget the details about how long it took and how much they cost each but was staggering amount.

bistard

16th December 2006, 18:18

Crasherfromwayback

16th December 2006, 18:26

As per usual...the weather over Wellington is nigh on perfect.
Just like it's inhabitants.:sunny:

Grub

16th December 2006, 18:57

Jeez, they've done a crappy job on the fairing of the ISS ... who do I complain to?

Just look at the panel fit and the aerodynamics are all screwed up as well as the paint job is terrible.

Brett

Mom

16th December 2006, 19:07

Thats pretty cool,Big Brother is watching you!!!
How many of you have had a go with google earth,thats pretty cool,the scary thing is if that is what we can see for free,what does the military have????

Google Earth is so cool.......my home town is just not big enough to register in too much detail.......I think I like that.........:confused:

What an amazing photo!

nodrog

16th December 2006, 19:22

R6_kid

16th December 2006, 20:12

pretty cool pic. Liking the clarity too, im guessing its a pretty high tech camera. Would the absence of atmosphere also help with the clarity of the pic?

NordieBoy

16th December 2006, 20:24

the scary thing is if that is what we can see for free,what does the military have????

Something that's not 2 years out of date?

Swoop

16th December 2006, 22:30

As per usual...the weather over Wellington is nigh on perfect.
Just like it's inhabitants.:sunny:
Careful.....
You have just lumped yourself in with those morons in the circular building!!!
Politicians are FAR from perfect!

A nice kiwi in the top left of the picture as well!

Toaster

16th December 2006, 22:39

Thats pretty cool,Big Brother is watching you!!!
How many of you have had a go with google earth,thats pretty cool,the scary thing is if that is what we can see for free,what does the military have????

OUR military has bugger all - maybe a digital cam if they are lucky. Heaven forbid having a useful armed forces in NZ!

Disco Dan

16th December 2006, 22:45

dam i feel dumb... took me at least 30 secs to realise it was of NZ... thought it was the river on mars!! hahaha :shutup:

Steam

17th December 2006, 00:12

Great photo! Is that from just last week, when they were rewiring the station?

apteryx_haasti

17th December 2006, 05:24

SOunds like it's a cool photo - but my dialup would take approx 15 years to load it, by the look of things.

*mental note to check it out tomorrow at work*

James Deuce

17th December 2006, 07:33

Great photo! Is that from just last week, when they were rewiring the station?

Affirmative.

Colapop

17th December 2006, 10:03

Ow they coulda just brought it over to my mates house - he woulda rewired for a doz!

Macktheknife

17th December 2006, 10:16

Beautiful pic there Jim2, thanks for sharing.

sAsLEX

17th December 2006, 10:20

OUR military has bugger all - maybe a digital cam if they are lucky. Heaven forbid having a useful armed forces in NZ!

Yeah got a few.....attached to a FCR so we can see your face just before a 5inch shell takes it off for you

Crasherfromwayback

17th December 2006, 11:04

Careful.....
You have just lumped yourself in with those morons in the circular building!!!
Politicians are FAR from perfect!

A nice kiwi in the top left of the picture as well!

That's ok mate....I've been called a moron on more than one occasion...and for probably pretty good reasons!

The last 3 digits of my home phone number are 666...but when I went to use it as an email addy, some other 'Ren' had it....so I am the neighbour of the beast...Ren668.....

Switch

17th December 2006, 14:15

Thats an awesome picture :done:

ceebie13

17th December 2006, 15:22

Look! There's even a pair of Oxford Sports panniers tucked inside it.

Hillbilly

17th December 2006, 22:37

How high is it? I looks to be in a fairly low orbit.

James Deuce

17th December 2006, 22:45

250 Statute miles

apteryx_haasti

18th December 2006, 07:12

And for those of you in the Wgtn region with dialup - it's on the front page of the Dom this morning.

(in case it's just me with dialup -
"Thanks, A_H."
"No probs, A_H.")

Fryin Finn

18th December 2006, 08:45

With a view like that I could never get any work done. Mind you I never get any work done anyway.

Hitcher

18th December 2006, 09:46

It's on the front page of the Dom this morning.

The DominionPost is extremely grateful to Kiwi Biker for the tip-off.

Lissa

18th December 2006, 09:47

Awesome pic.. showed my son whos home sick atm, he thought it was awesome.. it doesnt look real though.

skelstar

18th December 2006, 10:03

Thats a stunning photo.

Crasherfromwayback

18th December 2006, 16:53

That friggin aerial structure is in the way.

Here's a great one for ya Jim.....

skelstar

18th December 2006, 17:41

I've always liked this image of Cook Strait...(took me a while to find it)

Dammit, files too big so I reduced it...the full size piccy is here (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-113/hires/iss005e21472.jpg).

James Deuce

18th December 2006, 18:18

What always gets me about overhead shots from 150+ miles up is how the urban connurbations are almost invisible in daylight.

skelstar

18th December 2006, 19:21

Carl Sagan discusses this when theres talk about life in the universe. Says that if youre a reasonable...distance from Earth, it looks like there is no-one there at all...other than a bit of weak stuff in the radio spectrum etc (Pale Blue Dot (http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595/sr=8-1/qid=1166426435/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1948525-9603961?ie=UTF8&s=books) I think).

Hitcher

18th December 2006, 19:27

"Reasonable distance" being 5-10 light years, minimum?

skelstar

18th December 2006, 20:11

Like I don't think you can see enough/anything from the Moon.

Must I buy the book to findout Hitcher?

apteryx_haasti

18th December 2006, 20:18

Like I don't think you can see enough/anything from the Moon.

Must I buy the book to findout Hitcher?

What's wrong with the library, my friend?

Title Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space / Carl Sagan.

Author Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

ISBN 0679438416 :

Subjects Outer space Exploration Popular works.

Where to find it Central 1st floor 629.4 SAG