APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Comments and questions about the APOD on the main view screen.
charles

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by charles » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:45 pm

It looks to be just south of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean

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Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Nathan Brazil » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:49 pm

It's the ocean!!

Nick S

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Nick S » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:52 pm

I say part of the indian ocean and the arabian sea. You can see the tip of Ethiopia in the bottom left corner of the top left window and above it, you can see the shape of Arabia.

AstroDave1948

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by AstroDave1948 » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:56 pm

the photo is of Chicago, IL???
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moe

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by moe » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:00 pm

Looks like golf of mexico with mexico in the lower window and north america further north

kellogg

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by kellogg » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:01 pm

It's the North Atlantic, looking toward Baffin Island and Hudson Bay.

GrinfilledCelt

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by GrinfilledCelt » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:09 pm

I think that it is the outside of the planet Earth.

GrinfilledCelt

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by GrinfilledCelt » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:11 pm

...The wet part.

mike66

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by mike66 » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:38 am

I believe the red sea and sinai peninsula are in the upper left window. Hard shot.

Skytcanboone

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Skytcanboone » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:46 am

Imagine to be able to see that panorama...

rickyd

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by rickyd » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:54 am

Pacific Ocean

elosegui

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by elosegui » Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:55 am

I think that the image below the woman on the picture is a part of Mexico.

AnAnonymousParty

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by AnAnonymousParty » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:12 am

Must be the Atlantic, to the upper left you can clearly see the Cubs losing.

sea otter

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by sea otter » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:24 am

owlice wrote:I have no idea where around the world Dr. Dyson was. I'm wondering what this, cropped from the full-sized image, is, though.


And here's a crop from the image on the APOD page; smaller, so there's more of the image in the crop.


What is going on there?
I wonder what that could be.

Also curious is the rectilinear form in the clouds below the object/smudge.
Extra visible in the full size image.

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Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by owlice » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:32 am

sea otter wrote: I wonder what that could be.

Also curious is the rectilinear form in the clouds below the object/smudge.
Extra visible in the full size image.
Yes, I find it very curious, too! I enlarged the image 400% hoping for enlightenment, but got only a blocky picture that didn't tell me anything new instead.
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Guest

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Guest » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:36 am

no no one could, that's impossible, there is no land mass to speak of.

eljayh

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by eljayh » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:43 am

Pacific Ocean...

targetdog

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by targetdog » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:47 am

it is the sunny part of the earth

sea otter

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by sea otter » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:53 am

The Q link brought me to a video of the band Max Q (astronaut band) doing a cover of a popular song. I was surprised by this, and also by the genre.
In the Wiki article "Gibson... joked that like the Space Shuttle, the band "makes lots of noise but no music."

Well, i gotta say I was expecting more "noise" :D and less "music" 8-) from these space travelers.

Do they dabble in more spacey stuff ever I'm wondering? maybe some cool noise electronica? :mrgreen:

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Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by owlice » Tue Nov 16, 2010 2:13 am

sea otter, I listened to that YouTube, too, and thoroughly enjoyed it, and then clicked on another MaxQ group -- not the astronaut band -- and took the YouTube detour to the Land of Time I Should Have Spent Doing Something Else. I love a capella singing so wandered around there for a while, and that led to an a capella cover of a Queen song, which led me to listening to Freddy Mercury, which led me to... well, you get the idea. :shock:
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Patrick1264msn

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Patrick1264msn » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:16 am

I think I see cloud formations that ruoghly approximate central america's moutain range. (just a guess)

patrick1264msn

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by patrick1264msn » Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:23 am

She was born in Arcadia CA. She is looking at CA. USA.

Beyul

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by Beyul » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:01 am

The pitcure is great! In the distance, above the Karman line. Is that the space shuttle? Or a big satellite? Or...?

anon

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by anon » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:49 am

The clouds in the main round window look exactly like Mexico, the clouds are exceptionally thick at the spot where Yukatan peninsula would be.

DanOH

Re: APOD: Home from Above (2010 Nov 15)

Post by DanOH » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:22 am

I believe that Tracy is looking over the Pacific just before coming up on the coast of California and her home in Arcadia.

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