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Any visual that accompanies this legendary quote from the late Carl Sagan’s book Pale Blue Dot: A Vision Of The Human Future In Space are enhanced by the audio rather than vice versa.
Still.
This animation by London animation studio ORDER is another welcome excuse to hear Sagan’s muse on the appearance of the earth in a photograph taken by the distant Voyager 1 probe.
Previously: Eye Candy: The Pale Blue Dot (Halo visuals)
Almost 40 years to the day after the Apollo 17 crew snapped the famed “blue marble” image of Earth floating in space on December 7, 1972, Nasa has unveiled “black marble” views of the planet by night. The cloud-free pictures, taken with a high-resolution visible and infrared imager aboard a NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, capture the night lights of Earth in unprecedented detail. (Pix: NASA/Rex Features)
Full size, zoomable, full-screenable version here. (Thanks, Conski)
Black marble: new high-resolution satellite images of the Earth at night (Telegraph)
(Hat tip: Aaron McAllorum)
A compilation of stunning timelapses of ‘sacred Earth’ imagery from 24 countries on seven continents, cut and shot over six years by Sean White.
NASA has released a follow up photo to their previous composite shot of the Earth showing the other side of the planet.
And here it is (in all its 11,500 x 11,500 dpi glory).
Still no sign of Ireland though.
Damn.
A super hi-res (8000 x 8000dpi) image of earth.Click here and marvel.
Now that‘s a lens.
‘This phenomenal picture (and close up) was taken by astrophotographer Alan Friedman on October 20th….You can see sunspots, giant convection cells, and the gas that follows magnetic loops piercing the Sun’s surface.
The (second pic) shows prominences leaping up off the edge and silhouetted against the sky. They look so delicate, probably because they make the Sun look fuzzy, like a comfy blanket… but have no doubts on the fury and scale of what you’re seeing here. See that little bright spot on the plume on the left, just above the Sun’s edge?
That spot is the same size as the Earth.’
Read more: The Boiling Erupting Sun (Bad Astronomy)
