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Moon Phase
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14-11-2007, 04:19 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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Incredible! Earth-rise from the Moon! New images..
This has to be one of the most amazing images I've seen..
http://www.lpod.org/?m=20071114
The image is from the HDTV camera on-board the Kaguya/Selene spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
More incredible images, and video of the event, here:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/11/20071113_kaguya_e.html
Just mind-blowing! 
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14-11-2007, 04:24 PM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
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I think that's Australia too, on the left hand side!!
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14-11-2007, 04:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Gold Coast
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yep, looks like it, you can tell because of all the cloud over where I am, though it's upside down
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14-11-2007, 05:33 PM
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I Like globs.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Wagga
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Wow! Thanks for the link! 
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14-11-2007, 06:00 PM
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daniel
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Macedon shire, Australia
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it looks like australia is on top of the world -
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14-11-2007, 06:01 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Australia's always on top. 
Great link !!!
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14-11-2007, 06:20 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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awesome
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14-11-2007, 08:41 PM
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Brave Sir Robin
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Warrnambool,Victoria
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Great images indeed. Images of great beauty. Neil Armstrong was always thrilled by the sight of earthrise but deep down was saddened by the fact that the inhabitants of such a beautiful looking planet couldn't live peacefully together.
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14-11-2007, 08:53 PM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
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A wonderful image, Earthrise with Oz leading the way. I agree with Neil Armstrong's sentiments, we've only got one planet and there is no way off at the moment.
Very inspiring.
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14-11-2007, 10:38 PM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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wow, that is really nice
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15-11-2007, 01:50 AM
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on the highway to Hell
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Adelaide
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woah! eerie, cheers - we're on top of the world ma! thought i felt dizzy
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15-11-2007, 10:33 AM
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Obsessed
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Swansea N.S.W.
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What great picture.
Our earth looks so beautiful and fragile.
Last edited by Orion; 16-11-2007 at 09:49 AM.
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15-11-2007, 04:55 PM
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Refracted
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Carindale
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I hope they eventually make some of the full resolution video available.
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15-11-2007, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Walcha , NSW
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That is awesome!!!!! Great link!
If you save it and turn the image upside down it looks really eerie!
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15-11-2007, 07:42 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Warragul, Vic
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It's all fake you know
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15-11-2007, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,800
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Never seen anything like it, great stuff.
Leon
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16-11-2007, 08:28 PM
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Quietly watching
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Yarra Junction
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Correct me if i am wrong but given the moon essentially shows us the same side, with a little libration, then the earth would neither rise nor set .... a small amount of up and down to match libration...... the earth would just spin on its axis.
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16-11-2007, 10:06 PM
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Space Anomaly
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Canberra
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy
Correct me if i am wrong but given the moon essentially shows us the same side, with a little libration, then the earth would neither rise nor set .... a small amount of up and down to match libration...... the earth would just spin on its axis.
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This maybe the case, but an orbiter circling the Moon would experience a rising and setting Earth from it's perspective going round the Moon if it's orbit takes it between the Earth and the Moon. 
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17-11-2007, 08:28 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: May 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy
Correct me if i am wrong but given the moon essentially shows us the same side, with a little libration, then the earth would neither rise nor set .... a small amount of up and down to match libration...... the earth would just spin on its axis.
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Yup! that is correct if you have Starry Night you can sit yourself
on the moon and look back at Earth and see this in action.
regards,CS
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