Panoramic Photos From The Apollo Missions 320
Ant writes "This link lets you experience the moon just as the Apollo missions' astronauts did -- almost as you were there -- with QuickTime panorama views. Less known is that during all the missions they made image sequences which with todays computer technics can be stitched together into 360-degree interactive panoramas giving you the possibility to view the moon almost as you were there. Many of these panoramas have been published before, but in low resolution and displayed in small sizes. During the last year the original films have been rescanned in large resolution and the Apollo 11 images were released the week before the 35 year anniversary."
Conspiracy Theories (Score:1, Funny)
Now I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Let the conspiracy theorists loose... this should be fun...
Damn you Quicktime! Damn yoooooouuuu! (Score:5, Funny)
Almost as I was 'there'? (Score:5, Funny)
So unless my version of Quicktime is missing a few extra plugins.....
Oh, the Moon... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obligatory conspiracy theorist comment (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Now I wonder (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Almost as I was 'there'? (Score:1, Funny)
Beer and pizza... wonder why you didn't make the space program, anyway?
Re:Damn you Quicktime! Damn yoooooouuuu! (Score:4, Funny)
"It's dead already!"
Plus if you do manage to open the website you'll flood the whole compartment.
With what? Hell if I know but it killed that server!
Re:Now I wonder (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Damn you Quicktime! Damn yoooooouuuu! (Score:5, Funny)
I believe the future tense is uncalled for in this situation.
Re:Almost as I was 'there'? (Score:2, Funny)
Very nice ... (Score:3, Funny)
We like the moon (Score:3, Funny)
Neil Armstrong said it best... (Score:5, Funny)
"That's one small click for a man, and a giant slashdotting for a completely unprepared webserver."
Crosshairs (Score:3, Funny)
The moon blows. Who wants to see crosshairs everywhere?
Re:Now I wonder (Score:3, Funny)
See the craters? I think we've already been there...
The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth (Score:5, Funny)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Is there a big CHA on it? (Score:3, Funny)
SPOOOOOOOONNNN!!!!!!!!
Re:Now I wonder (Score:4, Funny)
But how (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Very nice ... (Score:5, Funny)
And if the colo breaks down gigabytes too soon,
And if you cannot foot the bandwith bill,
And if your site explodes, slashdot the cached one too,
We'll see you on the dark side of the moon!
(I can't think of anything to say except... PWN3D! *snork*)
Here is the google cache version.... (Score:5, Funny)
Moon was delayed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Damn you Quicktime! Damn yoooooouuuu! (Score:4, Funny)
Never mind
(crawls back under rock)
Re:Damn you Quicktime! Damn yoooooouuuu! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now I wonder (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now I wonder (Score:3, Funny)
dead already, of course (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Great idea!
I'm a skeptic! Can I go? Please?
Erm...I mean, prove it to me, you lying bastards.
Re:Now I wonder (Score:2, Funny)
Frankly, I am quite pleased with the civilian dividends of the Apollo Program.
Re:Stars? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Very nice ... (Score:4, Funny)
fading heartbeat...
I like the Moon (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Now I wonder (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Here is the google cache version.... (Score:5, Funny)
You need to make it funny AND informative, like this:
MOooooooooON [66.102.7.104]
Re:Now I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a skeptic! Can I go? Please?
Read the fine print, or you might overlook a crucial fact about the "Proof" mission: it's a one-way ride.
The Moon is a fascinating place, but it gets progressively less interesting as your oxygen runs out.
Utah never looked so good... (Score:3, Funny)
since the 1970's has made these "flybys"
a "reality".
I, for one, welcome our new Pixar masters!
Re:Now I wonder (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Almost as I was 'there'? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah... That's pretty much what it was like for the astronaut inbetween takes. (You do believe this guy [geocities.com], don't you?)