Comments on: Earthrise, Earthset

By: bob hope

bob hope — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:30:42 +0000

What are you guys smoking? This photo looks nothing like apollo 11’s. The lower half of the earth is visable, the surface is not all clouds, and the shadows on the edges of the moon make an uneven horizon. This definitvely disproves the moon landing. I’m sure other facts could be pointed out, but if its not completely obvious already. How come we can fly 7 missions to the moon in 4 years but can’t afford one more for another 45years? If moon travel is possible, Why are they wasting there time with the I.S.S.. A fixed biosphere makes more sense than a wanabe space station only 200 miles up. Woopdi doo!

By: average guy

average guy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:45:12 +0000

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By: average guy

average guy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:44:35 +0000

Aurora Borealis From Space

Astronaut Donald Pettit created this video out of dozens of still photographs he took from the International Space Station. Kinda makes the eight months of training and many millions of dollars it takes to get up there as a private citizen seem worth it.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahmorgan/aurora-borealis-from-space-d8?w=1

hmm.. is that stars i see from a private picture from space… couldn’t be.

By: Joseph Starbuck

Joseph Starbuck — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:22:15 +0000

I found the answer – the image I was looking at is of an “EARTH-SETTING” not “EARTH-RISING”, which means we are looking at the orbiter as it swings back under the moon and heads away from the earth. Well, I’m glad the pictures now look correct!

By: Joseph Starbuck

Joseph Starbuck — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:35:06 +0000

In case you had trouble following what I wrote, here’s a very simple way to see it: first, go to the following link: http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/creation/moon.html
There you will find a picture that shows the four main phases of the moon from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere. According to any moon-phase chart, on the 14th of Nov. 2007, the moon was just passing a New Moon, and was on its way to a first quarter. At that position, when viewing the moon, the light is on the left, and when viewing the earth from the moon, the light is on the right (so the earth’s shadow is on the left). When looking at the rising-earth photo, it is 100% clear that Australia is inverted, so we are definitely looking at the earth from a South-pole orientation. And it is 100% clear that the growing shadow on the earth is ON THE RIGHT, not the left where it should be.

By: Joseph Starbuck

Joseph Starbuck — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:53:52 +0000

Slight correction – the crescent shadow on the moon would be observed from the perspective of the SELENE, on the “dark” side of the moon.

By: Joseph Starbuck

Joseph Starbuck — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:50:29 +0000

Try this on for size…on November 14th, 2007, the moon was just starting a waxing crescent, which in the Northern Hemisphere creates a crescent shadow on the right side of the observed moon. This means that the corresponding crescent shadow on the earth would be on the right side of the earth as viewed from the moon – which is exactly what we see in the photo. The only problem is, that is how it is viewed from the NORTHERN hemisphere, and if you look carefully, you will see Australia appearing upside-down on the picture of the earth, indicating that we are looking at the South pole, which means that the moon phases are inverted – the crescent shadow should appear on the LEFT SIDE of the earth – not the right. This should be proof that the picture is not real – apparently the guy who checked the moon chart for that date was not aware of the inverted moon issue! Anyone care to verify my reasoning in this?