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Electro-L’s Fully Lit View of Planet Earth at the Autumnal Equinox
universetoday.com ^
| September 24, 2013
| Nancy Atkinson on
Posted on 09/24/2013 1:05:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Here’s a fantastic view of our home planet taken by the Russian weather satellite Electro-L. And while Elektro-L can take gigantic photographs of the entire planet every 30 minutes, it only can get a fully-lit view like this just twice a year — at the spring and autumn equinoxes. This image was taken during the autumnal equinox on September 22, 2013.
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The entire disk of the Earth lit during the equinox on September 22, 2013. Credit: Roscosmos / NTSOMZ / SRC “Planeta” / zelenyikot.livejournal.com
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:05:19 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:08:08 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: BenLurkin
what about the other side?
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:15:35 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:16:50 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Spasibo)
To: GeronL
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:26:59 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(ZZZZZZZZZ)
To: mikrofon
Oh rats - looks like I left the porch light on again. duh.
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:32:24 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: BenLurkin
Where the stars? It is a fake just like Apollo pics... /sarc
To: mikrofon
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:37:23 PM PDT
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GeronL
To: GeronL
Geostationary orbit, always over the same spot.
To: BenLurkin
Anyone know why the south pole looks kinda purpl-ish?
Is that the real color, or is it pixellated to hide the alien base?
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posted on
09/24/2013 1:56:59 PM PDT
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chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: chrisser
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posted on
09/24/2013 2:04:00 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: chrisser
Anyone know why the south pole looks kinda purpl-ish?It's because of Global Warming. :-)
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posted on
09/24/2013 2:42:13 PM PDT
by
mwilli20
(BO. Making communists proud all over the world.)
To: BenLurkin
Just wanted to see if anyone was paying attention...
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posted on
09/24/2013 3:24:13 PM PDT
by
chrisser
(Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
To: mwilli20
It is colored bluish in honor of the final episode of “Breaking Bad.”
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posted on
09/24/2013 4:09:43 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?)
To: Vermont Lt
Careful there! I am on season 1 episode 3.
:-)
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09/24/2013 10:38:50 PM PDT
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mwilli20
(BO. Making communists proud all over the world.)
To: BenLurkin; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.
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09/25/2013 12:38:04 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: chrisser
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posted on
09/25/2013 3:32:10 AM PDT
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rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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