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/2...hires_full.jpg


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




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[renormalised (Carl)]

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

[bindibadgi]

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

[Gargoyle_Steve (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:H..._annotated.jpg

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

" The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station looking south-south-east over the Tibetan Plateau. Four of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders, mountains higher than 8000 metres, can be seen, Makalu (8462 m), Everest (8850 m), Lhotse (8516 m) and 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