earthobservatory.nasa.gov— I'm still having difficulty picturing the scenario based on the explanation provided, but its definitely a serendipitously-timed photograph worth sharing with everyone.
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Illogical? Its somewhere near 99.99% statistically probable that there is other life.As i see it, it's incredibly illogical to assume that we are the only intelligent life, the other 400 billion solar systems in our galaxy cant all just contain nothing.
Wow you shocked me there for a second, until i viewed the hyperlink to discover your claim is WRONG.Im refeing to "live footage from outer space", not shuttle launches, not documentaries. NASA TV does NOT stream live footage of outer space.
I saw this in an astronomy class a few years ago. Also if you notice the smoke is like a sunset the lower it gets the more red it gets, it rises to yellow and ultimately white. The white is because of the decreasing atmosphere to filter the light to a yellow. This is why you get colorful sunsets, the sun is penetrating more of our atmosphere, and why the sun is brightest and whitest around noon at the top of the sky (less atmosphere to go through).
I wondered why the shadow, from the plume, seemed to disappear as it gets closer to the shuttle. I'm not a scientist but one idea I had is that the shadow shows more concentrated aerosol particles sitting in the atmosphere. The other idea I had is that the plume is less dense closer to the shuttle so, it doesn't cast as dark of a shadow.
I wondered why the shadow, from the plume, seemed to disappear as it gets closer to the shuttle. I'm not a scientist but one idea I had is that the shadow shows more concentrated aerosol particles sitting in the atmosphere. The other idea I had is that the plume is less dense closer to the shuttle so, it doesn't cast as dark of a shadow.
einstevoJul 4, 2008
automated internet toughguy macro?
ex3pooJul 4, 2008
WATCH OUT YOUR HEADED RIGHT FOR THE SUN!!!
engunneerJul 4, 2008
Ad that is why there is a couple mile radius zone where people aren't allowed for every launch.
Closed AccountJul 4, 2008
I know.
mangzJul 4, 2008
guess it never struck you that wind would blow away smoke plumes.
overthrowthenwoJul 4, 2008
Illogical? Its somewhere near 99.99% statistically probable that there is other life.As i see it, it's incredibly illogical to assume that we are the only intelligent life, the other 400 billion solar systems in our galaxy cant all just contain nothing.
overthrowthenwoJul 4, 2008
Wow you shocked me there for a second, until i viewed the hyperlink to discover your claim is WRONG.Im refeing to "live footage from outer space", not shuttle launches, not documentaries. NASA TV does NOT stream live footage of outer space.
natelvJul 5, 2008
I saw this in an astronomy class a few years ago. Also if you notice the smoke is like a sunset the lower it gets the more red it gets, it rises to yellow and ultimately white. The white is because of the decreasing atmosphere to filter the light to a yellow. This is why you get colorful sunsets, the sun is penetrating more of our atmosphere, and why the sun is brightest and whitest around noon at the top of the sky (less atmosphere to go through).
Closed AccountJul 6, 2008
Agreed with Mattja. Pretty easy to figure out.
peppinoJul 7, 2008
I wondered why the shadow, from the plume, seemed to disappear as it gets closer to the shuttle. I'm not a scientist but one idea I had is that the shadow shows more concentrated aerosol particles sitting in the atmosphere. The other idea I had is that the plume is less dense closer to the shuttle so, it doesn't cast as dark of a shadow.
peppinoJul 7, 2008
I wondered why the shadow, from the plume, seemed to disappear as it gets closer to the shuttle. I'm not a scientist but one idea I had is that the shadow shows more concentrated aerosol particles sitting in the atmosphere. The other idea I had is that the plume is less dense closer to the shuttle so, it doesn't cast as dark of a shadow.