Subby: Only if you live in Mexico or south of the Mason-Dixon line. Both coasts are fairly obscured. It's a shame that NASA couldn't release a picture where more of the US is visible.

It's a streetlight.

yeah, i took a 10mp picture of the cherry blossom festival and that's now my iphone screen.


/who cares?

oren0: Subby: Only if you live in Mexico or south of the Mason-Dixon line. Both coasts are fairly obscured. It's a shame that NASA couldn't release a picture where more of the US is visible.

"Hi, here is the highest resolution picture of Earth ever taken. It required millions of dollars in scientific spending and thousands of man hours to design and implement the systems that make this possible"

"Pfffft, there's CLOUDS in the way!"

You can see the Dome!

Did they fish-eye that picture?

The US and Mexico seem to be taking up an inordinate amount of the Earth's surface.

Wise_Guy: Did they fish-eye that picture?

The US and Mexico seem to be taking up an inordinate amount of the Earth's surface.

I noticed the same thing. If this image were accurate I'd be north of the north pole. And Chile would be at the South Pole

Sheesh, is it too much to ask to take a picture like that when it isn't cloudy?

Most distorted projection EVAR!
For more info:

/hot like xkcd

i wanna zooom!

I was so high off the ground that I could see for miles around.

I want to see my neighbor's tits

I can see the quarry about five miles north of my house. (I think). So, close enough.

Looks like there is a strange car parked in my driveway....

If I (present me) find past me on the globe and past me is looking upward from my house as present me looks downward and both mes make eye contact is that like crossing the streams or something?

What if both mes are fapping at the time?

Just proves how much of an moron Carl Sagan was for thinking that star or whatever was really the Earth.

Hey Ma! Git off th' dang roof!

whconner4: If I (present me) find past me on the globe and past me is looking upward from my house as present me looks downward and both mes make eye contact is that like crossing the streams or something?

What if both mes are fapping at the time?

It's ok if your balls aren't touching.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Yes, but can you see Russia from your house?

I assumed before clicking it was going to be a story about Palin visiting Russia.

Very happy to be wrong.

DoBeDoBeDo: oren0: Subby: Only if you live in Mexico or south of the Mason-Dixon line. Both coasts are fairly obscured. It's a shame that NASA couldn't release a picture where more of the US is visible.

"Hi, here is the highest resolution picture of Earth ever taken. It required millions of dollars in scientific spending and thousands of man hours to design and implement the systems that make this possible"

"Pfffft, there's CLOUDS in the way!"

Don't get me wrong, it's a cool picture. The visibility issue isn't about clouds, it's due to the angle of a picture that's centered over Mexico City. The Northeast and Northwest regions of the US are invisible due to the curvature of the Earth from that spot. Maybe the satellite's orbit is such that this is as far north as it goes, or a more northern picture isn't possible for some other reason. All I'm saying is it would be cooler if more of the US was visible (NASA is a US agency, after all).

oren0: Don't get me wrong, it's a cool picture. The visibility issue isn't about clouds, it's due to the angle of a picture that's centered over Mexico City. The Northeast and Northwest regions of the US are invisible due to the curvature of the Earth from that spot. Maybe the satellite's orbit is such that this is as far north as it goes, or a more northern picture isn't possible for some other reason. All I'm saying is it would be cooler if more of the US was visible (NASA is a US agency, after all).

You don't actually think the Earth looks like that, do you?

Handsome B. Wonderful: oren0: Don't get me wrong, it's a cool picture. The visibility issue isn't about clouds, it's due to the angle of a picture that's centered over Mexico City. The Northeast and Northwest regions of the US are invisible due to the curvature of the Earth from that spot. Maybe the satellite's orbit is such that this is as far north as it goes, or a more northern picture isn't possible for some other reason. All I'm saying is it would be cooler if more of the US was visible (NASA is a US agency, after all).

You don't actually think the Earth looks like that, do you?

What's it like to be that high? :-)

babtras: Wise_Guy: Did they fish-eye that picture?

The US and Mexico seem to be taking up an inordinate amount of the Earth's surface.

I noticed the same thing. If this image were accurate I'd be north of the north pole. And Chile would be at the South Pole

First thing I noticed as well. Is there a reason for this? The old looks better.

downstairs: Fake.

Ab hoc possum videre domum tuum. - Callus Tacticus

/got nuthin'

Unimpressed:



/hot

Earth sure looks big when photographed up close. That's why I prefer a photo that gives a much more realistic perspective.

whconner4: If I (present me) find past me on the globe and past me is looking upward from my house as present me looks downward and both mes make eye contact is that like crossing the streams or something?

What if both mes are fapping at the time?

You better go outside and fap to the sky every day just in case.

FIX OLD. NO NEW

Scruffinator: whconner4: If I (present me) find past me on the globe and past me is looking upward from my house as present me looks downward and both mes make eye contact is that like crossing the streams or something?

What if both mes are fapping at the time?

You better go outside and fap to the sky every day just in case.

Thanks. You've just ruined Purple Haze for me forever, jerk.

/'s'cuse me

Hey, because we're in the year 2012
and we have the tech and resources...

How about a ultra high resolution animated pic with the clouds taken out.
Or have it movable 360 any direction...

And have it able to zoom in...REALLY close.

oh yeah, keep it thin so I can download it easy and not take up much room.

/not asking for much

rogue49: Hey, because we're in the year 2012
and we have the tech and resources...

How about a ultra high resolution animated pic with the clouds taken out.
Or have it movable 360 any direction...

And have it able to zoom in...REALLY close.

oh yeah, keep it thin so I can download it easy and not take up much room.

/not asking for much

Like this?

Google Earth (new window)

Axel_Gear: rogue49: Hey, because we're in the year 2012
and we have the tech and resources...

How about a ultra high resolution animated pic with the clouds taken out.
Or have it movable 360 any direction...

And have it able to zoom in...REALLY close.

oh yeah, keep it thin so I can download it easy and not take up much room.

/not asking for much

Like this?

Google Earth (new window)

No, he wanted it from NASA.

Link (new window)

The Dreaded Rear Admiral: Hey Ma! Git off th' dang roof!

Came here for that, leaving happy.

Why is a "high definition" picture from NASA smaller than my screen resolution?

trappedspirit: Why is a "high definition" picture from NASA smaller than my screen resolution?

Your monitor has a resolution of over 8000 by 8000? I would love to know the model and manufacturer.