From the Moon to Earth in HD 156
Lucas123 writes "The Japan Space Agency's Kaguya spacecraft is currently orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images later this month. Almost as an afterthought, the space craft has recreated one of the most memorable photos
in the history of spaceflight — an Earth-rise from lunar orbit."
a bit misleading (Score:5, Funny)
Re:country with no PD law (Score:3, Funny)
2. follow it to JAXA's site
3. ?????
4. see high res!
These are fake! (Score:4, Funny)
Top that crazy conspiracy theory!
Re:Apollo (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not in HD (Score:1, Funny)
but it's upside down.... hmmm maybe Australia is on top of the world
(welcomes sarcasm)
Re:Already HD? (Score:1, Funny)
Back in the Apollo days it was called a Hassleblad.
The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth (Score:3, Funny)
Re:These are fake! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Earth doesn't move (Score:4, Funny)
Orbital period (days) 27.32166
Rotational period (days) 27.32166
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm [solarviews.com]
The moon has about 13 days a year.
Moon farmer: Borry? Listen here, city girl. You can't just borry oxygen. Oxygen doesn't grow on trees. You'll have to work it off doing chores on my hydroponic farm. You can return to your precious park at sun-up.
Fry: I guess we can do chores for a few hours.
Leela: Night lasts two weeks on the moon.
Moon farmer: Yep, goes down to minus-173 degrees.
Fry: Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Moon farmer: First one, then the other.
One of the images (Score:2, Funny)
That's no moon! (Score:3, Funny)