The Earth From The Moon
Michael,
The Japanese satellite Kaguya, now in lunar orbit, as we speak is taking high-resolution shots of the earth (see attachment). The scuttlebutt is that Kaguya will proceed to take time-lapse pictures of Earth, showing its rotation and its phases from new to first quarter to full to 3rd quarter and back to new. Perhaps surprisingly, this has never been done before in all the years (38) since the Apollo program, and including the Apollo program!. So in a few weeks time we may be looking at movies of earth on Youtube.
-rakkity
Very cool big blue marble. Makes me feel very small and very big at the same time.
Comment by jen — October 10, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Cool, but getting warmer every decade.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Comment by Jennifer — October 12, 2007 @ 8:07 pm