Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:05 pm

Upgrading the International Space Station :

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Click for full size again. I've been trying to work out what part of the planet this was taken over, but even after examining the ISS flight path, its still a mystery to me. The terrain and lack of human "civilization" suggests somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines. :levi:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:09 pm

klr wrote:The terrain and lack of human "civilization" suggests somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines. :levi:
Just west of Jakarta?
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:11 pm

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klr wrote:The terrain and lack of human "civilization" suggests somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines. :levi:
Just west of Jakarta?
I'll check it out.

BTW, do you want to modify the OP so people will know what 'APOD' stands for? :whistle:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:13 pm

klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
klr wrote:The terrain and lack of human "civilization" suggests somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines. :levi:
Just west of Jakarta?
I'll check it out.

BTW, do you want to modify the OP so people will know what 'APOD' stands for? :whistle:
*Jealously guards the information* Let me think on that. :levi:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:17 pm

klr wrote:Upgrading the International Space Station :

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Click for full size again. I've been trying to work out what part of the planet this was taken over, but even after examining the ISS flight path, its still a mystery to me. The terrain and lack of human "civilization" suggests somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines. :levi:

It's HERE.

Everywhere looks uninhabited from that far up. :tea:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:27 pm

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:30 pm

That doesn't thumbnail either. :whisper:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:35 pm

klr wrote:That doesn't thumbnail either. :whisper:
PAPAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:02 pm

Ahem. :hmph:

Maneuvering in Space:

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Full size: 3032px × 2064px
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:10 pm

The Great Carina Nebula:

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2000px × 1318px ... just a little bit of work required to fit that to my desktop. :biggrin:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by klr » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:48 pm

I was going to post that one, but I decided I'd leave a few. :hmph:
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Re: Your favorite APOD/Space images.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:49 pm

klr wrote:I was going to post that one, but I decided I'd leave a few. :hmph:
They have five thousand on the site right now. Feel free.
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