Comments on: Stunning portrait of Earth from a new European weather sat

By: Some_guy_from_Mars

Some_guy_from_Mars — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:03:14 +0000

No earth night lights. No stars. FAKE

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Earth is Pretty » | — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:09:58 +0000

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By: Chris Laurel

Chris Laurel — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:22:31 +0000

I’m curious what sort of processing they did on this photo. I expect to see the effect of atmospheric scattering, especially near the edges (as in these images from Galileo’s flyby: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00728) Anyone know how this effect was subtracted out in order to get such a beautiful and clear image?

By: Venture Free

Venture Free — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:06:39 +0000

@33 Messier Tidy Upper

Wow, thanks! I swear I saw that just the other day. It’s hard to believe it was a post from 2010. Maybe someone on reddit was hard up for karma and decided to re-post an oldie but goodie.

By: t_bone

t_bone — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:05:08 +0000

It is interesting to see the climate zones. The South-Eastern chunk of Spain seems to share a climate zone with Saharan Africa, and the Middle-East. Is this a valid observation, or a coincidence because most of Spain is in a rain-shadow from its network of Sierras in its North West? Any geographers following this blog?

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:10:07 +0000

@32, excellent question and the answer is no. The simulation is a perspective projection from a relatively low altitude which is why its mostly water. Geostationary altitudes are over 22000 miles high and see close to half of the planet. Also, this satellite is intended for Europe so it won’t move much past 0 degrees longitude. Older satellites are often moved to different longitudes to fill in gaps in world coverage though.

By: Some_guy_from_Mars

Some_guy_from_Mars — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:50:32 +0000

There are no stars in the backdrop.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:11:29 +0000

Anyone else notice the “hurricane” forming over Denmark? It’s a lot easier to see in the enlargenated view.

But in all seriousness, why would such a large spiral cloud be forming in Northern Europe? Do they form anywhere given enough time?

By: ctj

ctj — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:06:30 +0000

was this picture taken at full moon? if not, what is the source of the backlighting around south america?

By: alfaniner

alfaniner — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:17:47 +0000

“I can see my home from here.”

Not my house, or even my country, in this picture. But my home. Our home.