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- LanceStallion, on 02/24/2008, -2/+46No wait! The guy on Iraqi TV said yesterday the earth was flat!
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -0/+35Damn, that is a sweet Earth!
- Vostok, on 02/24/2008, -1/+29This may sound odd but we are tied with seagulls for most successful species on the planet. Only humans and seagulls live on all seven continents and they can eat our garbage. Perhaps they will win.
- Thumper13, on 02/24/2008, -0/+20Simple answer: Too much contrast between the earth and the darkness of space for the camera to pick up the stars.
It's simple photography really. Conspiracy nutters like to use this one as proof that all of our space stuff is fake. - iDiggIt42, on 02/24/2008, -1/+19I think you've posted that in every article I've looked at in the last hour. And it's still not funny.
- catachip, on 02/24/2008, -1/+17Essentially, the sun makes objects so bright that in order to not have them over exposed you need to dramatically decrease your exposure time. Because stars are so much dimmer, they don't show up. Unless you are specifically exposing a shot for a star field, you'll never see stars in a space image (i.e., shots from the moon, shots of space station, shuttle, etc.).
- Fortyseven, on 02/24/2008, -2/+18Gorgeous.
- Georgy, on 02/24/2008, -5/+19Puts things into perspective,how insignificant we really are......
- bamafun, on 02/24/2008, -4/+18I really enjoy your submissions ! Always great content ! =)
- catachip, on 02/24/2008, -0/+13What the hell are you talking about? Do you think the shuttle is running on Windows? The computers are from the 70s. The Space Shuttle is 40 year-old technology.
- thecoldfunk, on 02/24/2008, -1/+12Does anyone know which mountain range is behind the station?
- chromerium, on 02/24/2008, -0/+10yeah! obviously this photo is fake. Looks like a 3d render to me.
Don't get me started on the moon mission either. What a load of crap! landed on the moon. Huh! In fact I don't think we've ever had space technology to get into orbit, let alone the moon! These satellites they talk about are just hoaxes, everything is done with very high flying airplanes. But they have to be careful not to fly off the edge of the world.
There be dragons ... - antonio97b, on 02/24/2008, -2/+12Can someone please tell me why there are no stars in space pictures? It is a question that has been puzzling me for years.
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -4/+12I absolutely LOVE pictures about space! Thanks for sharing!
- colosis, on 02/24/2008, -2/+9COOL-SPACE-PICTURES-FROM-NASA section please!
- melonade, on 02/24/2008, -0/+7What time period are you from???
- 3uphoria, on 02/24/2008, -0/+7Somebody should have reminded them
Earth is the other way - zephyear, on 02/24/2008, -0/+6
well first, those "millions" (actually in the thousands) of pieces are really small, second the earth is pretty ***** big. - DiggLive, on 02/24/2008, -0/+6Flat Earthers just got PWNED!
- zephyear, on 02/24/2008, -0/+6Mass: 245,735 kg
(540, 617lb)
(2008-02-15)
471,736 kg (1,040,000 lb) upon completion [1]
Length: 58.2 m (191 ft)
along truss
(2007-02-22)
Width: 44.5 m (146 ft)
from Destiny to Zvezda
73.15 m (240 ft)
span of solar arrays
(2007-02-22)
Height: 27.4 m (90 ft)
(2007-02-22)
Living volume: 424.75 m³
(15,000 ft³)
from wikipedia - lendaddy, on 02/24/2008, -1/+7Just another comment on Digg. What's special about this one?
- GuacamoleSan, on 02/24/2008, -1/+7This is a crowning achievement of human engineering
- Typhoon2009, on 02/24/2008, -2/+8***** YOU
- tschau, on 02/24/2008, -0/+6This is a really bad analogy. On earth, you cannot see the stars either with a camera or the naked eye during the day. In space, with the naked eye, you would be able to see the stars still. The answer is purely one of exposure times and aperture for cameras.
- wellyuk, on 02/24/2008, -1/+6Yes indeed.. I just feel shivers down my back when His Noodly Appendage makes it's presence known like this.
Pasta be thy name,
Ramen. - borez, on 02/24/2008, -0/+5What do you mean there's no Internet up here?
- stilesja, on 02/24/2008, -0/+5Well how convenient for you "space nutters" that a simple concept of photography allows you to produce your fake space photos so much more easily. lol
- wellyuk, on 02/24/2008, -0/+5Wow.. that was the worst piece of spam I've ever tasted in my life. The first bite was pretty tasty but then it rapidly went downhill from there on.
- humboldt79, on 02/24/2008, -1/+6Hal, please open the pod bay doors.
- zephyear, on 02/24/2008, -0/+5they launch each piece one by one like the way they are
solar arrays are closed and then deployed once connected to the station - hbeierg, on 02/24/2008, -1/+6yes but anything in orbit is technically satellite. even the Moon
- nullcodes, on 02/24/2008, -2/+7No disrepect intended, but I genuinely want to know .. With google and other search engines being around for years, how can you have such a simple question puzzle you for years?
I couldn't find a credible keyword search to answer that question on google that does not reveal the answer on the top hits. - merlinxlr, on 02/24/2008, -3/+7Wow.
- bedake, on 02/24/2008, -2/+6My new wallpaper.
- catachip, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4Not sure what grid you are talking about, but, this picture was taken from a window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it departed from the International Space Station on its way back to Earth.
- StolenLamp, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4You just took a huge ***** on the mood of these posts. I very much dislike you.
- doombot, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4Here's a good explanation:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html# ... - catachip, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4This picture was taken from a window on the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it left the International Space Station on its way back to Earth.
- harryterry, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4what's going on eh??
- inactive, on 02/24/2008, -5/+8*right click* *Set as Desktop Background*
- wellyuk, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3Space cranes.
- shadowblade989, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3Each module is loaded in the back of a shuttle and its assembled in space. Solar panels are folded up. It doesn't need to be aerodynamic because there is no air in space. The station first started as one "small" tube-like structure and one set of solar panels.
- afidler, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3http://digg.com/space/NASA_STS_122_Astronauts_Gran ...
stupid-ass comment system. - inactive, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3*Click Reply* Comment unnecessary.
- topgigmedia, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3This is not a plug or SPAM - I promise! You just mentioned that you love pictureas about space. I just finished up a slideshow on the history of the space shuttle that Discvery.com and NASA.gov are going to run soon on their websites. Here is a sneak-peak http://switchyardmedia.com/dev/discovery/nasa/slid ...
- Wartz, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3most diggers(not the submitters) are in a paradox here, their absolute hate of spam conflicting with their absolute need for vagina to stick their ***** in.
- catachip, on 02/24/2008, -2/+5Or another opportunity to see science's continuing march toward the irrelevancy of faith. Either way.
- AllenHSmilden, on 02/24/2008, -1/+3wtf mate?
- melonade, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2It's even crazier to think that it used to be all jam-packed together to the size of like a proton
- melonade, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2No... Just the bottom is.
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