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		Ever want to know what it looks like flying through the Aurora Borealis in space? Wonder no more (pic) (nasa.gov)		42
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Faps_in_the_kitchen		2009-10-09 10:13:28 AM

Grainy?

TPerrin		2009-10-09 10:14:20 AM

Faps_in_the_kitchen: Grainy?

Seriously..was this taken with a Kodak disposable?

Thisbymaster		2009-10-09 10:16:13 AM

My cell phone takes better pictures then that.

I Like Bread		2009-10-09 10:18:22 AM

Can't see anything; someone should've wiped off the lens first.

Seven Mason		2009-10-09 10:22:34 AM

That is beautiful.

cantthinkofafarkingname		2009-10-09 10:23:58 AM

Space, you never cease to amaze me...

pillowpants		2009-10-09 10:35:00 AM

This pic was taken in 2003 (expedition 6), well before the crewmembers figured out how to take pictures to remove the blur.

Ambitwistor		2009-10-09 10:36:32 AM

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of low Earth orbit? Localized entirely within your space station?

Mobutu		2009-10-09 10:38:10 AM

OMG DO YOU SEE ALL THE UFO'S IN THAT PIKSHUR??? ;)

duncangonuts		2009-10-09 10:44:01 AM

Ambitwistor: Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of low Earth orbit? Localized entirely within your space station?

Yes.

brap		2009-10-09 10:51:31 AM

merrymortician		2009-10-09 11:20:36 AM

Ambitwistor: Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of low Earth orbit? Localized entirely within your space station?

It's more likely than you think.

Jness		2009-10-09 11:24:30 AM

...so, exactly like it looks from the ground?

Dr. Horrible		2009-10-09 11:26:13 AM

duncangonuts: Yes.

...

May I see it?

duncangonuts		2009-10-09 11:31:11 AM

Dr. Horrible: duncangonuts: Yes.

...

May I see it?

No.

alaskan gold digger		2009-10-09 11:37:32 AM

I see the Supernintendo Chalmers reference has already been completed... well done sirs, well done indeed.

JoeCowboy		2009-10-09 11:38:37 AM

My God, it's full of grainy plasma

JC

tuxq		2009-10-09 11:44:15 AM

That's a frame taken from a video, guys... and the grain is either high ISO (notice it's taken on the dark side of the Earth) or interference from solar radiation.

Bith Set Me Up		2009-10-09 11:44:42 AM

Will there be steamed hams?

bugmn99		2009-10-09 11:49:11 AM

Silly scientists, trying to fit everything into their narrow mold of 'truth'. Don't they know the aura of the Lich King when they see it?

fizzix_is_fun		2009-10-09 11:49:59 AM

tuxq: That's a frame taken from a video, guys... and the grain is either high ISO (notice it's taken on the dark side of the Earth) or interference from solar radiation.

Grain pattern is way too regular to be from radiation or energetic ions. It's most likely from the long exposure time.

Any link to the video?

drake113		2009-10-09 12:18:18 PM

/Not impressed

limboslam		2009-10-09 12:22:56 PM

I don't buy it. I think an astronaut sneezed. I bet it was that bastard Guy Laliberte.

Dolfin		2009-10-09 12:42:52 PM

It's a urine dump after too many blue jello shots.

the8re		2009-10-09 01:04:49 PM

shooped

texdent		2009-10-09 01:13:36 PM

The Fantastic Four are unimpressed.

Sphaux		2009-10-09 01:55:29 PM

Hears them coming.

/hot

PsyLord		2009-10-09 02:24:24 PM

Results may vary.

/hot like a nekkid invisible woman

kpottruff		2009-10-09 02:28:53 PM

How the hell did it get out of my kitchen?

IntotheAbyss		2009-10-09 02:56:12 PM

Have you ever flown through the Aurora Borealis...IN SPACE!!!!???
www.sfgate.com

/hot like....well...yeah

deadsanta		2009-10-09 02:58:42 PM

Cool, we have a force field.

FarkinHostile		2009-10-09 02:58:57 PM

Sphaux

I just so happen to be re-reading that story today. Never saw the movie, but I cold tell right away who that was.

Msol		2009-10-09 03:28:42 PM

We had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovey people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space truckin' round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

scalpod		2009-10-09 03:30:17 PM

This is just a Polaroid that hasn't developed fully yet?!

/shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it

farkwell		2009-10-09 05:02:45 PM

wake me up when there's a photo of a brazilian in space.

Cytokine Storm		2009-10-09 05:26:53 PM

farkwell: wake me up when there's a photo of a brazilian in space.

A brazilian what?

pute kisses like a man		2009-10-09 06:51:35 PM

Borealis with some of the dry dock

Bhasayate		2009-10-09 07:52:29 PM

Looks like they are above it.

Kalashinator		2009-10-09 08:04:27 PM

Ambitwistor: Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of low Earth orbit? Localized entirely within your space station?

Win

Xenu's Giant Pink Replicock		2009-10-09 11:35:08 PM

fark yeah I want to know, you cock. Tell me all about it biatch before I impale you on my farkstick and leave you dying in a puddle of your internal organs, you shiateating dicknuzzling twatmonkey.

Huh, this blue thing?

*blinks*

Oh, i get it. Kinda like pointing on a map. "Go here," and poof. Interesting, I'm writing this down.

xenomorpheus		2009-10-10 04:40:58 PM

Sphaux: Hears them coming.

/hot

ha, but I thought you had to be asleep to go thru it successfully? hmmm...

//Run away Balki!

The Popes cousin Count Popeula		2009-10-12 09:44:16 AM

Ambitwistor: Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of low Earth orbit? Localized entirely within your space station?

HA!

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