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Posted on 01/02/2011 2:08:11 PM PST by Dallas59
Cape Canaveral 1950
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa; photos; space
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To: fr_freak
Nice picture. Just wondering: where’s the shadow of the flag and flagstick?
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posted on
01/02/2011 2:52:31 PM PST
by
Ahithophel
(Communication is an art until it is a technical failure)
To: Ahithophel
It’s been said NASA was at it’s best when the Germans ran it...
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:16:39 PM PST
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:23:07 PM PST
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: Ahithophel
Nice picture. Just wondering: wheres the shadow of the flag and flagstick?
Funny you should ask that. I remember a Mythbusters episode a while back that went over this very kind of thing. They demonstrated how the uneven ground, given a point light source (the sun) can cause a number of optical illusions with regard to the shadows, especially when the ground appears flat in the picture. If we use the picture I posted as an example, a small bump in the ground by the astronaut's feet, from the vantage point of the photographer, would appear as flat ground because the photographer can't see the depression behind it, although the depression could contain the shadow of something like the flag pole. Or something like that.
With regards to this picture, I'd say the shadow of the flag pole is to the right of the pole, but has the appearance of going to the 2 o'clock position rather than the 3 o'clock position of the astronaut's shadow.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:24:47 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: fr_freak
Velly Intelesting..that’s good to know.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:37:20 PM PST
by
Ahithophel
(Communication is an art until it is a technical failure)
To: Mmogamer
Well, the US space agency’s problems included Eisenhower, Mondale, Proxmire, &c.
To: Dallas59
Sort of an early "Iron Man" thing going on with the circular disk over the astronaut's chest.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:49:23 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Ahithophel
Its there just going the wrong direction look to the left
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:49:32 PM PST
by
Lees Swrd
("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
To: Dallas59
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:51:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Dallas59
It’s a shame, today. The History Channel has an hour or 2 special on what has come out of the Space Program. Since the muzzies are stuck in the 11th century, I don’t expect much in the future.
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posted on
01/02/2011 3:55:34 PM PST
by
radioone
(Proud to be an enemy of Obama)
To: fr_freak
Why is the astronauts shadow cast to the left and the flags to the right?
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posted on
01/02/2011 4:08:55 PM PST
by
rsobin
To: 6SJ7
Actually, the circular thing on Gus’s chest is a mirror. A camera inside the capsule would be focused on the mirror that would reflect images of the exterior of the capsule through the view port window.
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posted on
01/02/2011 4:09:56 PM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(God bless the United States of America and protect her from the enemies of freedom.)
To: rsobin
Why is the astronauts shadow cast to the left and the flags to the right?
All the shadows are to the right. What you see to the left of the flag pole is probably the shadow of something out of frame on the left side.
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posted on
01/02/2011 4:15:13 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: Dallas59
Sigh...I wish I could go back in time.
To: Dallas59; KevinDavis
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posted on
01/02/2011 7:14:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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