Two just-released pictures of the Earth and the Moon. The first taken by NASA’s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft as it orbited Saturn – 900 million miles away – last Friday.
The second, taken last Saturday by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury – a mere 61 million miles away – shows us from the opposite direction.
Which is so not our good side.
(Hat tip: Mauriac)
Ballycotton, Co. Cork via John Finn
Bulloch Harbour, Dalkey Co. Dublin and Vico Road, Dalkey looking to Bray Head via Daragh
Kinsale, Co. Cork via Cian Walsh
From Kildare at 1am.
The insanely bright perigee moon over Ireland tonight. You won’t see a moon like it for another 14 months.
Thanks Atticus
The opposite of apogee.
A perigee/super moon From Galway, May 2012.
Alan C writes:
Tomorrow [Sunday] night’s rising full moon will be a perigree moon, the closest point to Earth in the moon’s orbit, and make it the largest full moon of 2013 (and the largest for another 14 months). More details here
Pic: newlifeinireland
A copy of the speech Richard Nixon would have delivered had things gone horribly wrong for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20th 1969.
Side note: Whitehouse Chief Of Staff HR Haldeman later served 18 months in jail six years later for perjury, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the Watergate affair.
Neil Armstrong (82), the first man on the moon has died.
Neil Armstrong Dead; Apollo 11 Astronaut Was First on Moon (ABC News)
Inspired mankind with one small step (New York Times)
Seriously, NBC has “Astronaut Neil Young” up as a headline twitpic.com/annm28
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) August 25, 2012
Oh NBC…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW6DuPQzyBU
Last Friday was the anniversary of Apollo 11’s 1969 moon landing. BoingBoing commenter inkfumes unearthed this NSFW 2010 clip of the big moment.
The genuine SFW NASA HD videos of the event can be seen here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2cS8wvQHI&feature=player_embedded
Finally.
The First Four And A Half Minutes Of “Nazis On The Moon” Film, Iron Sky (BleedingCool)
