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- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53Holy CRAP, i hit the "previous" button on one of those pages and got this:
http://www.nuxx.net/gallery/v/random_stuff/found_images/monstersea0yp6uh.jpg.html
That's definitely an elephant seal. - fjarlq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45There is some indication that these photos were actually taken from a high flying chase plane: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=4907
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38"Holy CRAP, i hit the "previous" button on one of those pages and got this:
http://www.nuxx.net/gallery/v/random_stuff/found_images/monstersea0yp6uh.jpg.html
That's definitely an elephant seal."
elephant seal? Get your eyes checked, thats rosie o' donnell in that picture - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37Those pictures were definitely NOT taken from the ISS. WAAAAY too close to the earth.
- TrevorBradley, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Original poster here... :(
I have to agree, after posting it's fairly obvious that this *isn't* from ISS. Sometimes you can't trust what the page claims. I'd absolutely edit the entry if I could.
Apologies to everyone for not delving into it further. I saw the awesome pic and I posted verbatim without thinking too hard... - betterth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Haha yeah. The thread you link claims around 50,000 feet. That's nine miles, not 220 miles the submitter claims. Biiiig difference.
But still awesome pictures ^-^ - patrickbwells, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The pictures where taken from a WB-57 chase plane.
- Schrade, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19For those of us who block the Referer:
http://duggmirror.com/space/Space_Shuttle_Launch_as_seen_from_ISS_220_miles_up/ - jofer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Absolutely incredible! It's a real shame there aren't higher resolution versions around anywhere... (anyone??)
Somehow I suspect that this will show up in various places as pictures of an ICBM launch, though... Looks too much like it not to get mislabeled somewhere!
At any rate, I can't help but wonder which person on the ISS took these... - fjarlq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Slightly higher resolution versions:
http://www.nuxx.net/gallery/v/random_stuff/found_images/pic24779.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
-and-
http://www.nuxx.net/gallery/v/random_stuff/found_images/pic04978.jpg.html - MovieMike, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Hit "Forward" and you'll get the O RLY owl.
- jasonslay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13If these pictures are from the ISS, then we should be able to see it floating overhead at roughly 30,000-40,00 feet. I'm really surprised we don't hear it or see it leaving contrails.
Agreed. Definitely from a plane rather than the ISS. - jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19http://duggmirror.com
- oskite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10No wonder I the ground looked so close.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yeah.. I don't know how anyone could mistake those pictures for being from the ISS..
- EricJD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9That's amazing; regardless of the fact that's it's not actually the ISS.
- nyyg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Yeah, looks like a plane, the altitude is way to low to be able to make out the individual clouds and land masses for something that's supposed to be in orbit. Even if it was zoomed in, you shouldn't be able to make out the details on the window frame that easily. Still an amazing picture, though.
- CubicZirconia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Look guys, to settle this once and for all, this is a photo of the pilots who took the launch photos. The photo of the pilots beside their old NASA operated WB-57 reconnaissance plane was taken the same day, with the same camera they used to capture the launch (look at the date-stamp).
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/get-attachment-big.asp?action=view&attachmentid=13913 - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Not from the ISS, but still damn awesome.
You can see a reflection in the first picture... I think it's a plane at ~ 75,000 feet or so, my amateur guess. - rtoo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11who cares man,?!?! mad props to this guy for finding these pics.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Obviously an inaccurate description. Nevertheless, this is what a REAL view from the ISS looks like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:138687main_image_feature_458_northeurope.jpg - mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah.. but I hereby award you a few internets just for the extra effort.
- bigpeeler, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Reports are now coming in that they were taken from the Moon. No....wait....OK.....this just in....They were taken from Mars. Yes Mars, it's official.
- Lars0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5yes.
- evilspoons, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Sweet.
Anyone notice how someone gets into space (presumably requiring some intelligence) and/or on a high-altitude airplane (still somewhat difficult, I suppose) and doesn't know to turn off the goddamn date stamp on images because digital cameras store them in the EXIF data? I hate it when people ruin perfectly good pictures by pasting giant useless yellow letters over top of their otherwise beautiful images. - carve, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Great photos, but if I were a betting man I'd say they were taken from a TR-1 (NASA version of a U-2) and not the ISS.
- c0nsumer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Thanks for linking to those. That's over at my site. I'd actually submitted this to digg a few days ago (http://digg.com/space/STS_115_Space_Shuttle_Launch_from_High_Altitude_Aircraft) but no one picked up on it at the time.
- Clearz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Those pictures were definitely NOT taken from the ISS. WAAAAY too close to the earth."
Exactly my toughts. You can still see the blue haze of the atmosphere above where the photo was taking from. - Pobotrol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Incredible photos! It makes our atmosphere look scarily thin though.
- Yoweigh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3dugg despite inaccuracy
- k4iy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not only were the pictures taken from an elevation to low to be the ISS, but the ISS was actually over the southern Pacific ocean at the launch time for STS-115.
- cryptocom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2good find cubic...
- ignavia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Please, everybody, go RIGHT NOW and turn off the stupid date stamp on your digital camera. Now!
PLEASE! - iseebluuue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2beautiful! i'd pay millions to have that amazing view....if i had millions, that is
- wvdavis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ fjarlq - Great find! Story should be marked as inaccurate.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4amazing!
although the photo looks like its been taken from b747 or some sort of high altitude plane rather than the iss ( the angle makes the picture seem a bit too low, those kinda angles are hard to take on an iss) - Wootticus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1found a 1704x2121 res version
check it!
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4710/wave4tc6.jpg - SLIPSTR3AM, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1THANK YOU. Wallpaper'd.
- xalax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Makeup does wonders for celebs
- milkmage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1imagine yourself standing UNDER the shuttle and feeling the power of those engines...
.. then look at these pictures.
humbling. - pairanoyd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Two words. Bad ass.
- SVPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Even if these aren't from ISS they are still sweet pictures.
- bkdbkd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Am I the only one who did a simulation in Google earth of the view from ISS (at 220 mi) - before reading the comments ?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oh.cool.
- robertgoodwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very nice shot; but I agree, definitely not from the ISS.
- OneLess, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1As has been said, definitely not from the ISS: http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1908/060420iodexp13sunset02rt1.jpg
- Mipmap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, definitey the WB-57. From Wikipedia's page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wb-57):
WB-57F
Weather reconnaissance version.
RB-57Fs used for high altitude atmospheric sampling in support of nuclear weapon testing and weather research. Two WB-57F aircraft were transferred to NASA and are the only WB-57s still flying in the world today [4]. They are used for atmospheric research and for monitoring Space Shuttle takeoff and landing. - webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"That's definitely an elephant seal." Caption competition!
1) Musical statues was a popular game at the zoo...
2) After the callback, Agnes was disappointed not to get the part of Jabba the Hut. - raid517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You can see the rear window the picture was taken from in this image: http://remus.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/wb57.jpg
Also:
http://www.utah.edu/unews/news_images_2004/april/DSCN1674.JPG - Balablebaldo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is another shot of the same flight from a plane
http://www.dasutin.com/?p=104
Cool Stuff Indeed! -
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