spiritstone
Cave Dweller
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Post by spiritstone on Aug 6, 2015 22:22:06 GMT -5
Pink Floyds? A rare glimspe. Looks fake? lol Just kidding. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force. The July 16th images were captured by NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope onboard the distant observatory. Because the Moon is tidally locked to Earth, only one side is visible from our planet. The unseen farside of the Moon was shrouded in mystery until 1959 when the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft swung around the Moon and photographed it for the first time. DSCOVR will repeat the trick about twice a year as observatory periodically crosses the orbital plane of the Moon. Once EPIC begins regular observations next month, NASA will post daily color images of Earth to a dedicated public website. These images, showing different views of the planet as it rotates through the day, will be available 12 to 36 hours after they are acquired.
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spiritstone
Cave Dweller
Member since August 2014
Posts: 2,061
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Post by spiritstone on Aug 6, 2015 22:43:19 GMT -5
Another Conspiracy figured out! Its not the moon. May the force be with you all. LMAO.
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 8, 2015 0:13:37 GMT -5
Always wondered if it may be Death Star we're viewing, spiritstone. Hubble Telescope recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. hubble25th.org/
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Post by snowmom on Aug 8, 2015 7:31:43 GMT -5
boggles the mind. thanks for the post
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