no atmosphere makes for nice photos

[mark3d]

im sure they use good cameras but i often notice how clear and sharp space photos are... i suppose a lack of atmosphere helps! surprising how much difference it makes even over small distances.

take a look at this one full size:

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/241011main_s124e006378_hires_full.j pg


(and it looks like thats even taken through a window of the space station!)




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[renormalised]

That piccie is that clear, I can even hear that astronaut swear about the bolt he just dropped into the exhaust port of one of the Shuttle's retro's:P:D:eyepop:

[bindibadgi]

It's obviously fake. There are no stars in the background. :P

:rofl:

[Gargoyle_Steve]

Speaking of clear images I happened to be reading an article on Wikipedia recently and found this amazingly clear image of the Mt Everest / Himalaya's region, guess which particular Space Station this was taken from?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Himalayas.jpg
(without notations) Thumbnail below

" The Himalayan (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Himalaya) mountain range with Mount Everest (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest) as seen from the International Space Station (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station) looking south-south-east over the Tibetan Plateau (http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tibetan_Plateau&action=edit&redlink=1). Four of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, mountains higher than 8000 metres, can be seen, Makalu (http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Makalu&action=edit&redlink=1) (8462 m), Everest (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest) (8850 m), Lhotse (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lhotse) (8516 m) and Cho Oyu (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cho_Oyu) (8201 m). The South Col Route is Mount Everest's most often used climbing route. "


For those interested here's the original article in full:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest