Tour of Mars assembled from NASA images reveals a wondrous uninviting planet (video)

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[LibWhacker]

Since it first began orbiting Mars in 2006, the HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment), a powerful camera attached to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, has captured some 50,000 images of the planet. Its photographs have given scientists unprecedented access to Mars’s canyons, craters, mountains and sand dunes – the most detailed looks at the topography of another planet to date. In making A Fictive Flight Above Real Mars, the Finnish filmmaker Jan Fröjdman transformed stereoscopic anaglyphs taken by HiRISE into coloured, seemingly three-dimensional moving images, giving viewers something resembling the experience of a leisurely flight above our neighbouring planet. While often breathtaking, the video depicts unmistakably desolate, barren landscapes, hostile to human life, and still very far from a place to call home.

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You can google it yourself, but the firmament/”Van Allen Belt” (LOL) is a lot closer than we have been led to believe.

NASA is saying that though they wee able to break through the 5000 degrees F at the Van Allen Belt in the 1970’s..

... well... uh... now.. NASA somehow forgot how to do it. Just the same way they “lost” the moonshot footage.

LOL again.

And it’s the non Christians who believe in aliens; the more one believes in aliens, the further one is from Jesus Christ.

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While you are working on my request for you to get an actual photo of the earth from outer space...

Can you also provide us with an actual photo of a satellite or the ISS from earth?

Since anyone with a cheap Nikon can get focus on the moon (at what, 233K miles away?) let’s see a photo of an actual satellite.

I mean, we’ve been told there is “so much space junk” up there... where are the photos, from earth, from everyday people with cheap Nikons, of a satellite?

Here is the moon, in perfect focus, using a Nikon coolpix consumer camera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfshAzV0FN4

But there are no non-CGI non-composite photos of working satellites?

How weird is that?

So as you are doing your homework on getting an actual photo from outer space of the earth, please add a real photo of a satellite taken from earth as your extra credit.

And really, Lord bless you and lead you to all truth; as we are asked to “test all things” and “prove all things” for His glory...

[Vermont Lt]

Taking a photo of something the size of a refrigerator from 200+ to 22,500 miles away would require one hell of a lens.

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If we were living in the year 1965, I’d agree with you, but optics have gotten so much better.

The inexpensive Nikon P900 Coolpix can get focus on the moon at 233,000 miles away, so focussing in on a satellite should be a piece of cake at a few miles away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfshAzV0FN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clg7rQB6H2U

So where are the photos of all that “space junk” and even the ISS from the earth?

Should be a piece of cake.

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Your question reminds me, I think because of the advanced state of optics on cameras and telescopes these days, I recall someone asked NASA why they can’t get a shot of the flag on the moon or any other landing gear that was left there, or even the Chinese moon shot itself.

At least the Hubble should be able to get a shot of the moon trash left up there, and should have been able to shoot the Chinese moon walk.

I mean if with a cheap Nikon, I can focus on the surface of the moon, how much better would the Hubble be, in shooting the landing of spacecraft on the moon or focussing in on space trash left there?

It’s just so weird that they didn’t already give us those photos. Or that no one asked the Chinese to take a real photograph of the earth from the moon.

[Vermont Lt]

I am a professional photographer.

I have a Nikon d4 and use a 400 2.8 telephoto on a regular basis.

The moon is huge and it reflects a ton of light.

A satellite is tiny and moving. Fast. It’s not going to happen. Especially with a prosumer camera.

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What speed would you wager satellites are traveling at, taking into account all factors?

[Vermont Lt]

It depends on the path and the instance from earth. My calculus is not what it used to be.

[Truth Addict]

http://www.space.com/40-spotting-spaceships-earth.html

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All that “space junk” and old satellites are supposedly just floating; no need for advanced calculations.

Should be a piece of cake in daylight to shoot some of it.

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Nice shot, but it was taken in 2009. Imagine if someone did time lapse on their Coolpix now.

Again, if we can shoot the moon, literally, with a cheap camera, a close up on the Shuttle in daylight would be no big deal.

But wait... NASA scuttled and destroyed all the Shuttles. So weird.

[TXnMA]

As a fellow Christian and Bible believer -- as well as a retired physical scientist, I had hoped that you have sufficient intellect and education -- as well as sense of proportion and perspective -- to allow a rational conversation. Obviously, that is not the case.

Your inability to distinguish between "focusing on" a huge object like the moon -- versus a tiny object like a satellite -- is a nearly-insurmountable barrier to rational communication -- in this case, between fellow believers.

The ISS is ~295 feet long -- compared to a Boeing 747-8I's wingspan of ~245 feet. Can you see a 747 at its 35,000 foot cruising altitude? Not without binoculars.

35,000 feet is a mere 6.63 miles -- yet the ISS orbits at an altitude (distance) of 186 miles. Can you see a 747 at 186 miles away? No. Neither can you see the ISS at that distance (without a telescope) Yet, you can see the Moon at well over a thousand times that distance -- 238,000 miles (on average) -- with your God-created, unaided eyeball.

You asked, "Can you also provide us with an actual photo of a satellite or the ISS from earth?"

The answer is here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090116.html. And,here's the image:

And here is the description of the image -- and how it was taken -- by a citizen, using a "small telescope":

Explanation: Remarkable details are visible in this view of the orbiting International Space Station (ISS), recorded with a small telescope on planet Earth through a clear twilight sky. Seen on December 27th at about 75 degrees elevation and some 350 kilometers above the planet's surface, parts of the station, including the Kibo and Columbus science modules, even seem to reflect the Earth's lovely bluish colors. The image also shows off large power generating solar arrays on the station's 90 meter long integrated truss structure Just put your cursor over the picture to identify some of the major parts of the ISS.

Of course, you will have to click on the above link to get the "mouseover details" -- if you have the intellectual honesty to prove yourself abysmally, ignorantly wrong...

And, your description of satellites and "space junk" a floating reveals total ignorance of the orbital mechanics that keep satellites in orbit.

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Frankly, as a Christian, I am appalled at having my witness degraded and diluted by having "Christians" like you parading ignorance and false distortions of physical facts -- and claiming to do so in the name of Christianity.

FRiend, You should think and pray long and hard about the damage you are doing to the Name of the One you so ignorantly and self-centeredly misrepresent!

[TXnMA]

Since you're apparently hung up on the Moon and artificial satellites, here's a photo (taken from Earth) of the ISS transiting (at a distance of 186 miles) between the earth and the Moon (at 238,000 miles distance):

And... here is the "blow-up" of a "cropped section" showing structural details of the ISS and the Moon:

Any further sarcastic and silly questions?

[Vermont Lt]

You are joking now, right?

[NorthMountain]

1) You still have not provided the information I requested. If you intend to engage in a conversation, you need to do some conversing. Please provide straight answers. Let your "yes" be "yes" and your "no" be "no". I will not attempt to converse with dishonest people and you're being dishonest.

2) Homework? Get that chip off your shoulder. Arrogance and dishonesty are a bad mix, particularly for one who claims to be a Christian.

[Truth Addict]

There are 20 photos at that link, and many of them picture the Shuttle, some with the ISS together, and some transiting the moon and sun. All the pictures that you are requesting exist for all to see.

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What have my honest questions about NASA/the universe have anything to do with your personal Christian testimony?

May the Lord rebuke you -- for making false accusations over my questions about a government agency partially founded by Nazis, while claiming allegiance to Islam and supporting fake Climate Change for the NWO elites.

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

NASA Gives Us Their Hoaxed Evidence For Climate Change:

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

Please explain why we cannot see some of the ten to 170 million pieces of "space junk pollution" we've been told about for decades? LOL.

And seeing the moon with the naked eye is not the same as racking focus with a cheap Nikon on its topical features with distinct shadow lines and craters, etc.

If you can rack focus on an object 2000 miles in diameter from 250,000 miles away with a Nikon Coolpix, you can rack focus on an object 180 miles away or 8 miles away with that same camera...

Please educate yourself on focal plane, focal distance, depth of field and what it means to "focus" inside a camera or scope and how this relates directly to distance from the lens. I'm old enough to have shot film were my DP had to use a measuring tape.

Those shots of ISS are ridiculous in lack of detail.

Reminds me of the "tea biscuit" ISS shots:

Here is a better lens on the moon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThIokFA3C0

We can get these shots of the moon but all you can give me is that distorted shot of ISS? Please.

As a Christian with a science background, please explain the problems and anomalies in the ISS vids here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJhL7y0ahUE

Then please provide us with actual photographs of the earth from outer space, or give a good answer as to why they do not exist. And then explain why you believe NASA on anything when they supports the Paris Climate Change accord?

NASA: HISTORIC PARIS AGREEMENT

https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2373/historic-climate-agreement-adopted-at-cop21-summit-in-paris/

1. NASA has stated it has "destroyed the technology" necessary to get to the moon.

2. NASA has stated that they can no longer breach the Van Allen Belt.

3. NASA has stated that "humans" have somehow created an invisible force field in space that encapsulates the earth.

4. NASA graphic designers have stated there are no actual photographs of the earth taken from outer space, they are all photoshopped composites and CGI.

5. NASA has stated that the moon shot footage has been destroyed.

6. NASA has stated that they destroyed the Shuttles.

7. NASA has stated that Islam is somehow an important part of its program.

8. NASA's blue marble earth hoax photos have different continent sizes and shapes. (!)

9. NASA supports climate change with hoaxed science and the Paris Climate Accord. Yet people believe anything else they have to say? LOL

10. NASA's 2015 and 2012 blue marbles have the word "sex" written in their clouds.

What you wrote is freaky... you don't know me and I don't know you or your personal testimony of how you daily "deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow Him."

You have a Christian duty to be an apologist for the Lord and His handiwork, not making false accusations against fellow believers because I'm asking questions about the veracity of a government agency that hoaxes climate change as standard policy.

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Who appointed you room monitor? Anyway, you still have not provided the information that I requested from the first:

A real NASA photo of the earth from either the moon or outer space.

It’s real simple. How much taxpayer money has NASA siphoned off the US since the late fifties? And they lost their moon shot footage? And they can’t provide ONE REAL PHOTO OF THE EARTH from outer space?

Not... one?

Please wake up, and figure things out for yourself.

All these conservative Freepers like you shock me in the way you believe NASA, one of the main proponents of “Climate Change” in support of their NWO agendas of Islam, a carbon slave economy, and all their other hoaxes.

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

NASA: HISTORIC PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2373/historic-climate-agreement-adopted-at-cop21-summit-in-paris/

Why are you putting such faith in what NASA tells us about the nature of the universe? Sad.

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Well I guess NASA was still joking in 1983...

Just saw this video... watch out for the giant astronaut floating at the front of the shuttle and the lack of radiation shielding suits on the astronauts going through the Van Allen Belt... and how they switched on the earth luminescence light... LOL!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pVm7p4nkwo