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Of all the trips to the moon and opportunities to take pictures of the Earth, why is this picture the only one the public ever sees? {{unsigned|Ywaz}} |
Of all the trips to the moon and opportunities to take pictures of the Earth, why is this picture the only one the public ever sees? {{unsigned|Ywaz}} |
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:I agree, this looks pretty dull actually too. And to be featured on so many wikis... something looks a bit off here. --[[User:Anime Addict AA|Anime Addict AA]] ([[User talk:Anime Addict AA|talk]]) 00:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC) |
:I agree, this looks pretty dull actually too. And to be featured on so many wikis... something looks a bit off here. --[[User:Anime Addict AA|Anime Addict AA]] ([[User talk:Anime Addict AA|talk]]) 00:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC) |
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::Well one obvious reason is that you have to be pretty far back from the Earth the see it all at once. None of the space stations out there now get nearly that far. You could patch together a bunch of the pictures taken from the orbiter, but then all you've got is a low-res version of Google Earth. |
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Why are there no other pictures?
Of all the trips to the moon and opportunities to take pictures of the Earth, why is this picture the only one the public ever sees? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ywaz (talk • contribs)
- I agree, this looks pretty dull actually too. And to be featured on so many wikis... something looks a bit off here. --Anime Addict AA (talk) 00:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- Well one obvious reason is that you have to be pretty far back from the Earth the see it all at once. None of the space stations out there now get nearly that far. You could patch together a bunch of the pictures taken from the orbiter, but then all you've got is a low-res version of Google Earth.
