[Closed] Today's awesome photo from the Space Station

When I grow up I want to be an astronaut... 😛

Wow.
Where was the picture published, is a bigger resolution available?

Linky:

[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/picture/2011/sep/29/southern-lights-space-station-astronauts ]Guardian Linky[/url]

Photo was taken on the 17th September. Might be worth checking the [url= http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html ]NASA Image Gallery for the ISS.[/url]

cheers on both counts, was just thinking of that link ([s]did al post it ages ago?[/s] nope it was seemingly GrahamS)

If it wasn't taken on nikon D700, it's crap. 👿

This a slightly bigger pic?

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Awesome.

I dont know if these have been posted lately. They are from NASAs as
astronomical picture of the day APOD.

My girlfriend's father is a NASA infra red astronomer who works on the SOFIA project, he regularly mails me pics that take your breath away.

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Dry ice pits on Mars
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That's one of loads taken over the same few hours. There's a time lapse here: [url= http://gizmodo.com/5843083/this-incredible-space-aurora-video-just-kills-everything-ive-seen-before ]http://gizmodo.com/5843083/this-incredible-space-aurora-video-just-kills-everything-ive-seen-before[/url]

There's a vid that pops up afterwards which is just as amazing. Another night time flyover, but light show courtesy of city lights and thunderstorms.

tell a lie, the other one's linked to in the text

[url= http://gizmodo.com/5842671/this-fluid-fly+by-video-is-the-most-astonishing-view-of-earth-ive-ever-seen ]http://gizmodo.com/5842671/this-fluid-fly+by-video-is-the-most-astonishing-view-of-earth-ive-ever-seen[/url]

he certainly likes an enthusiastic url...

Amazing image, would love to take a trip on the ISS and just sit and look out the window.

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I'm sure the designer of that wanted to pilot a Tie-fighter.

[url= http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=52287&src=imgrss ]Hi-res version of the original image available here.[/url]

My girlfriend's father is a NASA infra red astronomer who works on the SOFIA project, he regularly mails me pics

Good christ, can I be on your mailing list?

I was up and about and actually saw the southern lights - aurora australis I think is what they are called. Was weird, i was heading out on my bike and rolled round the corner from the house - was still dark just and south was just a greeny glow sort of misty thing, sat and watched for about 10 minutes until the light started. Pretty awesome.

Errm isn't above in a spacecraft a bad place to be with all that radiation?

Don't listen to Buzz, he knows nothing - he's just a toy! 🙂

Amazing pics thanks for sharing.

buzz-lightyear - Member

Errm isn't above in a spacecraft a bad place to be with all that radiation?

As long as they keep the windows closed they'll be ok.

Is it Troutie's latest lights?

Isn't that last picture taken from a tie fighter?

WOW! 😀

My girlfriend's father is a NASA infra red astronomer who works on the SOFIA project, he regularly mails me pics

Good christ, can I be on your mailing list?

The guy is quite the brightest but down to earth guy I have ever met. He however has breakfast once a week with a guy he thinks is bright. The Nobel Prize winning inventor of the laser.

MC and Dr Ed on Cycle Oregon. He did the same five hundred mile week long ride I did and he's 76. Legend!
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SOFIA
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Quite a mixed bag of threads tonight, that's cheered me up a little. Nothing like a bit of the cosmos to make you feel lucky to be alive 🙂