Regular readers know I am deeply impressed with astronomical imagery, and I tend to be a little over-the-top on occasion when describing it.
However, having said that, let me be very clear: the following is just about the coolest thing I have ever seen.
First, the setup. The Deep Impact spacecraft was the one that smacked a chunk of copper into a comet so that we could see what materials were below the surface. After the impact, the spacecraft kept going (with the mission renamed EPOXI), and it’s being used to do all sorts of interesting observations.
In late May, 2008, it turned its cameras back to Earth and observed us over the course of a several hours. During this time, from EPOXI’s point of view, the Moon passed directly in front of the Earth! The images were put together (by my old boss, Don Lindler!) into, well, one of the most astonishing animations I have ever watched. Ever.
Now below is the same view, but this time the "red" you see is actually infrared; note that land masses which are warm, appear really red since they are emitting lots of IR compared to the oceans: appear bright in the IR due to vegetation and the ground being good reflectors (see note at bottom of post):
To my knowledge, nothing like this has ever been seen before. These are incredible. Higher-res versions of these videos can be found on the NASA EPOXI press release page.
Take a look at that, folks. It’s us, seen from 50 million kilometers away. I’ve seen many images of the Earth and Moon together as taken by distant spacecraft, but this, seeing them in motion, really brings home — if I may use that highly ironic term — just where we are: a planetary system, an astronomical body, a blue orb hanging in space orbited by a desolate moon. This is a view that is literally impossible from the ground. Only a spacefaring race gets the privilege of this view from a height.
While there is science galore in these animations, I think their real impact is the visceral one from simply seeing them. As Carl Sagan once said: everyone you have ever met, every human who has lived and died, lived out their lives on that blue ball. And yet here we are, in the 21st century, plains apes allowed to evolve and satiate their curiosity, now with the ability to lob metal proxies into deep space, look back, and see ourselves.
Science. I love this stuff.
A very big tip o’ the solar panel to Don Lindler, for alerting me about these animations.
And oops: I originally said that the land is warm, and thus bright in the IR. That’s wrong, at least in this case! That would be true if these were far (thermal) IR images, but they’re actually near-IR, just outside the range seen by the human eye. At those wavelengths, plant and other objects are pretty good reflectors, so they appear bright. My thanks to R Simmons in the comments below for pointing this out.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Welcome to the Pale Blue Dot. Sagan would have loved this. RIP
July 17th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It looks so unreal, and yet to think that every single living thing, that everyplace almost all of us has been, is rotating along the surface of the tiny sphere, and to see the Moon, which always looks so tiny up in the sky, being not much smaller and revolving around our planet is mind-boggling.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Man, that is AWESOME.
Thank you Phil!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
That’s really freaking awesome. You see animations like that all the time, but to see real pictures of it is just incredible.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
That is awesome! The only thing that could have made it better would have been to have a shadow transit as well. Oh well, next time (hopefully:P).
July 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
The continents are red because they’re warm? Without being able to find info about the exact bands used, I’d guess the second movie uses near infrared radiation, not thermal infrared radiation. If the red band were thermal IR the clouds (the coldest parts of the image) would be cyan (bright blue-green) on the Earth’s day side, and black over a red surface on the night side.
Parts of the continents are red because vegetation reflects near IR light very strongly. Deserts are the familiar beige because they are bright in red, green, blue, and near IR wavelengths.
Great animation, nonetheless.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Moon Transits Earth video vs. Phoenix Parachuting to Mars still.
Discuss.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
my god, that is just… SO SWEET. That was awesome.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Cool how dark and grungy the moon looks compared to the earth.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like that! This is way better than any sci fi show! Are we allowed to post the video with a link back to your blog on our own blogs?
July 17th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing that with us!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Don’t make us choose: we need both!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
R Simmons: Ouch! You’re totally correct, of course. I don’t know what I was thinking. I changed the text and thanked you in the post.
July 17th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Somehow this reminds of the beautiful scene in the movie Sunshine, where the crew is observing Mercury pass between the spaceship and the sun. But this is real and because of that much more amazing. Great stuff, thanks!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hi Mike L,
Sure (about posting the videos)… You might find the animated gifs easier to embed and the mission would certainly appreciate a link to the mission website at epoxi.umd.edu!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I feel small… and I love it. So so cool.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Oh, you can find a more detailed caption (that NASA didn’t include) on the mission website along with the gifs at
http://epoxi.umd.edu/4gallery/Earth-Moon_vid.shtml
July 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
That was the most awsome thing I have ever seen. It would not take too much of a kid’s imagination to envision being on a spaceship approaching this planet for the first time. It beats every annimation I can remember.
@ Michael L. I e-mailed some friends of mine the link Phil imbedded from NASA’s news release. By the way, any chance you will be at the RASC’s Urban Star Quest at Fort Langley on the 26th? If so I might see you there, weather allowing.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Elizabeth– I have a link to the EPOOXI site in the blog post, but the site is VERY slow. You better keep your eye on it; it’ll get slammed by this. Guaranteed.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
The movie is good but I think that that some of the views captured by Apollo during their orbits around the moon, (the ones with the moon in the foreground and the earth in the distance) were more impactful. Those were the first views of us as a planetary system and now about 40 years old.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Man, I miss Carl Sagan. “…now with the ability to lob metal proxies into deep space, look back, and see ourselves.” Thank you so much Phil for being one of the hardworking scientists following in his footsteps…bringing these kind of images to a wider audience, and doing it in clear, everyday language that anyone can understand. I don’t know if I would have found these, otherwise!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
That’s no moon!
(Am I really the first to make this joke?)
July 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
We live in a glorious time, but must remember how fragile it all is.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
There will come a day when this type of view is “old hat.” Some of us (speaking of humankind, not me directly) will move off this watery world and travel widely across the ethers. In the meanwhile, we get to see what our futures selves will take for granted. Neat-O!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
What’s not so obvious from the images (and we just added it to the caption) is that the spacecraft was about 3/4 of the way to the orbit of Mars when it took the images. It wasn’t just past the moon! 31 million miles… 1/3 of an AU!
(slow, hunh… hard to notice here on campus when I’m connected right to the server! But I’ll keep an eye on it! Thanks!)
July 17th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I’m not sure what’s going on here… The moon takes 28 days give or take to orbit us, so why does it appear to zip across the face of our planet in just a few hours? It’s freakin’ cool, but can someone explain that?
July 17th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
this is utterly amazing
July 17th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Darth, I hope you are not suggesting another moon hoax?
July 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Really neat.
I’m a little confused about the orbit too. I know the earth is rotating at the same time (so an observer on our little rock would look up and the moon would appear (more or less) stationary.
But the moons seems to be flying through the frame pretty quick (and yeah, I know it was sped up, but it says it recorded for only “a couple of hours”).
I should have paid more attention in Astronomy class!
July 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Darth, We are not seeing the full extent of the orbit. We are just seeing the small little part where it crosses in front of the Earth… Think back to say the Mercury Transit or Venus Transit of the Sun. Both crossed the face of the sun in only a few hours but take much, much longer to orbit around the sun!
July 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Amazing. As expensive as space exploration is, shots like this more than make up for it.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Ha ha… no… no conspiracy theorist here… except for Elvis (I saw him at the LAX in 1993). Anyway, thanks Elizabeth. That helps put it into better perspective.
I just did some math, and if my distances are correct, it’s shooting around the earth at about 3,500 km/hr, so yeah… I guess the transit would happen very quickly.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Wow, that really is awesome. In every sense of that word.
Oh, and I love the Sagan paraphrase and it is perfect here. Pale Blue Dot continues to be one of my very favorite books.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
CanadianLeigh, I’d love to go to that! Is there a link? I have friends that live in Ft. Langley.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Thanks Elizabeth!
July 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Well, this would seem to be the approprate time to post some Pink Floyd lyrics:
All that you see
All that you taste
All you feel.
All that you love
All that you hate
All you distrust
All you save.
All that you give
All that you deal
All that you buy,
beg, borrow or steal.
All you create
All you destroy
All that you do
All that you say.
All that you eat
And everyone you meet
All that you slight
And everyone you fight.
All that is now
All that is gone
All that’s to come
and everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
July 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Darth Curt: If you are standing 30 million miles away from the Earth-Moon system and using a high-power telephoto lens (as you would have to), that’s exactly how it would look through the viewfinder. The Celestia program confirms it. It’s all a matter of perspective - no conspiracy required.
Apologies for posting the entire Eclipse lyrics there - I meant to trim it to the last few lines!
July 17th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
CanadianLeigh, you wouldn’t happen to be the guy I ran into about a year ago in a Chapters in Langley, looking at Astronomy books, and gave me a card for a telescope shop in Vancouver? That would be so cool if you are! LOL I talked to this gentleman about buying a new scope as I had just recently sold my Meade 3.5″ ETX 90EC.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
SWEET!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Nice video. I love just how much brighter and dynamic the Earth is. Great stuff.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Wow. This is amazingly beautiful. On so many levels. Thanks for sharing!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Thanks! That’s just so cool!
Gives me chills, and more than a bit of pride, to know that, almost certainly, some other species have recently seem similar views of their home.
And, who knows, maybe someone else has already seen that view of Earth.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
:O Wow. Just amazing.
Yeah, you can really tell it’s the vegetation and not the land itself when you look at Saharan Africa. Good catch, R Simmons.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Hey Moose, NASA’s budget is teeny tiny compared with most everything else. the military space budget is larger than NASA’s. Then there’s the black budget.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Amazing. Pure poetry.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Is the moon’s albedo really that dark? Guess so. Earth = .37 Moon = .12
Thanks for the perspective!
July 17th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
A few ‘Earth from afar’ observations have happened with interplanetary spacecraft - Emily has a great list - http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/earth/spacecraft.html - and one is fairly reminiscent of this very very cool DI image - http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/earth/earth_moon_conjunction_galileo.mov - all be in B’n'W, and from much closer range.
Seing the Earth from so far away is a stunning way of deflating any excessive egos, and bringing a little unity to humanity…hopefully.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Amazing images. That quote from Carl Sagan, I am sure I just read that (or something similar) in one of his books, “Pale Blue Dot”. Coincidentally I am reading it right now for the first time. He makes me think about things in a way I have never thought about before. RIP
July 17th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Just imagine the video we’ll get back when we finally send people on the way to Mars.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Earth rise by Apollo 8 did it first so Phoenix Descending still gets my vote. Just the sheer coordination, timing, and orbital mechanics required to aim a camera at something that is millions of miles away from Earth at something that is millions of miles away from Earth knocked my socks off.
Play “White Rabbit” and keep playing the moon transit over and over… far out, man.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hi Michael, I’m getting old so do not remember if I met you or not. The last time I was in that Chapters was Dec. 06. The link you need is: http://qp.pcis.com/QuickPlace/rascvan/Main.nsf/h_Toc/ff0315dc9fa6eedc88256e33000bfa44/?OpenDocument
Look at upcomming events and follow the links. It is an easy site to find. It is on the island the Albion Ferry docks at. We like to call it the mosquito hatching reserve. Come prepared. I hope to look for the GRS on Jupiter. If my scope can’t do it in the urban glare maybe someone elses will. I usually do my viewing on the north side of the river so I’m not sure how dark it will be.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
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July 17th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Harumpppphhh! If plants are such good reflectors, then why aren’t any of the major telescope makers offering them in their products!?
July 17th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
You know intellectually that it should look like this but when you really see it for the first time you are left with an overwhelming sense of awe.
The moon looks smaller than I thought even though I know how big it is really. Amazing that that little white blob I can see in the sky now is that ball whizzing around that blue planet in the video.
Maybe there should be a few missions dedicated to art… get some photographers and directors to plan some missions that would just shoot the planets from their “best side”.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
So, where’s the secret dark-side moonbase?
July 17th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
This is an amazing picture. This is why I come here.
The whole thing reminded me of Pale Blue Dot, which I always connect to that youtube of sagan giving that speech with a Mogwai song in the background. Best video ever.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2pfwY2TNehw
Elwood: Thanks for bringing that up. Eclipse is one of the best Floyd songs ever, so epic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uhtPbejzy0A
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July 17th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Cool!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
And there we are. There we go. Moon over Africa. Mesmerizing.
To know that we have made eyes and sent them beyond the range of men so that we might look back upon ourselves and see ourselves anew.
And so many old science fiction authors are stretching luxuriously in their graves, smiling secretly . . .
Hey Phil! Way Cool. Thank You.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Really cool. My calculations indicate that the EPOXI probe was about 125 times further away from the earth as the distance between the earth and the moon. These cameras were pointed to earth quite accurately! 125 times further away than the moon…
I love how I can simulate such situations on Celestia and get the same results, too. I remember once seeing a beautiful Cassinin picture of a Titan/Saturn transit, then looking up the exact time and date it occurred and recreating the geometry with Celestia. Great program.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
It reminds me a bit of the dilemma that would exist to a denizen of one of Saturn’s moons; because most of them orbit within the ring plane they’d have a great view of one of nature’s prettiest vistas but it is likely impossible to see them from there. We never get to see this perspective of our own system. That is a great animation.
July 17th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Wow!!! This was one of my favorite posts ever! I watched it over and over again… and then proceeded to giggle and clap my hands like I was five! That is SO FREAKIN COOL!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Wow. Just wow. Look what we can do.
And, Phil, when you post pictures and videos like that, I’m not sure you can be over-the-top.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Reminds me of when I first saw the Galileo flyby. (http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000967/) It’s hard to believe so many years have passed since I saw the Galileo under construction at JPL. (And I’m sad that my old Galileo flyby movie won’t play on this new computer, not even with VLC. I seem to remember it in color, but the earth/moon one on the Planetary society is in B/W. I know there were frames of the earth/moon sequence in color, because I have a JPG.)
That’s about the only thing I miss about living So. CA…. trips to the JPL high bay.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hands down, one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Cooler than the Apollo missions?! Sending out a satellite with a camera to get those pics of the moon transit is just freaking fantastic. Really. I’m not dissing. But come on, blasting humans off this planet to go actually land on that rock?! 50 Billion times more H’Awesome. Science return and WOW factor alone make that case.
“coolest thing you ever saw”? Not by a parsec…
July 17th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Wow, that is very cool indeed. Definitely a unique perspective. When can I rent a spaceship and see it with my own eyes?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I’m am *very* jaded when it comes to space stuff.
But, hey, that *is* pretty cool. The Moon looks like such a poor little feller. The annoying younger brother that’s always following his older brother and his friends around.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Oh sweet Jebus! Upon seeing this it felt like my heart swelled to three times it’s original size!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I’ve watched that video half a dozen times now and each time the grin on my face gets bigger and stoopider. I LOVE THIS STUFF!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Wow!
It looks like one is alive and the other is dead.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Alphelie, I did write “just about” the coolest.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Talking of pictures of awesomeness. Grab your 3D glasses
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/index.html
Anaglyphs of the Martian surface from Phoenix Lander.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Earth, alive and spinning endlessly in the black ether, contrasted with its static satellite. Beautiful
July 17th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
That´s exacly why I love this Blog.
Thank you Phil!
July 17th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I have to admit, that’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. How often can you say that about a 24 second clip?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
A friend of mine used to have the Nasa channel on tv. I could sit and watch that thing all day. I agree, the moon video is about the coolest thing ever. I think it is not unlike a baby obsessed with his reflection in a mirror. We really are the most interesting thing in the universe…not to mention we just have a beautiful planet.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:00 am
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July 18th, 2008 at 12:16 am
Mr. Phil- Yep, you did write “just about” in your post. Congrats….
July 18th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Hi CanadianLeigh, ok, I would have been there in about April 06. Thanks for the link. I’ll try to make it out. I can’t promise anything right now as I’m dealing with some fairly serious health issues, but if there are any other meetings in the future, please keep me updated.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Does anyone else think the video of the earth looks like Corneria from Star Fox for Super Nintendo?
July 18th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Hi Michael L. Funny I am just recovering from some health issues of my own. In fact this will be the first time I will be able to get my telescope out this year. Yikes time flies. Hope you can make it. If not, I will try to keep you posted of future events. Also check out events at:
http://www.fvas.net/
Clear skys to you.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:41 am
It’s coming right at us!
July 18th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Really really really really really amazing. My jaw just did the whole, proverbial drop thing.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Hi Phil & All,
Please show this video to the French! — URGENT Why??
Watch the following video from the game show “Who wants to be a Millionaire” and just as disturbingly, the help from the audience.
http://www.maniacworld.com/pitiful-answer-on-game-show.html
Best,
Les D
Contributing Editor
Australian S&T
July 18th, 2008 at 3:40 am
@ Michael L
Wishing you a speedy recovery. May I recommend dippy egg and toast soldiers with a hot cuppa tea. Cures all known ills. Get well soon
July 18th, 2008 at 3:43 am
OK, I can’t be the only one that thought “Ooooo… Death Star”, when they saw that.
July 18th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Wow! Super cool detail: I think on the higher rez Nasa versions you can actually see the sun reflected and creating a flashing highlight on the watery parts of the globe just inside the ‘3 o’clock’ position. Makes the earth seem extra shiny and billiard ball-like!
July 18th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Thank you Phil, you just made my day with this!
No limits to our abilities…
July 18th, 2008 at 5:57 am
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July 18th, 2008 at 6:17 am
This video is very nice, but for sheer amazement, you still can’t beat this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnfbKKvUG9Q&feature=related
Ha!
Thanks Phil!
July 18th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Bah! Of course it’s a fake, notice how there are no STARS in that video?
July 18th, 2008 at 7:43 am
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July 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Haha. It’s kinda funny. It’s like a candid where the moon goes, HAI! BAI! *runs*
July 18th, 2008 at 7:51 am
@Darth:
The moon moves at about 2200 miles per hour (240,000 x pi x 2 / 28 / 24) (or about the diameter of the moon) in its orbit. The moon should have taken about five hours to transit (Earth’s diameter +Moon’s diameter).
July 18th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Red Note: Far side please, not Dark Side! It’s a common error to think the Moon has a permanent dark side. I insist on pointing this mistake out every time I see it, as a matter of consciousness raising. Just because we can’t see the far side doesn’t make it dark!
… and definitely no secret military base there, dark or not.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:35 am
It is rather staggering to see the west coast of North America spin into the light and know that I was there, going about my daily business whilst this was taken, 31 million miles away.
I love science!
/sighs happily
July 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Les Dalrymple: That video has been around quite some time. I made fun of it on the blog when it came out.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
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July 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Well, well… Awesome pics indeed!!!
I decided to come back a take a peek after your move to Discover Mag, and since leaving for your previous allowing of such rude comments. Hopefully that’s improved such that only respectful discourse is allowed. We’ll see…
By the way, Phil… Your least favorite news site picked this story up as their front page feature this morning. Kudos to Fox News! You have to give credit where credit is due.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:38 am
[…] In late May, 2008, the EPOXI spacecraft, formerly Deep Impact, turned its cameras back to Earth and observed us over the course of a several hours. During this time, from EPOXI’s point of view, the Moon passed directly in front of the Earth! Here’s the videohttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/17/holy-frak-moon-transits-earth/ […]
July 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
WOW that is the nuts
July 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Wooo! That’s another stunning image.
I think I still vote for “Mars chute and heat shield” as my all time favorite shot, but this one is pretty darn close too. Amazing.
Tom
July 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Absolutely amazing video. I have watched it several times now and it sends shivers down my spine every time. Thank you for sharing it and kudos to NASA and Don Lindler.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
I’m sorry, I just don’t understand what makes this interesting.
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Thanks for this. I just reread “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke last night, and the content and the reflective tone of the writing seems in sync with this video. Can’t wait ’til we find that pyramid on the moon!
July 18th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Awe-inspiring pictures taken of our exquisite blue planet from a spacecraft some 50 million kilometers away are just fantastic. These are sufficient to fire the imagination of young and adults alike. I congratulate the mission sponsoring agency NASA for the dream come true space-shot pictures of our only home and its balancer, which we call Moon. (These words are coming from a person who spent more than 25 years dealing with space technology)
July 18th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Actually Elwood, there is a base there - it is underground.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
La luna rotando alrededor de la Tierra [ING]
La misión espacial EPOXI ha captado lo que nunca antes, la rotación de la Luna alrededor de la Tierra. Un par de videos simplemente impresionantes. Recomendado por Masio en la Mirona.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Thanks Madge… Mmmmm, dippy toast soldiers rulz! But not tea for this Engishman… Has to be Ovaltine or Horlicks!
CanadianLeigh, what kind of Telescope do you have? I was disappointed in mine as far as the “Go To” computer. I would spend time making sure I had everything lined up with the tripod, and all the info as far as location and time was programmed correctly, but when I chose the target, it always missed. Then I had to try and find it. It was actually very frustrating. So, now I’m looking at buying another telescope, up to $1,000.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Ha! I was just talking to Don Lindler this morning about some IDL stuff, and he showed me the movie. I only get to do announcer bits about testing chambers; he gets the real cool science! Very cool.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Hi Michael L. I have a Ecliple Mak150 mounted on an EQ3 with a wooden tripod. It has taken me a while to start finding things with any regularity and some nights prove more chanllenging then others. The EQ3 mount is OK for viewing but would be too light for phots work, plus it is not driven. Star hopping with an equitorial is challenging, but hey thats what makes us stay young. I would say I use my binos just as much as my telescope on any given night. I need to make a viewing chair or parallelegram fot them. My “illnes” is actually a neck injury and my doctor says I am not supposed to look up. Ha! thats like telling a teenager not to have sex. Now if only I could talk the Mrs into moving my reclyner outside? Check out the used equipment at:http://www.vancouvertelescope.com/the-shoppe/the-shoppe-frontpage.html
They get some really neat stuff from time to time and they always make sure it is in top notch shape.
Best wishes and get better. Take Madge’s advise, she sounds wise.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Typo: Should have been Eclipse. Must have been thinking of my neck.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
of all those comments left about this video clip, only one person is one the same page as me. I honestly just don’t see why that’s so amazing, i’m really taken back by the amount of people who found that “SOO INCREDIBLE”
July 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Simulating the transit with Celestia (for Pierre and others): I have just prepared the necessary files fom NASA ephemeris. You can get them from my webpage, Celestia section: http://cabfst28.cnea.gov.ar/abramson/celestia (it’s first in the list now). Calestia is amazingly accurate.
Cheers,
Guillermo
July 18th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Some of the best Earth images ever. I put these alongside Earth on the Moon horizen and the photo of Earth from Mars. Way Cool!
July 18th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Exceptional!!! Not a single sign of human presence.Thats how it looked when were we not here ,thats how it will look when we all are gone.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
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July 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
What I really like about this picture is that it shows the Moon and Earth in scale and gives me the chance to point out a few things. If Earth were an 8-foot ball, then the Moon would be a 2-foot wide ball. In this same scale, they are separated by 240 feet, even though that wide invisible 240-foot string between the 8-foot and 2-foot ball isn’t visible. Also, the Moon DOES rotate from West to East, in the direction of Earth’s spin. But because the Moon is doing so at 10 times the altitude of Geosynchronous (satellite parking) orbits which are basically little invisible 22-foot long strings above Earth’s spinning Equator motionless, the Moon APPEARS to orbit backwards from the surface of Earth. This release explains why. While the Moon goes from West to East, the Earth’s spin is going from west to east much faster. As a result, from our perspective, the Moon appears to orbit backwards.
Also, we are seeing the “dark side” of the moon in this video sequence, and not the side that always faces us. In perspective, if Earth is an 8-foot ball, the International Space Station and the Shuttle going to and from barely gets 3 inches off the surface.
Tonight when you see the moon from the other side, look beyond to see Jupiter near it. The light from the Moon left the surface of that alien world 1.28 seconds ago. The light from the much larger, brighter Jupiter left about 36 minutes ago.
July 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Okay, then. Moderate me. Everything is good in moderation.
July 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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July 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I think these are neat, but not as neat as some people posting here think that they are. Pretty normal imagery really, imo. Seems like they could have shot this video a few million times, easily, if they wanted to. It’s just a standard orbital pattern, with nothing really out of the ordinary.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I must admit that I feel a certain connection to Deep Impact. It was already cool that my employer is involved with it, but the connection became closer when they rained on me.
A day after I moved into a new office, the ceiling started leaking. I ran upstairs to tell them to stop dripping on me, only to discover that the water was coming from a leaky radiator in a Deep Impact office.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Thanks CanadianLeigh. I damaged my spinal cord in a fall at work 10 years ago, and now because of that I may have kidney damage, so I’m waiting for test results from an ER visit a few nights ago.
The guy I saw in Chapters gave me the business card for that store, I need to get down there and find it. I need something fairly portable because lifting is not something I can do. I had a Meade, but wasn’t overly impressed. (The optics were good though.)
I’d love to make it out that way for the star party. We’ll see. Take care!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
For those that are wondering why the fuss about this. Well, I guess there are some of us that just marvel at the Universe. I look at Saturn through a telescope and am always audibly excited. I guess it’s a matter of perspective. Plus the fact that this is real life, it’s not science fiction. It’s science fact! The fact that we are seeing in this image the home of 6.5 billion people, and our moon is amazing to me!
July 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
This is amazing.
One thing I found striking was how dark the moon looks compared to the earth. I had been intellectually aware of the moon’s low albedo, but to actually see it was kind of jarring, after being accustomed to bright white full moons.
As for there being no sign of human activity on the pale blue dot, perhaps we should take it as a wake-up call to get our collective asses in gear to make some such signs.
Or, considering what such signs might represent, perhaps not.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Late to the party, as usual
but that is way way cool. Once again, thanks Phil, first Jupiter and now this. Imagine if Carl was still around to do an updated Cosmos with the resources we now have.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:22 am
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July 19th, 2008 at 1:31 am
I think it’s cool, too. No apologies. To think that we humans sent a device out there that could take these images so that we could view them, to know that they are real, to bear witness to it all… it’s cool. That’s what the ‘big deal’ is about this imagery. Sure, any sci-fi movie made within the past few decades has better-looking imagery, but it’s fake, and no matter what, I KNOW that it’s fake. Inspiring, perhaps, but still unreal.
But hey, I think being able to drive in a car to a destination that would take days on foot is cool, too. Or to know that if I really wanted to (and could afford to) I could travel to just about anywhere on this planet in a matter of several hours by plane. Or that I can turn on a tv (or–gasp!–open a book) and ‘visit’ places I might never get to see in person. Or communicate with people around the globe via this internet connection.
See, in spite of so much human-made technology being ‘average’ or commonplace, I still appreciate it. These images of Earth & moon are a little more appreciated by me, because they show–for real–something I know I will likely never be in a vantage point to see myself. Cool.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:56 am
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July 19th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Michael
Mmmm….Horlicks (sounds of lip smacking) I haven’t had that since I was a kid ( My Mum was an Ovaltinee during World War II and I still remember the Ovaltinee song she taught me )
madge runs off to the shops to buy a BIG jar of Horlicks while humming the Ovaltinee song
July 19th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Michael
http://www.sterlingtimes.org/ovaltineys_music1.htm
Here are the lyrics and I apologise for mis-spelling Ovaltineys
July 19th, 2008 at 7:03 am
arensb, really which office??
James, What do you mean? No, we couldn’t image this a few million times… there is a limit to the amount of memory on board, downlink time to send it back, and circumstances (the moon was only in the picture for a few hours of the 24 hour observation). What is a standard orbital pattern? The spacecraft is not in orbit around the Earth! None of the satellites that we have in orbit around Earth can get this perspective…
July 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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July 19th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I don’t feel like debating it with you, really. I said I thought that they were cool, didn’t I? I’m sorry if you can’t comprehend what I said.
July 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
“I don’t feel like debating it with you, really. I said I thought that they were cool, didn’t I? I’m sorry if you can’t comprehend what I said.”
Actually, I do feel like adding something to this after all. There may be a limit to the amount of memory, download time, and circumstances; however these things could be easily overcome to procure this video.
If people were looking to shoot this footage, it could have been done with intent, easily. You would have to predict ahead of time the orbit, and send a craft up with intent to take this footage. With the intent to take this footage, it could have been easily done. I suppose if you are saying that it is amazing that it randomly got taken when they didn’t expect to take it, then yea, that is neat.
But with the intent to take footage like this, it could have been easily done. That is what I am saying. As for a standard orbital patter, well, I thought that spoke for itself. While the pattern changes every rotation slightly, it can be predicted ahead of time.
As for not being able to get the perspective with what we have orbiting around the Earth, well of course we are not going to be able to with the current ones. That is a given.
I am just saying this: It was cool that they randomly got it taken like they did, but with the intent to take the video, it could have been done with little abnormal problems.
July 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
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July 19th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
@Madge, I’m off to buy Ovaltine now… to go with my dippy toast while I crack imaginary lunar domes made from egg shell.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Ovalteenies …. is how it was spelled on the little red packets I used to get at school in Oz.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
In relation to my previous comment about the low albedo of the moon, this image actually shows something interesting with regards to previous sci-fi renderings/imaginings of this scene. Most of those sci fi images are actually wrong. They show the moon much brighter and whiter than it should be. (Unless your Enterprise or otherwise named spaceship was simultaneously focusing a great big searchlight on the moon while you took the shot. . . .)
July 20th, 2008 at 8:16 am
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July 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
This footage is incredible; we are used to seeing CGI in films but this is the real thing and it is a stunning achievement. Those responsible make it seem so simple to achieve that some people don’t seem to grasp just how cool it really is.
James; you’ve made yourself sound like a complete idiot; you’d have been better saying nothing.
July 20th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Hi, all -
This is my first time here.
This video is stunning.
For emotional impact, however, I’ll always remember the Apollo photo of Earth from the moon.
Cheers,
Don
July 20th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
it really is breathtaking
July 20th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
James, ??? I was simply trying to answer some questions you asked in a previous message. Sor-rrry.
However… Yes, the video was done on purpose. The spacecraft had in fact already made a previous 24 hour observation of Earth and had others planned as well. This was the fourth planned and it was selected specifically because of the transit. And this was done as a part (and while neat, it’s not the prime purpose of the project) of the EPOCh portion of the EPOXI mission. Now, although they did plan it, we are using a “recycled” spacecraft!! It was not meant or designed for some activities that we are making it do.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
We considered adding a soundtrack to the video, and “Dark Side of the Moon” came to mind immediately. However, there’s nothing on the album that develops a relevant musical theme within the 29 seconds we had available! My first thought for the whole set of Earth observations (and, yes, we have some others) was Julie Gold’s song “From a Distance”, but the specific religious imagery is not a good choice for something presented by a government agency. So, we went with silence. I suppose we could have used Simon & Garfunkel and “The Sound of Silence” (with appropriate permissions, which we would have to seek). I’m thinking about a synthesized soundtrack, based on the relative contributions from light in our various filters. Probably not very musical, but scientifically relevant.
Here’s a version of “From a Distance” performed by the great Nanci Griffith. Just because we can’t use it, doesn’t mean it isn’t a good song.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
To Don Snow: The Apollo shots of the Earth were very much in my mind while planning the EPOXI observations of the Earth.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:48 am
Thanks, Science Tim -
The earth spinning as the moon transits, and the continents rolling by…that outdoes the Apollo shot.
Imho, the closeness and clarity of Earth gives the Apollo photo its emotional impact.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:37 am
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July 21st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
That’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen? It is interesting, but I’m not sure it was freaky enough for you to mess your Huggies. Get out of the house once in a while.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Todd: I do get out of the house, and frequently look around me to understand and appreciate Nature. That’s why I understand the implications of this video. Maybe not everybody gets it, but things like it are truly wonderous…and if you read the comments above you’ll see lots of people agree. So maybe the problem isn’t with me.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
To ScineceTim and Elizabeth– A whole lot of us appreciate what you did here, and we thank you very much for it. It takes good planning, great engineering, and a desire for wonder to not only be able to do this, but to want to do it, and to actually do it.
Fantastic work.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
adam antonelli said:
> of all those comments left about this video clip, only one person is one the same page as me. I honestly just don’t see why that’s so amazing, i’m really taken back by the amount of people who found that “SOO INCREDIBLE”
James said:
> I think these are neat, but not as neat as some people posting here think that they are. Pretty normal imagery really, imo.
People get excited by different things. It’s difficult to explain. I mean, how does one explain the why of the feelings of standing on top of a mountain, looking on a sunlit valley. How does one explain the why of looking up at the Moon and marveling on how it got there, how it shines so bright, and being amazed some humans have been there.
For me, I find it incredible because I am a fan of anything that demonstrates the real scale of space - objects in relation to each other and at the proper distances between them. I find the video amazing because it beautifully depicts the Moon in scale to Earth, showing their proper size relation, and the lighting variation. I am impressed by the ability that went into getting that video. And it’s not paper cutouts or digital fakery, but a real image.
James said:
> Actually, I do feel like adding something to this after all. There may be a limit to the amount of memory, download time, and circumstances; however these things could be easily overcome to procure this video.
> If people were looking to shoot this footage, it could have been done with intent, easily.
Darren; England said:
> James; you’ve made yourself sound like a complete idiot; you’d have been better saying nothing.
Nonsense. I understand what James is saying. I happen to find the video exciting, but his point is valid. Sure, someone could have made a proposal to build a spacecraft specifically with the intent of going 50 million km away and turning back to watch the Moon pass by. Selling that idea might not have gone over too well. “That’s great, what else will the spacecraft do?” “Else? That’s it. Just get that video, because it’s cool.” The technological challenge to get that video was a lot less than the challenge of Deep Impact itself. If anything, Elizabeth is the one misinterpreting James’ remarks and going off on senseless tangents.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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July 21st, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Extremely cool video. It looks to me that the moon is way off the equatorial plane here. Is it really just 23 degrees?
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 am
Amazing…
Looking back at us… it is even clearer how small we are…
I feel a “little” knot of emotion that is difficult to swallow… (this would be my best free translation to English of what I felt)
Thanks Phil! Really, really thank you Phil Plait for your dedication in showing us great, amazing situations.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
THEORY Of UNIVERSE FLUXONÁRIO ESTRUTURANTE From the DENSE SPACE, and
THEORY Of the ENERGETICIDADE and MASER.
Author - Ancelmo Graceli Luiz.
Ancelmoluizgraceli@hotmail.com
Tel. 27- 32167566 Street Itabira, nº 5, Itapemirim Set, Rose of the
Penha, Cariacica, -269, E.S. cep.29143 Brazilian, professor,
graduation in philosophy and theoretical researcher. Published books
ASTRONOMY, and WORLD Of the PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS.
Collaborator - Marcio Piter Rangel.
Presented work the SECT- Spirit Brazil Saint. E the Brazilian Society
of Physics. Introduction published in the WEB for the Vestibule Brazil
Factor - Channel Profile. In day 30.01.2008. If other theories with
beddings and you formulate had had acceptance, why these will not
have? Therefore, it possesss all the beddings and all the forms of
calculations, and that the reality and the comment until today reached
are confirmed with. With more than one hundred and ten formulas, the
most varied forms of if calculating one same phenomenon, with more
than two hundred beddings in all the areas of the modern physics.
Also, with new forecasts inside of cosmology and astronomy.
Presented the Magazine of Education of the SBFISICA. Soced. Bras. de
Física. Brazilian Journal of Physics - SBFISICA
PRESENTATION.
The theories defend the power vital the holy ghost and on cosmo, the
life, the mind and everything more, against the mecanicismo and the
materialism. With forceful beddings on possibilities of as everything
it possesss an origin and an aiming for the power the holy ghost in
route the life, the harmony, the perfection, the improvement and the
eternity in detriment to the chaos and the end.
In cosmology the universe is defended that if structure as a stream of
production and destruction of astros. In astronomy it is defended that
the movement is produced by the proper energy of astro. INTRODUCTION.
THEORY Of the ORIGIN Of the SUBSTANCE And the COSMO, And UNIVERSE
FLUXONÁRIO ESTRUTURANTE.
This theory is the one that more is come close to the power of God.
Therefore it goes against any form of chaos.
OF THE ALMOST NOTHING EVERYTHING CAN APPEAR - EXCEPT GOD.
The UNIVERSE Is An AUTO CREATION, HOWEVER, A WORKMANSHIP Of This
TRANSPORT ALONE CAN HAVE the POWER Of the CREATOR.
This theory goes of meeting to the harmony and cosmic eternity in
detriment to the chaos and the finitude of the universe considered for
the theory of the great explosion. While one enters in stream of
disintegration and reintegration with little energy, others are born
more distant from the aglutinação of the dense space.
COSMO ESTRUTURANTE And DESINTEGRANTE.
Graceliano Model. The universe is constant and infinite stream.
First part.
THEORY Of the BUBBLE OF DENSE SPACE And ENERGY.
While in the theory of the great explosion the universe if expands
from a point of the space and a small amount of energy, and is the one
only - OF OUTSIDE FOR INSIDE - In the theory of the bubble universe if
it contracts from the dense space to produce the substance and the
energy of some points of the infinite of the space, in a constant
production of new universes in some points of cosmo. Or either, it
contracts itself to produce the substance stops later forming the
astros and if expanding for the maser. E is some universes in infinite
points of cosmo in infinite phases.
Of birth in the phase bubble of dense space - phase estruturante-Na
energy phase, In the phase of substance and the phase of
disintegration, unfastening and removal in the space for the proper
maser of the density of the substance. E reintegration forming
secondary from the material radiated for the elementary school.
PASSES FOR FORMATION Of the SUBSTANCE, ELEMENTS, ASTROS And The
UNIVERSES.
Thus, the dense space if contracts until to be filamentoso - the
diffuse substance arrives - dense substance - energy - diffuse cores -
astros - nuclear fusing - chemical elements - of light elements in
weighed - maser - reengrupamentos in new astros, secondary - it comes
back if to disintegrate - and the process continues until if becoming
diffuse substance.
COMMENT.
We do not feel the action of the dense space because we are in a
universe in a phase that
already it was changedded into substance.
FORMULA FOR CONTRACTION OF DENSE SPACE.
The dense space if contracts and diminishes of size to produce the
substance, and if it gives in a contraction and infinite reduction,
that can be calculated with formulates of the infinitesimal limit. But
one it has all left, divided for all, thus infinitely.
Dense space ED - total part p dense space if structuralizing. Thus,
infinitely, until changedding into energy and substance.
ED - P/ED… until arriving to be energy and substance.
Thus, we have the formula for formation of the substance, energy and
for origin of the universe.
INFINITE UNIVERSES IN PHASES ESTRUTURANTES And DESINTEGRANTES.
FIRST THEORY Of the ORIGIN And NATURE Of the SUBSTANCE.
It was always looked by the philosophers and Greek chemistries, later
for the modern physics an explanation for the origin, nature and
essence of the substance, where the world at times was divided in form
and structure, spirit, mind and substance, therefore I show the first
theory of that the substance can appear and of that it is formed, that
here is of filaments of dense space, always looked to the substance
for the substance and dividiz it infinitely of the atom of the Greeks
until the hundred of particles that they are catalogued today. Comment
- no theory displayed until today obtained to give a recital from that
it originated the substance. All leave soon of the estimated one of
something.
CALCULATION OF FORMATION OF SUBSTANCE And FOR COSMO ESTRUTURANTE.
To be able of contraction of the dense space = amount of dense
space/cosmological time = estruturante substance and cosmo and phases.
CALCULATION FOR COSMO DESINTEGRANTE.
To be able of disintegration = amount of substance, temperature,
fusing core to estelar, maser and energy/cosmological time.
Pd*[qm ]/t c.
DENSE SPACE And SUBSTANCE, And ENERGY And ASTROS.
Universe not formed from great explosion, but yes of space dense,
space dense is all space that in it surrounds them, that we have the
notion that it is a great emptiness, but is not, it possesss density,
and of it the substance and the energy if they had originated to form
the first astros, galaxies and accumulations.
ROTATION And TRANSLATION Of the UNIVERSE.
The expansion is false, is in the truth a translation and rotation and
a minimum of removal.
What we have the notion of a great expansion of the universe is in the
truth the translation and rotation of exactly. Therefore, if it is
infinitely old and had started if to expand at the moment of supposed
a great explosion, the astros would be so distant ones of the others
that nor its light would be capable to be picked-up by any type of
telescope.
The FORMAT Of the UNIVERSE.
The disposal of the galaxies in disks with the systems of stars also
in disk test that the universe is a estruturação process and passes
for streams, therefore had appeared at one alone moment in a great
explosion the format of the universe would be spherical, or either
with all the astros in one same distancia of a center, and as also
with the same translation and rotation.
Comment. Already we have here a recital of the origin and of that
material cosmo if formed. Beddings not displayed until today for other
theories.
The ENERGY PRODUCES the MASER THAT PRODUCES the REMOVAL MINIMUM.
It has yes a minimum removal proceeding from the action of the maser
and high temperatures, removal produced for the processed energy for
nuclear fusing in the inward of the astros.
UNIVERSE OF ENERGY ESTRUTURANTE. OR UNIVERSE OF CONTRACTION And
DISINTEGRATION.
The universe passes for two processes - first of the formation of the
substance and the energy for the contraction of the filaments of the
dense space.
As of the formation of the astros, its processes of energy and
production of temperature to the ratio that the substance if
agglutinates, with the agglutinated substance are produced great
amount of energy and temperature, giving sprouting the maser and the
consequent disintegration of astro in the space. For that the universe
is a stream of estruturante energy, where first if it contracts stops
later if disintegrating and if moving away ones from the others,
always in lesser portions.
It is A STREAM WHY IF I CONTRACTED OF DENSE SPACE UNTIL the SUBSTANCE,
OF SUBSTANCE IN ASTRO, IF IT DISINTEGRATES IN MASER, IT COMES BACK the
REINTEGRAR-SE IN LESSER ASTROS And WITH LITTLE DIÃMETRO And ENERGY,
THAT DESINTEGRAR-SE COMES BACK. E STREAM CONTINUES INFINFINITAMENTE.
UNTIL IF BECOMING DIFFUSE SUBSTANCE.
The same process passes particles and atoms.
The PRODUCTION Of SECONDARY For the MASER And the ATMOSPHERE.
Part of the maser if also transforms into atmosphere, that always goes
to direct for the equator, where goes to form cinturões of gases as
it is the Jupiter case, or in a more advanced period of training the
cinturões go to form rings that is the Saturn case and Uranus, of
these rings go to form small accumulations of gases, that always more
will go to agglutinate themselves more and, where will appear the
first rarefied cores, and the aglutinação process continues, where
the secondary ones start to appear exactly before if forming, as gases
they already possess translation and rotation and if they move away
from the elementary schools. Or either, before existing as astro the
secondary one already develops its translation.
TEST For FORMAT And DINÃMICA Of the ATMOSPHERE.
This can be confirmed with the Land, where its atmosphere already less
concentrates more in the equator and in the polar regions, proceeding
from the magnetism of the Land and centrifuga action of the rotation,
and that the atmosphere possesss proper dynamics. That it will be
filamentará until arriving to give beginning to a new satellite.
However this is not for today. The MAGNETISM Of the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPEEDS UP the FORMATION Of the SECONDARY One.
If it was not the magnetism and the centrifuga action of the rotation
of the astros, its secondary ones would delay time not to form
themselves. Therefore the magnetism and action centrifugam act in the
production of the filaments of gases for the equator and in the
production of these filaments in the esferificação process, where
rarefied cores will appear, until forming new astros.
E the stream continues of disintegration of the elementary school for
maser proceeding from the energy production, for the production of
atmosphere and aglutinação in filaments for the magnetism and
centrifuga action of the rotation of proper astro until arriving the
esferificação, also through the magnetism of the gases.
PHASES OF THE STREAM.
1 - with the contraction of the filaments of the dense space to form
the substance and after the produced substance if form in astros. With
the formed astros they pass if to disintegrate as form of maser and
temperature.
2- the material of the disintegration comes back if to contract and to
produce astros lesser, and of these other minors the process
continues. This if confirms where the astros possess the spherical
format. Therefore the rounding sample that had a slow process of
formation through materials that had appeared of are for inside, where
slowly for aglutinação astro was if structuralizing. They confirm
because the cores are denser and the Land is formed by layers and
cores.
In the case of the production of the planets for the Sun, the
atmosphere nor arrived if to form, and the maser was soon if
filamentando to esferificar and to appear the planets.
INFINITE UNIVERSE In the AGE, the SPACE, And the PROCESSING.
The esferificação test that astro was produced by layers of material
of maser for juxtaposition - one on the other, for that the cores are
denser, that were already proven in the physics of the atom. E the
rounding test that took much more time this circular formation, then
the universe is a much more slow and constant process that if can
imagine. Thus, the rounding of the universe proves the theory of the
stream and that all the universe of today did not appear at one alone
moment, they are some universes in some phases if processing and if
structuralizing, while some age for lose and energy processing, others
they appear for the dense space. These phases if confirm for the
current comment, thus the universe are infinite in the origin and the
end, the space and its processing.
PHASES OF THE UNIVERSE. UNIVERSES BUBBLE ESTRUTURANTE And FLUXONÁRIO.
1- Origin - universe bubble of dense space and bubble of energy. 2-
Type - estruturante fluxonário, if contracts to produce the substance
from the bubble of the dense space. Later if it after expands the
contraction and production of energy, temperature and maser. 3- Form
to exist - production processes energy. 4- Amount - some types in some
phases, of the bubble until astro almost without energy. 5- Size -
infinite in the production of new universes, the infinite in the space
and the time. 6- Form - infinite and varied forms, of bubbles, gases,
diffuse energy, dense and less dense substance, astros, rings, maser,
atmosphere, etc. 7- estruturante of the substance and cosmo.
MAGICAL CREATION - SUBSTANCE From The DENSE SPACE.
Before if speaking of the creation of the universe, it must be spoken
of the creation of the energy and the substance, therefore it was from
the substance that appeared the astros.
ROUNDING And ESFERIFICAÇÃO Of the ASTROS.
The esferificação of astros the test that,
1- It was formed for a slow process to have the spherical format, of
the the opposite it would not be.
2- It was formed of minimum parts that had been if joust locating to
form astro, of the the opposite would not have the round formation.
One sees that while Saturn and Uranus possesss rings of gases in the
route of the equator, Jupiter it possesss an atmosphere stack that is
in movement in the route of the equator, where if confirms the origin
of the astros for components of the elementary school.
3- the astros are older of the one than if it thinks. E its core is
denser of the one than the exterior part, and the planet Land is
formed by formed layers on.
4- Fiz a calculation for the age of the Land, however was taken in
account only the removal, and not it time for the esferificação,
that probably was very bigger.
5- Test that the universe has its origin through very small elements,
that had been if joining to form the astros, as minimum parts of
maser, gases, light and leftovers of great temperatures.
6- the universe is had There if forming for minimum parts, as energy
and substance, of inside for exterior part is with the cores denser
than the crust -. A much more old, round and infinite universe in the
end and origin time, the infinite in relation its production, then,
that it would never appear at one alone moment in a great explosion.
MASER IN THE FORMATION OF SECONDARY.
Thus, with the format of the astros if it has plus a test of the
theory of the estruturante fluxonário universe. For compression of
the dense space, and disintegration for the maser and temperature, and
a new compression of this maser in the space, forming new lesser
astros, as planets, satellites and comets. E the estruturante and
desintegrante process continues producing asteroids and others that
will always be disintegrated producing astros and lesser asteroids.
Universes alone of dense space, gases, energy, diffuse substance,
substance exist and astros and gases, light and maser, with this if it
confirms the theory here supported of that the universe does not have
age, therefore it is an infinite production and disintegration of
itself exactly. E while some disintegrate others in other points of
the infinite of the space starts if to form slowly for the dense
space.
If cosmo was produced at one alone moment, the astros would not have a
spherical form so defined, some would be long and flattened others.
ON The DENSE SPACE, SUBSTANCE And ENERGY.
The energy exists in function of the substance, since its production
until its carrier also for air, therefore the substance contains and
produze the energy, therefore the energy does not have as to exist
without the substance, and the substance if originates and is
densificado dense space.
SUBSTANCE And ENERGY = DENSE SPACE DENSIFICADO.
It does not have as to speak of a universe that if it originates from
a small ball in a great explosion, therefore which the origin of this
ball, and gives where came the energy for explodiz it.
The great explosion contains varies contradictions and lack of origin
beddings, cause and effect.
INTERPLANETARY And SPACE ATMOSPHERE.
The interplanetary space is constituted of gas to one [ pressure of
ten raised to less 19 terrestrial atmospheres ]. That is a route that
the space is not an emptiness without density, pressure, and is not a
vacuum.
PLEA. If the gravitation attracted the astros, all the satellites
would be plumb between the planet and the Sun, therefore the plan