Stunning NASA and ISS Photo of the Day: Beauty Overload -- So Take a Deep Breath Before Viewing!

ChamorroBible.org ^ | July 21, 2003 | NASA, International Space Station (Expedition 7)

[EnjoyingLife]

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean as seen from the International Space Station (Expedition 7) on 21 July 2003. Above photo via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200702.htm (photo 49), see photos 47 and 48 too.

Image link, 1502 x 1002 pixels: http://ChamorroBible.org/images/photos/gpw-200702-49-NASA-ISS007-E-10807-space-sunset-20030721-Pacific-Ocean-medium.jpg

[Lurker]

For my weather geek friend later.

L

[Nuc1]

Please don’t stop you do a great job. Everybody has bad days and/or (usually and) say silly things at times. Like others I have set the zoomed version as my desktop. Don’t doubt it really is appreciated. :D)

[gathersnomoss]

Was this taken during the lunar landing? Foil on head.

[plsvn]

Black sky, no stars???

That's right. Camera lens had to be stopped down because of the bright sun and bright earth plus exposure length was short for the same reason. You need wide open lenses and long exposure times to capture the comparatively faint stars (even the brightest ones).

[RightWhale]

Stopped in ‘04. Anyway, my favorite source, who spent a lot of his time rooting around for these thought-provoking science articles died suddenly and has not been replaced.

[ApplegateRanch]

Yes, they’re pearlescent; and they’re in wave form; and they’re high stratospheric, rather than tropspheric.

Normal pearlescent or iridescent are much lower & more common.

Try these photo pages, and see some spectacular nacreous & a good explaination.

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/nacr1.htm

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/psc1.htm

[ngc6656]

Please don’t stop you do a great job.

Here's a second to that. I most always learn something new on threads in which RightWhale is posting -- such as this thread's "nacreous clouds" that prompted an Internet search and the discovery of some beautiful photos of such clouds.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

I’ve been looking for a new wallpaper.

Thanks. =-)

[shove_it]

Try to avoid flying through those purty anvil top thingies. They’ll ruin your day.

[Liberty Valance]

Beautiful.

[Nuc1]

Sorry to hear.

[EnjoyingLife]

With magnificent views like that it must take a lot of discipline for the shuttle astronauts and ISS crew to remain focused on their mission.

[raygun]

All I have to say with that is: "Out with the old:

And in with the new. You guys are free to use my old desktop wallpaper as you guys see fit (or not). Whatever, I don't care; I gots me new wallpaper now.

[raygun]

Intercontinental aircraft service altitudes are directly proportional to density altitude. So at AGL 200 at Lat 70, the density altitude is equivalent to 450 AGL at 20 Lat. This is akin to the difference between AGS and IAS at altitude. Guess which one is lower and explain why.

[RightWhale]

Guess which one is lower and explain why.

See above.

[EnjoyingLife]

raygun, seeing a hand-me-down “old [computer] desktop wallpaper” offer was a first for me! That’s a good one!

[EnjoyingLife]

How tall and wide do you think the more prominent towering thundercloud in the photo is, i.e., the one with the anvil top that appears to have bumped into an invisible ceiling, and is having its top blown to the left.

[Boiler Plate]

Save for later

[RightWhale]

Can’t be over ten miles high.

[beckysueb]

Do you know how to save wallpaper so it doesn’t go away when the computer shuts down? I have saved some very nice pictures only to have them disappear.