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1 posted on 11/01/2013 9:40:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
That is tuly cool. Imagine what it would be like if we had space travel to actually be there to see that....

Oh yeah, for NASA, muzzie outreach is more important, and globull warming.....

How far we have fallen since a "somewhat" democrat president sent this country on a mission. Who knew that might have been our finest hour, to be briefly resurrected by Reagan.

Hussein has been true to his word to transform the US into just another mediocre, oversize nation.

3 posted on 11/01/2013 9:56:20 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: SunkenCiv
Question for you SunkenCiv -- Since from Jupiter's orbit the Sun is much farther away and thus much smaller (angle in the sky), would that mean that the shadows cast on the surface of the planet by the moons would be more sharp-edged than the shadow our Moon casts on the Earth during a solar eclipse? In particular, is there any significant amount of penumbra?

I don't think I've ever seen that discussed... just wondering if you know or have an opinion. Thanks!

4 posted on 11/01/2013 10:26:23 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...starting to sound pretty good actually)
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To: SunkenCiv

About as good of a space pic one will see. Amazing!


5 posted on 11/01/2013 10:50:02 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: SunkenCiv

Beautiful picture! It’s a shame that the politics of today overwhelm it...


8 posted on 11/01/2013 11:52:14 PM PDT by Deagle (m)
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To: SunkenCiv

This movie sucked, in case anyone's wondering.

11 posted on 11/02/2013 7:13:04 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SunkenCiv

Amazing.


14 posted on 11/02/2013 9:21:35 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: SunkenCiv; All

I’m gonna butt in too.

Another reason the shadows are fuzzy is that Jupiter’s moons have an atmosphere, and, what we see as a surface on Jupiter is not solid, but, clouds that are not solid at all.

We were out that night and watched Jupiter come up out of the ocean. Didn’t get a very good view of any of the shadows as the air was not very transparent. The larger shadow in the bottom right was easy to see, but, the other two were problematic at best. The Red spot was visible and helpful to find the shadows. Had Jupiter been higher up, it would have been less a problem.

We did our viewing from the salt flats next to the bridge going to Ft Pulaski here in Savannah. We would have been on the causeway itself, but, this was during the government slowdown and they had guards on the causeway keeping folks away. The bridge going to the fort is a popular fishing spot, and, they didn’t want folks out there. Wouldn’t you know, right at Midnight, the guards fired up their engines and left.


18 posted on 11/02/2013 9:32:30 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: SunkenCiv

cool


20 posted on 11/03/2013 7:50:01 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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