Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Simply stunning For a little perspective, download and watch this little movie; play to the tune of "From a Distance" as sung by your favorite artist (that would be Nanci Griffith). Rinse. Repeat. Proof: The Earth Is Round. For those who think the earth is flat, watch this movie: Earth Departure. The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005. Several hundred images, taken with the wide-angle camera in MESSENGER's Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), were sequenced into a movie documenting the view from MESSENGER as it departed Earth. Comprising 358 frames taken over 24 hours, the movie follows Earth through one complete rotation. [The J-Walk Blog] 2:32:14 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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