AlbertCat
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Fri Apr-22-11 10:47 AM
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Amazing photos of Earth....for Earth Day! |
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Edited on Fri Apr-22-11 10:54 AM by AlbertCat
From AOL News.... and NASA http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/21/the-earth-from-above-images-from-nasa-gallery/?ncid=webmailAnd here's another site to check out. http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ENJOY! Now that you've seen the photos of Earth from space.... check out these images of Mandelbrot Sets. Hmmmmmmm... http://www.mandelbrotset.net/gallery.html
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Fri Apr-22-11 10:53 AM
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1. I have a fantastic piece of software that shows the earth with realtime clouds on my desktop. |
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It looks amazing spread across both of my Mac's monitors. EarthDesk 5: http://www.xericdesign.com
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Fri Apr-22-11 12:44 PM
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3. Hmm.... I had a TV channel like that for a while |
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on Dish Network.
But I canceled that service.
It was pretty cool when you could see well, many times you couldn't see anything.
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Fri Apr-22-11 01:21 PM
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4. You can tweek the settings to make the Earth more visible. |
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In the nighttime portions of the map, city lights are visible. Very pretty.
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Fri Apr-22-11 03:44 PM
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I had a video about the Mandelbrot set and his fractals and loaned it out...and it was never returned :-(
Cool images...especially when you close your eyes sometimes...and can see the EXACT same things!!!!
I dunno about you...but sumthin' sumthin' is UP with that!!!!
Thanks for sharing some great "Earth Day" pics!
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