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Old 03-03-2010, 16:18   #1
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So Beautiful

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Old 03-03-2010, 16:25   #2
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Re: So Beautiful

Yup - we live on a beautiful planet.

Credit to the people who created this out of a patchwork series of images.
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Old 03-03-2010, 17:06   #3
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Re: So Beautiful

I'm not sure they got its best side!

Check out NASA's APOTD, if you don't already.
They have the occasional blinder on there, like this one from yesterday:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100302.html
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I'm not sure they got its best side!

Check out NASA's APOTD, if you don't already.
They have the occasional blinder on there, like this one from yesterday:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100302.html
liked it so much its now me desktop (in hi res)
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liked it so much its now me desktop (in hi res)
Must have spent some time over the last couple of years, painstakingly cropping and resizing APOTD pictures to 1280x1024 for wallpapers.
Then of course came the widescreen monitors!
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Yup - we live on a beautiful planet.
Pitty about some of the people who live on it....
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Re: So Beautiful

Many astronaunts have said that the first time they looked on the Earth from space, how small and insignificant the human race is.

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http://wanderingspace.net/wp-content...earth-rise.jpg

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http://www.defenders.org/images/cool..._1280x1024.jpg

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Tomorrows looks awesome aswell

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...sts130_big.jpg
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Old 08-03-2010, 14:10   #8
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Pitty about some of the people who live on it....
lol

That's the advantage of the view from space. You can't see or hear the buggers!
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Re: So Beautiful

You should take a look at some of thr Space Shuttle's R-Bar (RPM) photos...they are soooooo cool...
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