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apod.nasa.gov — Orbiting 400,000 kilometers above the Earth, the Moon slid into Earth's shadow to begin last week's total lunar eclipse. Of course the International Space Station (ISS) slides into Earth's shadow every 90 minutes, the time it takes it to complete one orbit at an altitude of about 400 kilometers.Astronomy Picture of the Day

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  • JulyZerg, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4I can't wait until the next eclipse, hopefully there will be less clouds...
  • OneLess, on 02/29/2008, -0/+6I'm such a slob...my screen is too dirty to make out anything in the video.
  • dddavids, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4What do you suppose the streak near the horizon is going the opposite direction from ISS? An airplane? I love the cars flashing all over the town!
    • DaviDTC, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1UFO. Did you the see how fast it was going and the turn it made. Curious as to what that was also. It seemed to circle around the town and even at the end it was coming back around. There is another light just to the left of the tree at the start that is moving further away.
    • qovneob, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0im not a photographer, and therefore probably wrong. but i think its a mirror image of the ISS at a different angle, the result of the fisheye lense
    • av8eire, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1If you read the text below the picture, it said it was an airplane.
  • kalydoscopeeyes, on 02/29/2008, -5/+0Awesome.
  • devaka, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1(\_/)
    (o.o) . . I love APOD!
    (")(")
  • esbern1, on 02/29/2008, -8/+1here's a video of that event actually

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=0md6Flcrd0s
  • medsuppliers, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1nothing more to say, just wonderful, would love to be there with my girlfriend :)
    • lolwutpear, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0Males in relationships? On my Digg?
  • Ploosheeta, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2y = ax2 + bx + c
    FTW!
  • alpharuin, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1$1.00 off a Carl's Jr. Chili Cheese Burger. Best Digg ad ever.

    The picture of the day is cool as well.
  • willp2, on 02/29/2008, -3/+0Photoshopped!
  • defectDS, on 02/29/2008, -0/+10Bot comments suck ASS.
    • CATSCEO, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Indeed, digg seems to be being over run with spam.
  • IpwnZnoobs, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1kind of boring
  • Ploosheeta, on 02/29/2008, -1/+10 ..................................................O......L.......................
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  • Ploosheeta, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1Here's me after seeing how my parabola turned out:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=jkAMD20ieJ4
  • catachip, on 02/29/2008, -4/+21. Go to "NASA Picture of the Day Website"
    2. Submit picture
    3. Get nominated to the front page
    4. Get 5 responses to this post with "Profit?????"
  • obsession3856, on 02/29/2008, -3/+0Trees are in the background of the ISS, of course...
  • theferno, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1you can't make money with astronomy so it's pointless
    • Niallgriff, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3You don't make money by having friends, drinking beer, eating well or having sex, does that mean those things are pointless also?
  • dexedrine, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for a 'Pic of the Day' of anything....
  • ayledi, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0Did anyone else notice the falling object on the left side of the tree?
    Satellite debris?
  • bluepass, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1OMG UFOs!
  • joshdj14, on 08/14/2008, -1/+0Looks like it's computer generated seeing as it should've gave off a glow of some sort if it were real.
  • grantmoore3d, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Wow, I never knew the ISS orbits the earth that fast!!
  • fudged71, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1I got a kickass long exposure of the dying* spy satellite

    * the one they down down the night i took the pic
  • loganhid, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1It's the Saiyans
  • tlcstudio, on 03/04/2008, -0/+1i jus love plooshetas comment do it again
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