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By: Lukas

Lukas — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:32:26 +0000

@18 Nigel, thanks! That’s exactly what I was looking for. I’ll read more carefully next time.

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:37:28 +0000

Kind of reminds me of the Nazca lines, figures in the Nazca desert that can only be seen form the air. Some think that they are runways for ufos . Others think the Nacans may have had hot air baloons long before there invention by the Mongofery brothers in the 1700s ,and were able to direct the makeing of the figures from the air , the figures are thought to be the Nacan version of the Zodiac . However the figures were made it is quite a mystery.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:03:29 +0000

@18, Nigel: But where the heck is the header? When I ensmaugenate, there’s nothing that even hints at a date or time.

By: MKS

MKS — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:06:56 +0000

Don’t you love living in the future, Phil? :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7ZAld5d14

By: PC0101

PC0101 — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:58:04 +0000

Unfortunately, flickr gave two different time zones for this pic. BST (British Summer Time) since Andre’s pix are posted from space via an ESA account, therefore the European section of flickr is used (which automatically assumes BST for any times without a specifically indicated time zone). The original time also is given in second place, but without time zone, so that you can only assume that it is (usually correct in the case of ISS pix) UTC.
The photo has been posted by Andre, but not taken (“snapped” you say) by him. Cameras on the station are allocated to specific persons and Andre has a Nikon D3S while this photo was taken by a Nikon D2Xs. Even NASA says in the daily ISS status reports that Earth shots (some even give the targets) are taken by the Russian cosmonauts. Matching the camera details with previous shots taken by it tells me that the photo actually was taken by Commander Oleg Kononenko.

By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:38:36 +0000

@quarksparrow:

That’s the first thing I thought of on seeing the image. But Falkor, the luck dragon from The Neverending Story, has a much different head.

http://www.blippitt.com/famous-and-celebrity-birthdays-for-april-17-2010/

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:54:03 +0000

@ Lukas (16) -

The BA said:

Looking at the picture header, it says the photo was taken at 05:58 UTC on May 23, 2012. Wolfram Alpha shows that’s when ISS was over Australia . . .

Does this answer your question? The BA included a link to Wolfram Alpha.

By: JB of Brisbane

JB of Brisbane — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:14:35 +0000

@Georg #9 – Australia is a big, dry continent, and a lot of lakes dry out to a hard, white salty crust most of the year, or sometimes for years at a time between rains. Think of something like The Great Salt Lake or the Bonneville flats – or our own Lake Eyre.